Company overview

History:*1986: The first Five Guys location opens in Arlington, VA.*1986 - 2001: Five Guys opens five locations around the DC metro-area and perfected their business of making burgers... and starts to build a cult-like following.* 2002: Five Guys decides DC metro-area residents shouldn't be the only ones to experience their burgers and start to franchise in Virginia and Maryland.* 2003: Five Guys sells out of franchise territory within 18 months and starts to open the rest of the country for franchise rights.* 2003 - 2012: Five Guys expands to over 1,000 locations in the U.S. and Canada.* In July 2013, Five Guys opens the first location outside of North America in London, England. * Our International HQ in Amsterdam, NL opened in 2016.* Today, we have more than 1,900 locations open in North America, Canada, UK, Middle East, Europe, APAC and growing.
Founded in 1986
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
11K employees (227 in marketing)

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

2 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +9.2% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$251.1M

Last raise

$250.1M

Debt Financing, 8 months ago

Funding history

Jul 2025

Debt Financing Five Guys · $250.1M

Jan 2014

Venture Round Five Guys

May 2011

Venture Round Five Guys · $1M

Jan 2007

Private Equity Round Five Guys

Audience

Monthly website visitors
1.8M
Month over month-8.5%
Quarter over quarter-6.5%
Top sourceSearch (63.8%)
Ad budget per month$122.9K
Average search rank58.5
Traffic source mix
Search
63.8%
Direct
30%
Referral
4.9%
Social
0.8%
Paid referral
0.5%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

60K

12-mo growth

+12.2%

Monthly growth

+1.6%

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