Who owns Pollo Campero?
Pollo Campero is owned by CMI (Guatemala).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: CMI — Corporación Multi Inversiones — Our History. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Corporación Multi Inversiones reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala, Guatemala City
- Origin
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala
- Founded
- 1971
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Quick-service restaurants › Burger & chicken chains
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Pollo Campero
Pollo Campero is CMI's fried-chicken restaurant chain, founded in Guatemala in 1971 and now, on the company's own account, the anchor of its Central American Restaurants Business Unit. It expanded into the United States through a franchise model starting in 2002 and passed 150 US restaurants in 2026, alongside continued openings across Guatemala and El Salvador; CMI credits it with a 50th-anniversary top-three brand-recall ranking in Guatemala in 2021.
Ownership timeline of Pollo Campero
Where Pollo Campero sits in CMI
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by CMI
CMI controls 8 brands on Brandtree.
Other brands in burger & chicken chains, and who owns them
The 39 brands in burger & chicken chains on Brandtree belong to 24 owners. The largest is Jollibee Group, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chowking | Jollibee Group | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| Arby's | Inspire Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KFC | Yum! Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Chester's | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Burger King | Restaurant Brands International | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Papa Murphy's | MTY Group | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Wimpy (Middle East) | Americana Restaurants | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Steak n Shake | Biglari Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: CMI
CMI is a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala, founded in 1920. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Corporación Multi Inversiones is a Guatemalan family conglomerate that traces itself to a small store Juan Bautista Gutiérrez opened in San Cristóbal Totonicapán in 1920 and a grain mill he founded in 1936. It grew from milling into poultry farming in 1964 and, in 1971, into the fried-chicken restaurant chain Pollo Campero, and has since expanded regionally into pasta, processed and fresh poultry and meat, renewable energy, real estate and financial services. By its own account it now operates in 15 countries across Latin America and the United States with more than 54,000 employees, organised since 2018 into two business groups, CMI Foods and CMI Capital.
🇬🇹 Pollo Campero and other Guatemalan brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 14 brands that began in Guatemala. 2 of them (14%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Pollo Campero is not one of them.
- Banco Agromercantil — Grupo Cibest 🇨🇴
- Cabro — Cervecería Centro Americana 🇬🇹
- Ron Zacapa — Diageo 🇬🇧
- TAG Airlines — TAG Airlines 🇬🇹
- Dorada — Cervecería Centro Americana 🇬🇹
- Gallo — Cervecería Centro Americana 🇬🇹
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Pollo Campero?
The parent company of Pollo Campero is CMI, a privately held company headquartered in Guatemala.
Is Pollo Campero Guatemalan?
Yes. Pollo Campero originated in Guatemala in 1971 and its owner, CMI, is also headquartered in Guatemala.
Is Pollo Campero still owned by CMI?
Yes. As of 21 September 2026, Pollo Campero is still owned by CMI. 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] CMI — Corporación Multi Inversiones — Our History — Corporación Multi Inversiones, Official document; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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