Dine Brands to grow co-branded restaurant concept in 2025

In 2024, Dine Brands International and its franchisees opened 36 new restaurants total.

Dine Brands is planning to expand its dual-branded Applebee’s and IHOP restaurant concept at home and abroad.

Dine Brands International, an affiliate of Dine Brands Global, Inc., the parent company of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar, IHOP, and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, is set to expand the concept in 2025. This includes entering the Costa Rican market with franchisee BLT UK Holdings Limited, and opening the first non-traditional restaurants in Mexico with franchisees Grupo Shogua and ATH Group.

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The dual-branded format, combining Applebee’s and IHOP under one roof, is a “key part” of Dine Brands’ international growth strategy, says the company. Currently, there are 18 dual-branded locations across seven markets: Mexico, Canada, UAE, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Honduras and Peru. 

In 2025, the company aims to open 13 additional dual-branded restaurants in new international markets and complete 10 dual conversions, bringing the total number of dual-branded restaurants to 41. The company is slated to open 14 more dual-branded locations in the United States through 2026 by transforming existing single-branded restaurants and building new locations from the ground up.