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.
Key facts
- Current owner
- Corporación Multi Inversiones reported
- Owned since
- Not recorded
- Previous owner
- None recorded
- 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
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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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