Who owns Billy Tacos?
Billy Tacos is owned by Cremonini (Italy, BIT: CRM).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Cremonini Group Company Profile 2024, Cremonini S.p.A, 1 June 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cremonini S.p.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇮🇹 Italy, Castelvetro di Modena
- Origin
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Fast casual › Fast casual restaurants
- Parent ticker
- BIT: CRM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Billy Tacos
Billy Tacos is the quick-service Mexican-food brand that Roadhouse developed alongside Calavera, now part of Cremonini's Chef Express restaurant arm. The company profile counts 91 Billy Tacos premises open, and describes the Mexican concepts as inspired by Mexican cuisine in the casual dining segment. It does not give a founding date for the brand.
Ownership timeline of Billy Tacos
Where Billy Tacos sits in Cremonini
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Cremonini
Cremonini controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
Other brands in fast casual restaurants, and who owns them
The 23 brands in fast casual restaurants on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is Café de Coral, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Café de Coral | Café de Coral | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Debonairs Pizza | Famous Brands | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| PieXpress | Food Concepts | 🇳🇬 Nigeria |
| Baja Fresh | MTY Group | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Einstein Bros. Bagels | Panera Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Delilah's | BMMI | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| Flower Child | Cheesecake Factory | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | Chipotle | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Cremonini
Cremonini is a publicly listed company headquartered in Castelvetro di Modena, Italy. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as BIT: CRM.
Cremonini S.p.A. is a Castelvetro di Modena food group controlled by the Cremonini family and listed on Euronext STAR Milan. Its company profile divides it into production (Inalca beef, Italia Alimentari cured meats), restaurants and catering (Chef Express, Roadhouse) and foodservice distribution (MARR, in which it holds 52.95% according to its 2025 financial statements). Brands of its cured-meat arm Italia Alimentari are shown only as logos in the profile and are not listed here. Chef Express also serves McDonald's, wagamama, Panella and Pret A Manger as a supplier of licensed brands, which are not Cremonini brands.
🇮🇹 Billy Tacos and other Italian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 209 brands that began in Italy. 76 of them (36%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Billy Tacos is not one of them.
- ATV Azienda Trasporti Verona — FNM 🇮🇹
- Academia Barilla — Barilla 🇮🇹
- Acquaviva — Vandemoortele 🇧🇪
- Aeroitalia — Aeroitalia 🇮🇹
- Aeroporti di Roma — Mundys 🇮🇹
- Agriturismo.it — HomeToGo 🇱🇺
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Billy Tacos?
The parent company of Billy Tacos is Cremonini, a publicly listed company headquartered in Italy.
Is Billy Tacos Italian?
Yes. Billy Tacos originated in Italy and its owner, Cremonini, is also headquartered in Italy.
Is Billy Tacos still owned by Cremonini?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Billy Tacos is still owned by Cremonini. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Cremonini Group Company Profile 2024 — Cremonini S.p.A., Annual report, published 1 June 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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