Cheesecake Factory Inc. CAKE

What this company does

As of February 23, 2026, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated owned and operated 368 restaurants throughout the United States and Canada under brands including The Cheesecake Factory (216 locations), North Italia (48 locations), Flower Child (43 locations) and additional brands within its Fox Restaurant Concepts ("Other FRC") portfolio (55 locations). Internationally, 35 The Cheesecake Factory restaurants operate under licensing agreements, and the company's bakery division operates two facilities that produce cheesecakes and other baked products for its restaurants, international licensees and third-party bakery customers. Its executive offices are located in Calabasas Hills, California. As of December 30, 2025, it employed approximately 48,400 people, with approximately 47,075 in its restaurants and the remainder in its corporate support center, FRC headquarters and bakery facilities. North Italia offers Italian cooking in the upscale casual dining segment. Flower Child operates in the fast casual dining segment, offering a customizable menu made from scratch and featuring locally-sourced, all-natural and organic ingredients. The company's business originated in 1972 when Oscar and Evelyn Overton founded a small bakery in the Los Angeles area, and in 1992 it was incorporated in Delaware as The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated.

Written from the business description in THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 23 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.