GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $8.64M
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- 1.86%
About GEN Restaurant
Retail-Eating Places, SIC 5812
GEN Restaurant Group, Inc. operates an Asian casual dining concept specializing in Korean barbecue. Guests experience a hands-on format where they prepare meats, poultry, and seafood on tabletop grills embedded at each table. The restaurants feature an all-inclusive, fixed-price menu offering unlimited orders of traditional Korean and Korean-American dishes. In addition to restaurant dining, the company partners with grocery stores to distribute ready-to-cook meal products to retail consumers.
As of December 31, 2025, the company operated 57 company-owned restaurants across the United States and internationally in South Korea. Its domestic locations span California, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Texas, New York, Oregon, North Carolina, Washington, New Jersey, and Florida. The company's headquarters are located in Cerritos, California.
Summary of the business section of GEN Restaurant's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- GEN Restaurant Group, Inc.
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- Cerritos, CA
- Address
- 11480 South St., Suite 205 90703
- Phone
- (562) 356-9929
- Employees
- 2,700, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Retail-Eating Places
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Marcum LLP, Costa Mesa, California
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- GENK
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Jun 29, 2023
- Shares outstanding
- 33M, Aug 4, 2026
- Public float
- $20.80K, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- <br>Emerging growth company
- SEC CIK
- 1891856
- CUSIP
- 36870C104
- ISIN
- US36870C1045
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| David Wook Jin Kim | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 11,101,967 |
| Jae Chang | Co-Chief Executive Officer, Director | 6,405,363 |
| Luke Hewko | Chief Financial Officer | – |
| Thomas Croal | Chief Financial Officer | 2,000 |
| Michael Cowan | Director | 40,167 |
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 2,700 employees.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2025 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| Jun 29, 2023 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |