Dave & Buster's

Venues
Has an LEITruth index BDomain protected (DMARC)
899Open roles198 posted in 30 days+57 this week
$28kMedian advertised pay$24k – $32k−35% vs market
41 daysTime to fillmedian of 476 closed rolesmarket: 29 days
B 75/100Truth index
Lately:+57 roles posted this weekFollow changes →

Facts

as of Nov 15, 2026

Dave & Buster's is an American chain of entertainment and dining venues, headquartered in Coppell near Dallas, Texas, that combines a full-service restaurant and bar, a large video arcade and sports viewing under one roof. Founded in Dallas in 1982, the Nasdaq-listed company operates about 160 Dave & Buster's locations across the US plus a handful abroad, and it also owns the Main Event family entertainment center chain acquired in 2022. Its board recruits restaurant managers, line cooks, servers, bartenders, hosts, bussers, games support technicians, Winner's Circle prize staff and event coordinators, alongside corporate roles in merchandising and executive support.

It is hiring: 899 open roles, 198 of them posted in the last 30 days. Its stated pay is 35% below the market estimate for the same roles.

Headquarters
Coppell, United States
Founded
1982
Employees
5000+estimated range
Open roles
899 in 170 citiesAlion job postings
Official records
Wikidata Q5228205LEI 549300JAVWTAY1FT5Z45
Website
daveandbusters.com

As of Nov 15, 2026, Alion lists 899 open roles at Dave & Buster's. Dave & Buster's is headquartered in Coppell, United States. It was founded in 1982. The median pay stated in its open roles is $28k, across 244 postings that state pay.

Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake

Trust

Full employer check →

What the registers and the postings say about this employer.

Postings are real
Alion truth index: B
75/100
Ghost roles
re-checked against its careers site
42%
Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Domain and mail securitydaveandbusters.com · Nov 14, 2026
Spoofed mail (DMARC)
Spoofed mail goes to spam
Good
Who may send its mail (SPF)
Other senders fail (-all)
Good
HTTPS certificate
Valid certificate · Google Trust Services
Good
HTTPS enforced (HSTS)
Enforced
Good
Security contact (security.txt)
No security.txt
Weak
Encrypted mail delivery (MTA-STS)
No MTA-STS policy
Weak
Signed DNS (DNSSEC)
Not signed
Weak
Certificate issuers (CAA)
Any authority may issue certificates
Weak
Full employer checkScam signs in adverts, mail records, visa registers, domain history
Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices The domain: its DNS records, its site's headers and certificate.

Hiring

All open roles →

Hiring steadily, with new roles every week.

Hospitality is the largest family, 52 of open roles.

198Posted in 30 days22% of open roles are fresh
0%Remote roles0 of 899
170Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
1,357 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States1,357On site
Canada19On site
Puerto Rico10On site
Remote, from elsewhere0Rare
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 0.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Dave & Buster's41 days
Market, same roles29 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand87
Pay14
Your chance44
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 1,019 then, 0 now
Are the postings real?
B
75 / 100Dave & Buster's scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 899 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 42% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 41 days.
Ghost roles42%
Gone stale0%
Reposted0%
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Hospitality52▲
Customer Success9▼
Management9▲
Field & Service7
Industrial Engineering6▼
Support4
Newest roles
Support Technician
$24k – $32k per year · In office · Part-Time · Reno
Support Technician
In office · Part-Time · Toronto
support technician
In office · Part-Time · Gainesville
Systems Analyst
In office · Full-Time · Coppell
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
English30434%
Degree asked
Master's Degree 100%
Experience asked: 3.3 years on average, in 79 postings. 2 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
401k plan77686%
Flexible schedule69477%
Growth opportunities18621%
Professional development374%
Contract type
Part-Time 789Full-Time 110
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
View 899 jobsRoles matching my profile
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family

Pay

All salaries →

Pays 35% below the market estimate for the same roles.

$28kMedianmarket estimate $43k
$24k – $32kTypical rangeUSD a year
$125kHighest paying roleGeneral Manager
Pay by levelmiddle half of stated pay, median marked · dashed: market median $43k
Senior16$38k$30k – $42k
$0$13k$25k$38k$50k
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year

Footprint

Hiring in 170 cities in 3 countries.

170Cities
3Countries
San AntonioBusiest site
Loading the map
SiteTypeOpen rolesHires most forEngineering
Coppell United StatesHeadquarters4Product, Analytics, Operations25%
San Antonio United StatesPlant / site15Hospitality, Support, Finance0%
Philadelphia United StatesPlant / site14Hospitality, Field & Service, Support0%
Brooklyn United StatesPlant / site13Hospitality, Field & Service, Support0%
Canton United StatesPlant / site13Hospitality, Field & Service, Finance0%
Natick United StatesPlant / site12Hospitality, Field & Service, Administrative0%
Pittsburgh United StatesPlant / site11Hospitality, Support0%
Toronto CanadaPlant / site11Hospitality, Support, Administrative0%
All 170 offices
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers

Peers

Compare →

Ranked #3 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.

#CompanyHQOpen rolesSize
1Legends GlobalNew York, United States1,7125000+
2Live Nation EntertainmentBeverly Hills, United States1,0125000+
3Dave & Buster'sCoppell, United States8995000+
4PopStrokeJupiter, United States911001-5000
5Anschutz Entertainment GroupLos Angeles, United States711001-5000
6Monumental Sports & EntertainmentWashington, United States42201-500
7Sphere Entertainment Co.Las Vegas, United States13
8Pacific ElectricNew York, United States8
Dave & Buster's competitors and alternatives
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)

Financials

Revenue and money on record.

All financials
Sources: funding announcements, grant and company registers

Tech stack

Full chapter →

Technologies named in job postings at Dave & Buster's over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.

25Technologies in use
9Postings analysed
74/100Stack modernityAI adopter
LanguagesPowerShellPythonApex
Cloud & platformsAzureActive DirectoryDatadogFigma
AI & MLGemini
Sign in to see how your skills match this stackSign In
Full Dave & Buster's tech stack25 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site

Milestones

Aug 28, 2019
Released an app D&B Rewards · App Store
1982
Founded
Each milestone is dated by its source: registers, filings, the press

Newsroom

4.8 ★App Store194k ratings
#48,334Web rankTranco top 1M
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once