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Does Bloomin' Brands support Israel?
Bloomin' Brands, Inc.
We have not yet found publicly recorded donations from Bloomin' Brands. Absence of records does not confirm absence of support.
Filed under: Fast food & restaurant chains · Companies that support Israel
Background
No documented Bloomin' Brands or Outback Steakhouse support for Israel was found, and the widely repeated idea that Outback once operated in Israel could not be substantiated. Bloomin' Brands reported 355 international franchised restaurants across 11 countries and Guam at the end of fiscal 2025; its franchising site lists current markets in Latin America, Asia, Australia and the Gulf states of Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and lists its open development territories as Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, Turkey, Poland, the United Kingdom and others — Israel appears in neither list, and no Israeli Outback location, licensee or opening was found in any contemporaneous source. A neighbourhood pub in Zikhron Ya'akov trading as 'Outback' is an unaffiliated Israeli business that shares the name. The company's 10-K filings mention Israel only in a boilerplate risk factor about the global economic effects of 'the ongoing conflicts in Israel and Ukraine'. Its corporate PAC has made no contributions to pro-Israel committees, and no corporate foundation filings show Israel-linked grants.
Bloomin' Brands FY2025 Form 10-K (Israel mentioned only in the geopolitical risk factor) Bloomin' Brands global franchising — current and available international markets FEC — Bloomin' Brands, Inc. Political Action Committee (C00253153)
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 — 2026-09-24Queried the USAspending.gov award API on 2026-09-24 for US federal contracts, grants and other awards to this company whose award text mentions Israel. It returned no awards.
- lobbying — 2026-09-24Searched the US Lobbying Disclosure Act database at lda.gov on 2026-09-24 for filings naming this company as the client whose reported lobbying issues mention Israel. No filings matched.
- ohchr — 2026-09-24Checked the UN OHCHR database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, report A/HRC/60/19, on 2026-09-24. This company is not listed in it.
- whoprofits — 2026-09-24Searched the Who Profits company index on 2026-09-24 — the research centre that documents corporate involvement in the Israeli occupation. This company has no profile there.
- hebrew-arabic-press — 2026-09-24Searched Hebrew and Arabic news for this company on 2026-09-24 via Google News and Bing News. No headline mentioned a donation, aid, the war, an investment, an acquisition or a boycott.
Frequently asked questions
Did Bloomin' Brands donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
No records found. We searched 10 public source types — news and official statements, nonprofit tax filings, SEC filings, and federal election records — and found no donations from Bloomin' Brands. The dated search log on this page shows exactly where we looked.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 3 distinct sources are cited for Bloomin' Brands. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
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Record last updated: 2026-09-24