Shake Shack
Modern-day roadside burger stand serving premium burgers, hot dogs, and frozen custard, grown from a NYC hot dog cart.
Basic Information
- Category: Fast Casual Restaurant
- Founded: 2004
- Headquarters: New York, NY
- Website: https://www.shakeshack.com
Documented Facts
- Founded: 2004 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Headquarters: New York, New York (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Founder: Danny Meyer (Union Square Hospitality Group) (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- CEO: Rob Lynch (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Locations: 450+ globally (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Origin: Started as hot dog cart in Madison Square Park (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Revenue: $1.1 billion (2023) (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- IPO: Went public on NYSE in 2015 (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Industry (SIC): Retail - Furniture (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
- Stock ticker: SHAK (NYSE) (No linked source recorded for this statement.)
Products and Services
- ShackBurger: Signature Angus beef cheeseburger
- SmokeShack: Bacon and cherry pepper burger
- Shack-cago Dog: Vienna beef hot dog
- Frozen Custard: Dense, creamy frozen dessert
- Shack Attack Concrete: Chocolate custard with fudge and brownies
- Chicken Shack: Crispy or grilled chicken sandwich
- Crinkle-Cut Fries: Signature crinkle-cut frozen french fries
- Shack Sauce: Signature burger sauce
Evidence and Sources
- Official Website (Primary Source)
- Shake Shack Inc. — SEC EDGAR (reference)
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- Data status: Enriched
- Profile completeness: Source-backed profile (88/100)
- Indexing directive: index, follow, max-image-preview:large
- Recorded profile date: 2026-04-12
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AI summary
Modern-day roadside burger stand serving premium burgers, hot dogs, and frozen custard, grown from a NYC hot dog cart.
Available profile information
- Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
- 2 supporting sources linked.
- 10 structured facts available for extraction.
- 8 product or service signals captured.
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