Sylvia's Restaurant

Stock value

Share price

Private — not listed

No stock value exists for a company without listed shares.

Revenue

Private — not filed

Company profile

Black ownership

Not disclosed

No ownership percentage published · Not disclosed

Active ventures

None listed

Culture profile · Food + Hospitality

Black culinary tradition anchors American food culture, while ownership remains concentrated in single units where real estate and franchising decide who builds lasting equity.

Market scale

$1.1T

National Restaurant Association 2024 · US restaurant industry sales, forecast · United States · source

Black-owned share of franchises

Under 3%

Share of all US franchise employer firms. · US Census / Third Way 2021

Firm count growth

124,004 → 194,585

Black-owned employer firms, 2017 to 2022. · Pew Research Center / Census 2017–2022

SBA financing access

Principal barrier lever

Lending access cited as the decisive constraint on Black franchise ownership. · QSR Magazine 2023

Franchisor diversity pledges

McDonald's, Wendy's, Yum!

Own Your Opportunity and Franchise Accelerator style programmes. · QSR Magazine 2021–2023