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First Watch operates more than 580 restaurants in 31 states, with the number expected to grow in 2025.
The company said in its first quarter 2025 revenue call on May 6, it opened 13 restaurants in 10 states in the first three months of the year, bringing a total of 584 restaurants (498 companies owned locations and 86 franchises owned).
Also in a revenue call, First Watch said it expects to open 59-64 new restaurants in 2025. “The same restaurant traffic results in the first quarter encourage and continue the trends that experienced the 2024 escape and demonstrate both the strength and resilience of the first watch brand,” Chris Tomasso, president and CEO of the first watch, said over the phone.
Tomasso said the location, which opened in 2024 and 2025, exceeded expectations despite the “uncertainty” of the economic environment.
Here’s a look at where the chain has opened new restaurants so far in 2025 and where new locations will open for the rest of the year.
Where did First Watch open a new location in 2025?
The company said it opened 13 new locations in 10 states in the first three months of the year.
- Alabama
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Virginia
According to a spokesman for the first watch, the Massachusetts location is the company’s first New England location, and is located in Hanover. The company plans to open its second Massachusetts location on Boyleston Street in downtown Boston later this year.
In a news release on April 23rd, First Watch CEO & President Chris Tomasso said:
The company also told USA Today it entered Idaho, its 31st state in May.
Where is the first clock to open a new location for the rest of 2025?
The company told USA Today it plans to open new locations in the following states later in 2025:
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- Nevada
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Yuta
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
The company’s new restaurant in Nevada is located in Las Vegas and is expected to open this summer, a spokesman for the first watch told USA Today. Nevada will become the 32nd state of the company that has a location.
Additionally, the company’s first location in Memphis, Tennessee is scheduled for September 2025.
Gabe Hauari is a national trending news reporter for USA Today. You can follow him with X @geuna Alternatively, email him at gdhauari@gannett.com.
