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title: "Restaurant Ownership Data for Investors • CompanyProspect"
description: "Funds, acquirers and franchise development teams screening operators: every location, the legal owner behind it and the momentum in its reviews."
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# Investors and M&A. _Ownership and performance, location by location._

Funds, acquirers and franchise development teams screening operators: every location, the legal owner behind it and the momentum in its reviews.

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One row per operator, with locations, rating and momentum. The names and figures are invented.

Workspace / **Operators**

One row per operator Operators

Groups 3+ locations Rating 4.3+

| Operator | Locations | Rating | 12-mo trend | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Larkin Group | 10 | 4.5 | **↑** | Chain |
| Northside Foods Group | 6 | 4.4 | **↑** | Franchise |
| Bayshore Hospitality | 4 | 4.5 | **→** | Franchise |
| Oak Table Group | 3 | 4.6 | **↑** | Chain |

Legal owner NORTHSIDE FOODS GROUP LLC

Franchise 6 locations

Ownership map

## Identify who controls which units.

Map ownership across a brand or a market: every location resolved to its operator, the legal entity behind it and its group, so consolidation targets and add-ons show up by size.

- 655 franchisees run Papa Johns' franchised US locations
- Units per owner and per group
- Independents and chains alike

A screen for a franchisee platform

Chain or franchise Groups: 3+ locations Rating 4.3+ 12-month trend: up

Multi-unit operators whose reviews are improving. A long list for a platform or an add-on.

[See Papa Johns in the US, by state and owner](https://companyprospect.com/data/restaurants/us/brands/papa-johns-pizza)

The franchisees behind Papa Johns Pizza's franchised US locations, by how many locations each runs. Figures from the published chain page.

Data / Pizza chains / **Papa Johns Pizza**

Franchised US locations · Oct 19, 2026 Who runs Papa Johns Pizza

| Franchisee size | Franchisees | Locations | Share of locations |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **1 location** | 394 | 394 | |
| **2–5 locations** | 153 | 454 | |
| **6–20 locations** | 77 | 771 | |
| **21–100 locations** | 22 | 651 | |
| **100+ locations** | 3 | 347 | |

Franchisees **649** run 2,617 franchised locations

Published data · Oct 2026

Momentum

## Growing or shrinking, on the record.

Openings, closures, ownership and leadership changes and review momentum, dated on the operator they belong to.

- Footprint over time
- Rating and 12-month review trend
- Ownership changes, dated

An account with its recent signals and what each did to the score. The names and figures are invented.

Accounts / **Larkin Group**

Larkin Group · 10 locations Signals

1. 2 weeks ago **Location closed** 1 of 10 locations stopped trading −18
2. 3 weeks ago **Tech switch** The POS changed across the group +14
3. 6 weeks ago **New decision-maker** A director of operations joined +8
4. Over 12 months **Review surge** +100 reviews, rating holding at 4.5 +9

Next move Call the director of operations New decision-maker · 6 weeks ago

## Keep reading

[Platform **Legal mapping** The location is not the account. The legal owner is.](https://companyprospect.com/platform/legal-mapping) [Solutions **AI agents** Restaurant intelligence, inside your AI agents and pipelines.](https://companyprospect.com/solutions/ai-agents) [Solutions **TAM & territory mapping** Size the market before you assign it.](https://companyprospect.com/solutions/tam-territory-mapping)

FAQ

## Questions, answered.

**How fragmented is a franchise system?**

Our US pizza chain pages publish it. As of October 14, 2026, 655 franchisees run franchised Papa Johns Pizza locations: 398 run a single location, and 24 run more than 20, with 979 locations between them. Groups often hold one company per store or market, so franchise groups are fewer than companies.

**Can I screen operators rather than locations?**

Yes. Locations roll up to the operator, so a screen returns one row per operator, with its location count, status (independent, chain or franchise), ratings, review momentum and years in business.

**How do you identify the legal owner?**

We match location-level profiles to legal entities and authoritative filings, then resolve owners, officers, directors and relevant business contacts with source lineage and verification timestamps. Every match carries its confidence.

**Why not a general B2B database?**

A general database rarely links a storefront to the company that runs it, and franchised locations hide behind the brand. CompanyProspect starts from every location, rolls it up to its operator and legal owner, and dates every opening, closure and ownership change on that operator.

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