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Chuck E. Cheese
Family entertainment restaurant taken private by Apollo in 2014. Filed for bankruptcy in 2020 during COVID
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Record updated Sept. 4, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
This record does not identify a current owner. That absence is a gap in the record, not a conclusion about ownership.
1 ownership record has an unresolved current/former status.
Ownership and transaction history
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Operating outcome
Operating through distress or restructuring
CEC Entertainment, owned by Apollo Global Management since a 2014 buyout, filed Chapter 11 in June 2020 after pandemic venue closures; most locations continued operating or reopened during the case, and the company emerged in December 2020 having shed about $705 million of debt.
Monarch Alternative Capital has owned CEC Entertainment, the operator of nearly 700 venues, since the 2020 restructuring.
- Founded
- 1977
- Peak headcount
- 21,400
- Sponsor at closure
- Apollo Global Management
- CNBC · 2020 · Chapter 11 filing, Apollo Global Management ownership since 2014, plan to continue operations through bankruptcy
- ABL Advisor · emergence from Chapter 11 having eliminated $705 million in debt
- CNBC · 2025 · Monarch Alternative Capital ownership since 2020, current footprint of nearly 700 venues across 47 states and 17 countries
- SEC 10-K (CEC Entertainment, company primary) · approximately 21,400 employees as of February 11, 2002
What we do not know
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- No current public ownership assessment has been published.
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