Starbucks
Top 500 #2Coffee & EspressoNASDAQ: SBUX“To inspire and nurture the human spirit”
Key Institutional Metrics
Verified commercial performance, store unit economics, and official regulatory disclosures
Total annual gross sales across all US franchised & company stores combined.
Standardized brick-and-mortar store count with verified GPS coordinates.
Annual average sales for a single mature franchised store location.
Initial investment: $750k – $1.85M.
Executive Intelligence Brief
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is a publicly traded enterprise founded in 1971 and headquartered in Seattle, WA. Ranked #2 in US restaurant systemwide sales, it stands as a premier flagship in the Coffee & Espresso category, maintaining a physical footprint of 16,864 store locations (49% franchised). The brand generates an average unit volume (AUV) of $1.84M per store, backed by enterprise in-store technology and multi-platform digital delivery distribution.
DFI Retail Group Holdings: DFI acquires Starbucks business; Maxim's focuses on restaurants, partnership continues. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks Selectively Enforced Dress Policy, NLRB Judge Says. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
CEO's turnaround strategy shutters 2 Winston-Salem Starbucks amid local coffee shop boom. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Virginia stores among nationwide Starbucks closures - The Virginian-Pilot. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
This week in Santa Cruz County: Two more local Starbucks stores close; looking at the toll of ongoing closure of Watsonville Community Hospital’s NICU. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
For some Starbucks employees, a closure in Lafayette shines light on ‘importance of being unionized’. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks Signage Removed and Windows Papered Over Following Permanent Closure - The MoCo Show -. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Two Boise-area Starbucks locations have shut down amid national company closures. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Why Starbucks closes stores even as it grows: What the Loves Park closures really means. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Shuttered Starbucks locations across Ontario revealed, including four in Toronto. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks Closures Spare Louisiana This Year. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks closures hit Alabama. These 5 stores permanently shut. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks abruptly closes Miramichi location. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks shutters Holyoke Mall location, while mall’s food court revival continues. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Is your Starbucks closing? A list of closures in San Diego County - San Diego Union-Tribune. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks just closed 250 stores. In Oregon, 5 shut down — including a union pioneer. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
South Carolina Starbucks stores part of closures include 2 in Upstate. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
See the list of 36 Starbucks closures in Southern California. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Tuscaloosa's newest Starbucks on 15th Street a casualty of nationwide closures. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Is your Starbucks closing? Here's where 3 Massachusetts stores shut down. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
2 Richmond-area Starbucks shutter amid mass nationwide closures. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks to shut 250 North American stores, cut jobs amid India tech expansion. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks shutters Fan, Short Pump locations as part of mass closure. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Is Starbucks’ North American closures a bad sign for the coffee giant?. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Did your favorite local Starbucks just close? These 36 SoCal locations are likely shuttered. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Starbucks in Greenville County announces closure. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Clematis Street Starbucks closing Saturday as 9 Florida locations shut down. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Bemidji Starbucks among 250 coffeehouses slated for closure. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Surveillance Tech, Starbucks Closures, and Business Drama Dominate Community Talk. Verified commercial disclosure for Starbucks.
Commercial Index
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Standardized unit economics based on FDD Item 19 filings and SBA lending solvency benchmarks
5-Year Performance & Footprint Trend
Historical progression of total units, average unit volume (AUV), and systemwide sales
Developer & Agent Endpoint
curl -s "https://franchisedata.io/api/brands/starbucks/locations?limit=25"Queries up to 50 store locations with GPS coordinates, POS hardware, delivery links, and operational status. Supports ?state=CA, ?city=..., ?zip=..., ?drive_thru=true.