Who owns Olive Garden?
Olive Garden is owned by Darden (the United States, NYSE: DRI).[1]
Evidence: Darden Restaurants, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 July 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Darden Restaurants, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Orlando, Florida
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1982
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Casual dining › Casual dining restaurants
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: DRI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Olive Garden
Olive Garden serves Italian-American food and is the largest casual dining chain in the United States. Its unlimited breadsticks and salad, offered since the beginning, are the feature customers cite most and the one the company has never withdrawn despite the cost.
What Darden's annual report says about Olive Garden
Sentences about Olive Garden from Darden's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
At closing, Darden and Recipe entered into an area development agreement and franchise agreements, pursuant to which Recipe will operate current and any new restaurants contemplated thereunder under the Olive Garden trade name and will pay royalties for use of the trade name.
Restaurant Brands Olive Garden Olive Garden is an internally-developed brand and is the largest full-service dining Italian restaurant operator in the United States.
Olive Garden offers a variety of Italian foods featuring fresh ingredients presented simply with a focus on flavor and quality and a selection of imported Italian wines.
How often Darden names Olive Garden in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Olive Garden
Where Olive Garden sits in Darden
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Darden
Darden controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
- Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen (1979)
- LongHorn Steakhouse (1981)
- Yard House (1996)
Other brands in casual dining restaurants, and who owns them
The 72 brands in casual dining restaurants on Brandtree belong to 24 owners. The largest is Gulf Hotels Group, with 19; Darden has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Al Waha Restaurant | Gulf Hotels Group | 🇧🇭 Bahrain |
| Casa Bella | Spur Corporation | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Chaonabian | Jiumaojiu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Bonefish Grill | Bloomin' Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Oliver's Super Sandwiches | Café de Coral | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Café de Paris Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Chili's Grill & Bar | Brinker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| North Italia | Cheesecake Factory | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Darden
Darden is a publicly listed company headquartered in Orlando, Florida, United States, founded in 1968. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: DRI.
Darden is the largest full-service restaurant company in the United States, running Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and several other chains. It was built inside General Mills, which bought Red Lobster in 1970 and spun the restaurant business off in 1995 to concentrate on packaged food.
🇺🇸 Olive Garden and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Olive Garden is not one of them.
- Applebee's — Dine Brands 🇺🇸
- Arby's — Inspire Brands 🇺🇸
- Baja Fresh — MTY Group 🇨🇦
- Bonefish Grill — Bloomin' Brands 🇺🇸
- Burger King — Restaurant Brands International 🇨🇦
- Caribou Coffee — Panera Brands 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Olive Garden?
The parent company of Olive Garden is Darden, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Olive Garden American?
Yes. Olive Garden originated in the United States in 1982 and its owner, Darden, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Olive Garden still owned by Darden?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Olive Garden is still owned by Darden. 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] Darden Restaurants, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-07-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 July 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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