Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
daveandbusters.comWhat Do They Do?
Runs Dave & Buster’s and Main Event venues where adults, young adults, and families play arcade games, watch sports, and dine.
10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (“D&B Entertainment”) is the owner and operator of 243 venues in North America that offer premier…View ↗
Game play is a key aspect of the entertainment experience at each of our stores, which we believe is the core differentiating feature of…View ↗
Sports viewing is another key component of the entertainment experience at Dave & Buster’s. All our stores have multiple large screen…View ↗
We believe that the customer experience at our stores, supported by our extensive marketing reach, has helped us create widely recognized…View ↗
How Do They Make Money?
Guests buy game-play credits to activate games; amounts for unused credits and prize tickets become revenue in proportion to how customers use or redeem them.
10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026
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10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026
FY2025 revenue by product or service ↗
$2.1B
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10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026
$2.1B ↗
| Segment | Share | Revenue | How money arrives |
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Entertainment revenues
Usage-based
10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026 |
63%
FY2022: 65%
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Entertainment revenues, FY2025
$1.3B Sources
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Usage-based |
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Food and beverage revenues
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37%
FY2022: 35%
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Food and beverage revenues, FY2025
$779.3M Sources
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Who Are Their Customers?
Guests—young adults and families at Dave & Buster’s, and families with children at Main Event—buy food and entertainment directly at venues; game credits are sold at kiosks, through the mobile app, or by team members.
10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. (“D&B Entertainment”) is the owner and operator of 243 venues in North America that offer premier…View ↗
Most of our games are activated by game play credits on cards or other radio-frequency identification devices. A customer purchases a card…View ↗
We believe that the customer experience at our stores, supported by our extensive marketing reach, has helped us create widely recognized…View ↗
Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?
No. It lost $48.7M in FY2025.
10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026
$86.1MView ↗
10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026
−$48.7MView ↗
10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026
−$100.6MView ↗
How Are They Changing?
- Net income
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Sources
10-Q for Q2 FY2026, filed Sep 14, 2026
−$12.5MView ↗
- ▼ Now a loss
- vs $11.4M in Q2 FY2025
10-Q for Q2 FY2026, filed Sep 14, 2026
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Aug 4, 2026
Tarun Lal retired as CEO; Darin Harper became CEO
Darin Harper succeeded Lal as CEO; Cory Hatton became interim CFO while the company searches for a successor.
Sources
8-K, filed Aug 4, 2026
DALLAS, August 4, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLAY) (“Dave & Buster's” or “the Company”), an…View ↗
Growing. Revenue grew 61% in 4 years, from $1.3B in FY2021 to $2.1B in FY2025, about 13% a year.
Franchise markets
The older report described plans to expand in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt; the latest describes franchise agreements in India, Australia, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines and Mexico.
10-K for FY2022, filed Mar 28, 2023 10-K for FY2025, filed Mar 31, 2026We also plan to expand our Dave & Buster's brand through international franchise agreements. In September 2022, we signed an international…View ↗
We are expanding the Dave & Buster's brand through international franchise agreements. As of February 3, 2026, we have signed five…View ↗
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