The Cheesecake Factory
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated is an American restaurant company and distributor of cheesecakes based in the United States. It operates 219 full-service restaurants: 206 under the Cheesecake Factory brand and 13 under the Grand Lux Cafe brand, not including the number of restaurants operated under the North Italia nor any of Fox Restaurant Brands' names. The Cheesecake Factory also operates two bakery production facilities—in Calabasas, California, and Rocky Mount, North Carolina—and licenses two bakery-based menus for other foodservice operators under the Cheesecake Factory Bakery Cafe marque. Its cheesecakes and other baked goods can also be found in the cafes of many Barnes & Noble stores.
The Cheesecake Factory’s headquarters in Calabasas, California. | |
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded | As a bakery: Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1972) As a restaurant: Beverly Hills, California, U.S. (1978) |
| Founder | David Overton |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 308 (2021) |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | David Overton (Chairman and CEO) David Gordon (President) |
| Products | Cheesecakes, burgers, pizza, pasta, steaks, sandwiches |
| Revenue | US$3.303 billion (2022) |
| US$38.935 million (2022) | |
| US$43.123 million (2022) | |
| Total assets | US$2.775 billion (2022) |
| Total equity | US$292 million (2022) |
Number of employees | 47,500 (2022) |
| Subsidiaries | The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Cafe, LLC Grand Lux Cafe, LLC RockSugar Southeast Asian Kitchen, LLC Social Monk Asian Kitchen Fox Restaurant Concepts |
| Website | thecheesecakefactory |
| Footnotes / references | |
David M. Overton, the company's founder, opened the first Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, in 1978. The restaurant established the future chain's pattern of featuring an eclectic menu, large portions, and signature cheesecakes. In 2020, Fortune ranked the Cheesecake Factory at number 12 on their Fortune List of the Top 100 Companies to Work For in 2020 based on an employee survey of satisfaction.