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Vicious Biscuit franchise — is it worth it?

Low risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

Vicious Biscuit is a quick-service restaurant brand with a relatively high initial investment range of $875,000 to $1,356,667.

Everything below is free, read straight off Vicious Biscuit's registered filing, with where the numbers land against quick-service restaurant peers. Weighing Vicious Biscuit against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Vicious Biscuit's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641466 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.

How much does a Vicious Biscuit franchise make?

Vicious Biscuit 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 is $1,343,062 in average unit revenue — read it alongside what Item 19 says about which units it covers (often only mature or top-performing locations). See every quick-service restaurant brand that discloses earnings in the Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Vicious Biscuit 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 Vicious Biscuit's 5% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Vicious Biscuit franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Vicious Biscuit franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $1,343,062 of revenue, a 5% royalty alone is about $67,153 a year before any other cost.

Vicious Biscuit lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Vicious Biscuit's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) does disclose 1 legal proceeding 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 Vicious Biscuit 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.

Vicious Biscuit closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Vicious Biscuit 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 Vicious Biscuit's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a quick-service restaurant 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. Vicious Biscuit's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Net franchised outlets moved +2 to 4 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Vicious Biscuit?

Vicious Biscuit's franchise is offered by Vicious Biscuit Franchising, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at WI DFI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.

Quick-service restaurant franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Vicious Biscuit is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.

Vicious Biscuit franchise — frequently asked