Growth Metrics

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Chefs' Warehouse (CHEF) has disclosed Gross Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 24.3% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Gross Margin rose 53.0% year-over-year to 24.3%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 24.32%, up 27.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 24.2%, 10.0% up from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin hit 24.3% in Q1 2026 for Chefs' Warehouse, roughly flat from 24.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 24.58% in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 22.95% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 23.93%, with a median of 23.99% recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Gross Margin soared 191bps in 2022 and then crashed -43bps in 2023.
  • Chefs' Warehouse's Gross Margin stood at 23.67% in 2022, then increased by 2bps to 24.05% in 2023, then increased by 1bps to 24.28% in 2024, then dropped by 0bps to 24.21% in 2025, then grew by 0bps to 24.3% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Gross Margin over the past three periods came in at 24.3%, 24.21%, and 24.2% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.