Carl's Jr. Chile

What Carl's Jr. Chile does

Carl's Jr. Chile is the local operating entity for the Carl's Jr. quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand in Chile, headquartered in Santiago, Región Metropolitana. Founded in 2017, the company runs a network of Carl's Jr. restaurants offering the brand's signature hamburgers, charbroiled burgers, and other fast-food menu items to Chilean consumers. It operates as part of the global Carl's Jr. brand system, which is owned by CKE Restaurants (a Roark Capital portfolio company) and is brought to the Chilean market through a local franchise or master franchisee structure.

The company employs approximately 256 people, which is consistent with a multi-unit QSR operator running roughly a dozen or more restaurants, given typical QSR staffing ratios of 15–25 employees per location. As a branded franchise operator, its competitive positioning is anchored by the licensed Carl's Jr. trademark, its standardized menu and operating procedures, and its physical restaurant footprint. Revenue mechanics follow standard QSR economics: in-store sales, drive-thru sales, delivery aggregators, and other ancillary channels against per-unit operating costs.

Specific product-level detail, menu pricing, store count, technology stack, leadership roster, and financial figures are not present in the supplied source material — the corporate website (carlsjr.cl) returned only a loading/verification page during data collection. The analytical conclusions below are therefore drawn from firmographic data (founding year, headcount, geography) and inferences from standard QSR franchise unit economics; finer-grained claims are flagged as unknown where evidence is absent.

Name

Carl's Jr. Chile

Website

https://carlsjr.cl

Company type

Private

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Carl's Jr. Chile is the Santiago-based local franchise operator of the Carl's Jr. quick-service restaurant brand in Chile, founded in 2017 and employing 256 people to run a multi-unit network serving burgers and fast food to Chilean consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Quick-Service Restaurants

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (7225)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Burger QSR (THAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Burger Fast Casual (THAFABAA)

Keywords

• Quick service restaurant
• Fast food burgers
• Casual dining
• Restaurant franchise
• Charbroiled burgers

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Carl's Jr. Chile operates quick-service restaurants in Chile under the Carl's Jr. brand, selling charbroiled burgers, chicken sandwiches, sides, beverages, and combo meals directly to consumers through its physical restaurant locations. The business functions as a branded fast-food chain serving the Chilean market with a standardized American-style menu.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carl's Jr. Quick-Service Restaurant Meals

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• McDonald's Chile: McDonald's Chile operates the global McDonald's brand in Chile and is the most direct comparable for Carl's Jr. Chile in terms of burger QSR format, scale, and target consumer occasion in the same geography.
• Papa John's Chile: Papa John's Chile is the local franchisee of the Papa John's pizza brand; comparable to Carl's Jr. Chile as another international QSR chain competing for similar delivery and dine-in occasions in Chile.
• Wendy's Chile: Wendy's Chile is the local operator of the Wendy's burger brand, a direct international QSR peer to Carl's Jr. Chile with overlapping menu positioning and customer base.
• Domino's Pizza Chile: Domino's Pizza Chile operates the Domino's brand in Chile, comparable to Carl's Jr. Chile as an international QSR chain targeting convenience-driven meal occasions in the same geography.
• Burger King Chile: Burger King Chile is the Chilean master franchisee of the global Burger King brand, directly comparable to Carl's Jr. Chile as a competing international burger QSR operator in the same Chilean market with a similar multi-unit franchise structure.
• KFC Chile: KFC Chile is the Chilean franchisee of the global KFC brand; while QSR chicken-focused, it competes directly with Carl's Jr. Chile for the same quick-service dining occasions and real estate in Chile.
• Subway Chile: Subway Chile operates the Subway QSR sandwich brand in Chile and is comparable to Carl's Jr. Chile as another international master-franchise QSR operator in the same market.

Broad incumbents

• Starbucks Chile: Starbucks Chile is a large, well-capitalized international chain operating in Chile; comparable to Carl's Jr. Chile as another global brand operating a multi-unit consumer-food retail footprint in the same Chilean market, though in a different category.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carl-s-jr-chile

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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