BJs RESTAURANTS INC
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $1.29B
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.5
- Dividend yield
- –
About BJs RESTAURANTS
Retail-Eating Places, SIC 5812
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates a national chain of full-service restaurants and breweries. The company offers a casual dining menu featuring Chicago-style deep-dish and tavern-cut pizzas, slow-roasted meats, chicken wings, salmon, various entrees, and desserts. It also provides proprietary craft beers, ciders, and cocktails produced through internal brewing facilities, standalone brewpubs, and independent brewing partners. Customers can dine on site, place takeout and curbside pickup orders, use third-party delivery and catering services, or subscribe to a California craft beer club. The company primarily serves individual diners, families, and larger social groups.
The company operates 219 restaurants across 31 states in the United States. Its physical infrastructure includes four in-house brewing facilities and two standalone brewpub locations. The business employs approximately 22,000 restaurant staff members as well as around 230 support and supervisory team members across the country. The principal executive offices and restaurant support center of BJ's Restaurants, Inc. are located in Huntington Beach, California.
Summary of the business section of BJs RESTAURANTS's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- BJs RESTAURANTS INC
- Founded
- 1978
- Headquarters
- Huntington Beach, CA
- Address
- 7755 Center Avenue, Suite 300 92647
- Phone
- (714) 500-2440
- Website
- bjsrestaurants.com
- Employees
- 22,000, Dec 30, 2025
- Industry
- Retail-Eating Places
- Incorporated in
- California
- Fiscal year ends
- January 3
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP, Los Angeles, California
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- BJRI
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Oct 10, 1996
- Shares outstanding
- 21M, Jul 28, 2026
- Public float
- $1.00B, Jul 1, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1013488
- CUSIP
- 09180C106
- ISIN
- US09180C1062
- LEI
- 5299000EOW66I1OJNQ23
- EIN
- 33-0485615
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Gregory S. Lynds | EVP & Chief Dev. Officer | 25,280 |
| Kendra D. Miller | EVP & General Counsel | 25,621 |
| Lyle Tick | CEO & President | 39,888 |
| Birju Prakash Amin | EVP & Chief Technology Officer | 3,010 |
| Thomas Michael Kowalski | Chief Supply Chain Officer | 8,066 |
| Ashley Allison Van | Sr. Vice President Accounting | 2,580 |
| Jennifer Anne Jaffe | EVP & Chief People Officer | 10,611 |
| Monika Saxena | EVP & Brand President | 4,300 |
| Brian S. Krakower | EVP & Chief Info. Officer | 12,062 |
| Heidi Rogers | SVP & Chief Marketing Officer | 9,265 |
| Alex Puchner | Sr. Vice President Brewing Ops | 18,676 |
| Christopher P. Pinsak | EVP & Chief Operating Officer | 17,976 |
| Joshua Todd Wilson | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | 12,789 |
| Thomas Houdek | CFO | 18,470 |
| Jacob Guild | Sr VP & CAO | 3,803 |
| William J. Atkins | Interim Prin. Fin. Officer | 0 |
| Amy B. Krallman | EVP & Chief People Officer | 11,678 |
| Putnam Shin | Chief Growth & Innovation | 15,158 |
| James D. White | Director | 0 |
| Christopher W. Brandt | Director | 0 |
| C. Bradford Richmond | Director | 39,455 |
| Noah A. Elbogen | Director | 71,655 |
| Lea Anne Ottinger | Director | 39,701 |
| Janet Sherlock | Director | 26,199 |
| Pozzo James Dal | Director | 3,116,158 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Mr Richmond | $780.98K | $777.06K | $818.45K | $102 | $94 |
| FY2025 Mr Tick | $3.44M | $3.30M | $818.45K | $102 | $94 |
| FY2024 Mr Levin | $4.42M | -$1.06M | $959.60K | $93 | $139 |
| FY2024 Mr Richmond | $1.06M | $1.14M | $959.60K | $93 | $139 |
| FY2024 Mr.Levin | $4.42M | -$1.06M | $959.60K | $93 | $139 |
| FY2023 Mr Levin | $3.58M | $4.25M | $953.36K | $95 | $118 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 30, 2025, we employed approximately 22,000 team members at our 219 restaurants.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2021 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| Aug 16, 2004 | Name change | Name changed from CHICAGO PIZZA & BREWERY INC to BJs RESTAURANTS INC |
| Apr 26, 2002 | Deregistration | Termination of SEC registration (Form 15) |
| Oct 10, 1996 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |