Dave & Buster's: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Dave & Buster's (NASDAQ: PLAY) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Coppell, Texas, United States that owns 2 consumer brands.[1]
Dave & Buster's Entertainment owns and operates 243 venues in North America that combine dining with games and entertainment, under the Dave & Buster's and Main Event brands. At 3 February 2026 it had 179 Dave & Buster's stores in 43 states, Puerto Rico and Canada, 64 Main Event stores in 22 states, and four franchised Dave & Buster's locations abroad. Entertainment made up about 62.9 per cent of fiscal 2025 revenue.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Coppell, Texas, United States
- Tickers
- NASDAQ: PLAY
- SEC CIK
- 0001525769
- Website
- www.daveandbusters.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
What Dave & Buster's's annual report says about its business
Read from Dave & Buster's's latest annual filing[1]. Each line gives the sentence the filing uses, copied word for word.
Acquisitions and disposals named in the filing
- Acquired: Main Event (fiscal 2022).
In fiscal 2022, we acquired Main Event as part of our expansion effort and may acquire more businesses in the future.
Dave & Buster's in numbers
- Dave & Buster's owns 2 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is restaurants & foodservice with 2 brands.[1]
Dave & Buster's financial history
Headline figures from Dave & Buster's's annual reports filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in USD as reported, fiscal years ending 2021–2026. Revenue moved from $436.5m to $2.1bn, an average of 36.9% a year (calculated).
| Fiscal year ended | Revenue | Operating income | Operating margin | Net income | Total assets | Long-term debt | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2.1bn | $86.1m | 4.1% | $-48,700,000 | $4.12bn | $1.51bn | 10-K | |
| $2.13bn | $220.4m | 10.3% | $58.3m | $4.02bn | $1.48bn | 10-K | |
| $2.21bn | $306.6m | 13.9% | $126.9m | $3.75bn | $1.28bn | 10-K | |
| $1.96bn | $262.5m | 13.4% | — | $3.76bn | $1.22bn | 10-K | |
| $1.3bn | $187.2m | 14.4% | — | $2.35bn | $431.4m | 10-K | |
| $436.5m | $-252,612,000 | -57.9% | — | $2.35bn | $596.4m | 10-K |
Source: SEC XBRL company facts. A dash means the company did not report that line in a form we could read. Figures for a year can be restated in a later filing; the latest filing's number is shown.
Everything Dave & Buster's owns
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Dave & Buster's in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 529900WTVU85QZLYHR86
- Registered name
- DAVE & BUSTER'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (US)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 27 October 2025
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Dave & Buster's SEC filings
The documents behind the figures on this page, as listed in the SEC's EDGAR index. Each links to the filing itself.
Annual reports
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
- Annual report, filed (10-K)
Proxy statements
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
- Proxy statement, filed (DEF 14A)
Recent current and quarterly reports
| Filed | Form | What it declares |
|---|---|---|
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Other events | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Results of a shareholder vote | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers; Regulation FD disclosure | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 10-Q | Quarterly report | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition | |
| 8-K | Departure or appointment of directors or officers | |
| 8-K | Results of operations and financial condition |
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Dave & Buster's own?
Dave & Buster's owns 2 consumer brands tracked here, including Dave & Buster's and Main Event.
Is Dave & Buster's an American company?
Yes. Dave & Buster's is headquartered in Coppell, Texas, United States.
Who owns Dave & Buster's?
Dave & Buster's is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as PLAY on the NASDAQ.
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] Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-31 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 31 March 2026; retrieved 7 October 2026.
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