Starbucks Corporation operates within the Eating places sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Starbucks with three other companies in this sector in the United States: Sodexo (2019 sales of $24.80 billion of which 96% was On-Site Services), Darden Restaurants, Inc. ($8.51 billion of which 50% was Olive Garden), and Aramark ($16.23 billion of which 61% was Food and Support Services United States).

Sales Analysis. During the year ended September of 2019, sales at Starbucks were $26.51 billion. This is an increase of 7.2% versus 2018, when the company's sales were $24.72 billion. This was the fifth consecutive year of sales increases at Starbucks (and since 2014, sales have increased a total of 61%). Sales of Americas saw an increase of 9.1% in 2019, from $16.73 billion to $18.26 billion. Not all segments of Starbucks experienced an increase in sales in 2019: sales of Corporate and Other fell 60.6% to $66.30 million. (However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales). Starbucks also experienced decreases in sales in Channel Development (down 13.3% to $1.99 billion) .