Sweetgreen (SG) Tax Rate (2026)
Sweetgreen's Tax Rate came in at -0.05% for Q2 2026, up 0.34 percentage points from -0.39% a year earlier but down 1.44 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Sweetgreen (SG) Tax Rate (2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 28, 2026, Sweetgreen reported Tax Rate of 10.70%, up 9.39 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was -0.04%, down 1.46 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a four-year change of +0.06 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 1.42% in FY2024 (+1.77 pp), -0.35% in FY2023 (+0.36 pp), -0.71% in FY2022 (-0.62 pp) and -0.10% in FY2021.
- The five-year range for quarterly Tax Rate is -2.68% (Q4 2022) to 5.13% (Q4 2024).
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate increased in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.21 percentage points.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q4 2023 (a gain of 4.82 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a drop of 4.63 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows SG's Tax Rate at 1.39% (Q1 2026), 0.50% (Q4 2025) and -0.28% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mcdonalds | 174.50 Bn | 169.32 Bn | 6.42 Bn | 19.55% |
| 2 | Starbucks | 113.12 Bn | 100.74 Bn | - | 26.38% |
| 3 | Yum Brands | 41.68 Bn | 38.56 Bn | 1.47 Bn | - |
| 4 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | 37.78 Bn | 33.76 Bn | - | 24.33% |
| 5 | Restaurant Brands International | 26.16 Bn | 21.71 Bn | 1.38 Bn | - |
| 6 | Darden Restaurants | 24.73 Bn | 23.83 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 12.90% |
| 7 | Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership | 17.01 Bn | 12.57 Bn | 1.38 Bn | - |
| 8 | Yum China Holdings | 15.70 Bn | 9.35 Bn | 537.00 Mn | 25.99% |
| 9 | Texas Roadhouse | 11.11 Bn | 10.45 Bn | - | 13.53% |
| 10 | Sweetgreen | 1.26 Bn | 740.56 Mn | 25.18 Mn | - |
API Access
Sweetgreen Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=SG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "SG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=SG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();