El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Operating Expenses (2013 - 2026)

El Pollo Loco Holdings' (LOCO) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $114.0 million in Q2 2026, up 3.41% year-on-year from $110.2 million in Q2 2025, and up 0.67% quarter-over-quarter from $113.2 million in Q4 2025.

El Pollo Loco Holdings (LOCO) Operating Expenses (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

El Pollo Loco Holdings has disclosed Operating Expenses across 14 years of filings, most recently posting $114.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q2 2026 came in at $114.0 million, up 3.41% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $451.8 million (up 3.72% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $448.0 million, up 3.74% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $114.0 million for Q2 2026 at El Pollo Loco Holdings, up from $113.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $114.5 million in Q2 2025 to a low of $104.8 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $110.1 million (2025), against an average of $109.6 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses climbed 11.39% in 2022 and declined 5.58% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • El Pollo Loco Holdings' Operating Expenses stood at $106.4 million in 2022, then retreated by 1.53% to $104.8 million in 2023, then gained by 0.44% to $105.2 million in 2024, then advanced by 7.56% to $113.2 million in 2025, then gained by 0.67% to $114.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $114.0 million (Q2 2026), $113.2 million (Q4 2025), and $110.1 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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5 Darden Restaurants 24.75 Bn 24.51 Bn 3.31 Bn 2.94 Bn
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7 Texas Roadhouse 11.72 Bn 11.53 Bn 1.40 Bn 1.49 Bn
8 Dominos Pizza 10.51 Bn 10.28 Bn 464.51 Mn 111.41 Mn
9 Cava 10.34 Bn 9.94 Bn 797.57 Mn 272.18 Mn
10 El Pollo Loco Holdings 471.99 Mn 468.09 Mn 40.62 Mn 113.97 Mn

Historic Data

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Apr 1, 2026 113.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 113.21 Mn
Sep 24, 2025 110.06 Mn
Jun 25, 2025 114.53 Mn
Mar 26, 2025 110.21 Mn
Dec 25, 2024 105.25 Mn
Sep 25, 2024 110.26 Mn
Jun 26, 2024 109.86 Mn
Mar 27, 2024 106.47 Mn
Dec 27, 2023 104.79 Mn
Sep 27, 2023 106.71 Mn
Jun 28, 2023 110.60 Mn
Mar 29, 2023 106.78 Mn
Dec 28, 2022 106.42 Mn
Sep 28, 2022 113.01 Mn
Jun 29, 2022 113.68 Mn
Mar 30, 2022 106.73 Mn
Dec 29, 2021 100.54 Mn
Sep 29, 2021 101.46 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 109.31 Mn