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Hardee's (Sla) franchise — is it worth it?

Medium risk Shrinking network Item 19 disclosed

What Hardee's (Sla)'s most recent Franchise Disclosure Document says about the money, the litigation, and the franchisee churn — before you wire a five- or six-figure franchise fee.

Everything below is free, read straight off Hardee's (Sla)'s registered filing, with where the numbers land against category peers. Weighing Hardee's (Sla) against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Hardee's (Sla)'s most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce — CARDS franchise registrations · filing 35286-202601-01 — check it yourself. See every other Minnesota-registered franchise.

How much does a Hardee's (Sla) franchise make?

Hardee's (Sla) is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The headline figure did not machine-read cleanly from this filing, so we don't print one; Item 19 of the source FDD has the tables. See every other brand that discloses earnings in the Other franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Hardee's (Sla) franchise profit vs. revenue

Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Hardee's (Sla)'s 6% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Hardee's (Sla) franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Hardee's (Sla) franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.

Hardee's (Sla) lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Hardee's (Sla)'s most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) does disclose legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Hardee's (Sla) itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.

Hardee's (Sla) closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Hardee's (Sla) will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Hardee's (Sla)'s most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a franchise of this kind.

The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Hardee's (Sla)'s latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Net franchised outlets moved -5 to 129 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Hardee's (Sla)?

Hardee's (Sla)'s franchise is offered by HARDEE'S RESTAURANTS LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at MN CARDS; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.

Compare Hardee's (Sla) head-to-head

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