Sweetgreen (SG) Tax Rate (2021 - 2026)
Sweetgreen's (SG) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 1.39% in Q1 2026, up 175.0% year-on-year from 0.51% in Q1 2025, and up 178.41% quarter-over-quarter from 0.5% in Q4 2025.
Sweetgreen (SG) Tax Rate (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Sweetgreen has disclosed Tax Rate across 6 years of filings, most recently posting 1.39% for Q1 2026.
- Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 1.39%, up 175.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.33% (up 790.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.04%, down 146.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate came in at 1.39% for Q1 2026 at Sweetgreen, up from 0.5% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 5.13% in Q4 2024 to a low of 2.58% in Q4 2022.
- The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 0.35% (2024), against an average of 0.04%.
- Across the five-year window, Tax Rate jumped 480 bps in 2023 and sank 463 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
- Sweetgreen's Tax Rate stood at 2.58% in 2022, then soared by 186 bps to 2.22% in 2023, then soared by 131 bps to 5.13% in 2024, then slumped by 90 bps to 0.5% in 2025, then surged by 178 bps to 1.39% in 2026.
- The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 1.39% (Q1 2026), 0.5% (Q4 2025), and 0.28% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starbucks | 114.58 Bn | 112.88 Bn | 9.40 Bn | 29.84 |
| 2 | Chipotle Mexican Grill | 42.15 Bn | 41.28 Bn | 2.61 Bn | 25.38 |
| 3 | Yum Brands | 42.13 Bn | 41.44 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 16.28 |
| 4 | Restaurant Brands International | 25.46 Bn | 25.99 Bn | 2.14 Bn | 7.87 |
| 5 | Darden Restaurants | 24.75 Bn | 24.51 Bn | 3.31 Bn | 12.95 |
| 6 | Yum China Holdings | 15.17 Bn | 13.74 Bn | 3.24 Bn | 27.21 |
| 7 | Texas Roadhouse | 11.72 Bn | 11.53 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 14.31 |
| 8 | Dominos Pizza | 10.51 Bn | 10.28 Bn | 464.51 Mn | 22.60 |
| 9 | Cava | 10.34 Bn | 9.94 Bn | 797.57 Mn | 19.05 |
| 10 | Sweetgreen | 1.07 Bn | 908.81 Mn | 16.20 Mn | 1.39 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | 1.39% |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 1.39% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 0.50% |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 0.50% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -0.28% |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -0.28% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | -0.43% |
| Jun 29, 2025 | -0.43% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -0.36% |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -0.36% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 5.13% |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 5.13% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | -0.43% |
| Sep 29, 2024 | -0.43% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.63% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -0.63% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.35% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.35% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.22% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.22% |