On the Record · Arcos Dorados
Arcos Dorados acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Arcos Dorados bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
McDonald's LatAm businessWord for word“We received exclusive master franchising rights from McDonald’s for the Territories on August 3, 2007 when Mr. Woods Staton, our Executive Chairman and controlling shareholder and our founding private equity shareholders purchased McDonald’s LatAm business for $698.1 million (including $18.7 million of acquisition costs) and entered into the MFAs.” 20-F for 2023 | acquisition | August 3, 2007 | $698.1 million (including $18.7 million of acquisition costs) |
Axionlog businessWord for word“As consideration for the redemption, the Company transferred to its principal shareholders its equity interests in the operating subsidiaries of the Axionlog business totaling a net book value of $15.4 million and an equity contribution that was made to the Axionlog holding company amounting to $29.8 million.” 20-F for 2023 | divestiture | — | net book value of $15.4 million |
AxionlogWord for word“The split-off of Axionlog did not have a material effect on our results of operations or financial condition.” 20-F for 2025 | divestiture | — | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-31 | $870,000 | $10.4 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $0 | $10.2 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $2.7 million | $4.8 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $3.8 million | $0 |
| 2021-12-31 | $185,000 | $0 |
| 2022-12-31 | $4.8 million | — |
| 2023-12-31 | $2.1 million | — |
| 2024-12-31 | $6.1 million | — |
| 2025-12-31 | $7.1 million | — |
Read from Arcos Dorados’s annual reports (20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-04-30. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.