El Pollo Loco (United States)
Logo since 2019  | |
Entrance to Costa Mesa headquarters  | |
| El Pollo Loco | |
| Company type | Public | 
| Nasdaq: LOCO | |
| Industry | Restaurants Franchising | 
| Genre | Fast Casual | 
| Founded | 
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| Founder | Juan Francisco Ochoa | 
| Headquarters | Costa Mesa, California | 
Area served  | California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Louisiana | 
Key people  | Larry Roberts (CEO, interim, CFO) Miguel Lozano (COO) Jason Weintraub (CLO)  | 
| Products | Fire-grilled chicken and related Mexican food | 
| Revenue | US$455 million (FY 2021) | 
| US$33.556 million (FY 2020) | |
| US$24.474 million (FY 2020) | |
| Total assets | US$31.669 million (FY 2020) | 
| Total equity | US$277.578 million (FY 2020) | 
Number of employees  | 5,005 (2021) | 
| Website | www | 
El Pollo Loco, Inc., is a restaurant chain based in the United States, specializing in Mexican-style grilled chicken. Restaurant service consists of: dine-in and take-out, with some locations offering drive-through options. The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, and operates about 500 (as of January 2019) company-owned and franchised restaurants in the Southwestern United States.