Does Applebee's support Israel?

We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Applebee's. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.

Filed under: Fast food & restaurant chains · Companies that support Israel

Background

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar is a brand of Dine Brands Global, Inc. of Pasadena, California, which also owns IHOP and Fuzzy's Taco Shop. Applebee's has never operated a restaurant in Israel. The company's own SEC filings settle the question across a quarter of a century: the annual report for the 2025 financial year lists every country in which the brands trade — the Bahamas, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — and Israel is not among them, while the older Applebee's International annual reports for 2001 and 2006, which list every domestic and international development agreement, likewise contain no Israeli territory or franchisee. No donation, in-kind aid, statement, investment, contract, sponsorship or partnership supporting Israel has been documented for Applebee's, for Dine Brands or for any of their franchisees, before or since October 2023, and the company has issued no statement on the war. One recurring trap in the paperwork is worth naming: the word "Israel" that appears in the group's SEC filings is a person's first name, not the country — in the old franchise exhibits it is David S. Israel of the Wisconsin Hospitality Group, and in the 2025 shareholder filings it is Israel A. Englander, the founder of Millennium Management, which reported a passive stake in Dine Brands. Applebee's is not on the BDS movement's official boycott target list and no fact-checked claim ties it to Israel.

Dine Brands Global — Form 10-K for FY2025 (restaurant counts by country; no Israel) Applebee's International — Form 10-K for FY2006 (all development agreements; no Israeli territory) Applebee's International — Form 10-K for FY2001 SEC EDGAR — Millennium Management Schedule 13G exhibit signed by Israel A. Englander BDS Movement — what to boycott (Applebee's not listed)

What we checked

• News & official statements — 2026-07-30
• Nonprofit tax filings (Form 990) — 2026-07-30
• SEC filings — 2026-07-30
• Federal election records (FEC) — 2026-07-30
• Independent fact-checkers — 2026-07-30
• usaspending — 2026-09-25
  Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-25 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
• lobbying — 2026-09-25
  Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-25 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
• ohchr — 2026-09-25
  Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-25. This company is not listed in it.
• whoprofits — 2026-09-25
  Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-25 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.
• hebrew-arabic-press — 2026-09-25
  Searched Hebrew and Arabic news for this company on 2026-09-25 via Google News and Bing News. No headline mentioned a donation, aid, the war, an investment, an acquisition or a boycott.

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Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-09-25

• Dine Brands Global — Form 10-K for FY2025 (restaurant counts by country; no Israel) sec.gov
• Applebee's International — Form 10-K for FY2006 (all development agreements; no Israeli territory) sec.gov
• Applebee's International — Form 10-K for FY2001 sec.gov
• SEC EDGAR — Millennium Management Schedule 13G exhibit signed by Israel A. Englander sec.gov
• BDS Movement — what to boycott (Applebee's not listed) bdsmovement.net