Founded in 1986 by Jim Mattei, Checkers Drive-In is one of America’s largest drive-through restaurants. The company operates both Rally’s and Checker names and began as a Checkers Drive-In located in Mobile, Alabama. The companies merged in 1999.
The company was sold in 2014 to a private equity group, Sentinel Capital Partners. Checkers Drive-In is now headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Both Rallys and Checkers offer little or no seating areas but have double drive-throughs on both sides of the location. A few older locations have drive and park service.
Checkers was sold to another private equity group, Oak Hill Capital Partners, in 2017 for $525 million.
Checkers Drive-In offers standard American food such as hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries, and milkshakes. As of 2014, the company had 784 locations. 
In 2018, the company announced that it would be expanding into the Pittsburgh area with more than 2 dozen locations planned.
In December 2022, Checkers opened a new location in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The company maintains a corporate office in Tampa, Florida.
Founded in 1986 by Jim Mattei, Checkers Drive-In is one of America’s largest drive-through restaurants. The company operates both Rally’s and Checker names and began as a Checkers Drive-In located in Mobile, Alabama. The companies merged in 1999.
The company was sold in 2014 to a private equity group, Sentinel Capital Partners. Checkers Drive-In is now headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Both Rallys and Checkers offer little or no seating areas but have double drive-throughs on both sides of the location. A few older locations have drive and park service.
History
Checkers was sold to another private equity group, Oak Hill Capital Partners, in 2017 for $525 million.
Checkers Drive-In offers standard American food such as hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries, and milkshakes. As of 2014, the company had 784 locations.
In 2018, the company announced that it would be expanding into the Pittsburgh area with more than 2 dozen locations planned.
In December 2022, Checkers opened a new location in Knoxville, Tennessee.
The company maintains a corporate office in Tampa, Florida.