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Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises — the FDD facts
272 brands · from each franchisor's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document
Every fast food & quick-service restaurant franchise in our corpus, on the numbers their own FDDs put on record — what it costs to open, whether the franchisor discloses earnings, how many outlets close, and the risk signals. Not marketing copy.
Brands tracked
272
parsed FDDs
Disclose Item 19 earnings
52%
141 of 272 brands
Median closure rate
2.9%
FDD Item 20 · 113 brands
Franchisee lawsuits
193
FDD Item 3, category total
| Franchise | Total investment | Item 19 | Closure rate | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'Pokeworks' | Pokeworks | $386,468 – $646,188 | ✓ | 7.5% | Low |
| 'S.F. Hole in the Wall Pizza Shop' or 'Shop' | S.F. Hole in the Wall Pizza Shop or Shop | $662,600 – $930,644 | — | — | Medium |
| 5 Tacos and Beers | $764,500 – $1,527,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| A.b.'s Smokehouse | $382,000 – $678,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Adamson's Franchise LLC (Unit) | $318,900 – $787,720 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Afuri Ramen + Dumpling | $591,000 – $1,153,000 | — | 66.7% | High |
| Al-Hamra | $165,850 – $291,750 | — | — | Medium |
| Al's Hot Chicken | $193,350 – $458,900 | — | 50% | Medium |
| Angry Chickz | $418,000 – $1,000,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| APOLA International | — | ✓ | 100% | Medium |
| Arby's | $644,950 – $861,950 | — | — | Medium |
| Archibald's Restaurant Management Group | $1,641,500 – $2,982,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Atomic Wings | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Barberitos Franchising Co. | $521,000 – $830,360 | ✓ | 4.8% | Medium |
| Batter Up Pancakes | $502,800 – $840,900 | — | — | Medium |
| bb.q Chicken | bb.q Chicken Bistro | $275,000 – $453,000 | — | 1.6% | Medium |
| Beach Hut | $272,458 – $636,812 | — | — | Medium |
| Beef O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs | Beef 'O' Brady's® Family Sports Pubs | Beef O'Brady's Family Sports Pubs | $812,850 – $1,475,375 | ✓ | 0.9% | Medium |
| Beef-a-Roo | $526,700 – $973,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| BF Franchise Company | $362,650 – $651,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Big Chicken | — | — | — | Medium |
| Big Mama's and Papa's Pizzeria | BMPP | $305,000 – $759,000 | — | 16.7% | High |
| Big Town Hero | $157,950 – $354,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Blaze Pizza | $596,900 – $1,087,500 | ✓ | 4.1% | Medium |
| Blue Burro Restaurant | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Bobby's Burgers by Bobby Flay | $547,950 – $2,862,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Bonchon Business and Restaurant | BonChon Business and Restaurant | $766,772 – $1,157,539 | ✓ | 2.6% | Medium |
| Boss' Pizza and Chicken | $137,200 – $538,500 | ✓ | 33.3% | Low |
| Brooks Burgers | $10,920 – $583,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Buffalo Spot | — | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| BUONA and BUONA BEEF | $2,712,350 – $5,088,350 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Burger Exotic Village | $483,500 – $801,500 | — | 0% | Medium |
| BURROS & FRIES | Burros & Fries | $600,000 – $913,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Cafe Sbarro | Carmela's of Brooklyn | Cucinova | La Cucina Di Capri | Mama Sbarro | Sbarro | Sbarro Fresh Italian Cooking | Sbarro the Best Italian Choice | Sbarro the Italian Eatery | Tony & Bruno's | Umberto's | $206,900 – $951,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Can Am Pizza | $300,000 – $400,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Capital Tacos | $211,200 – $447,200 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Capriotti's | Capriotti's Sandwich Shop | $422,000 – $818,000 | ✓ | 11.1% | Low |
| Captain Business Management Co., Limited (YANGGUOFU) | — | — | — | Medium |
| Captain D's | $898,600 – $1,354,200 | ✓ | 1.3% | Low |
| Carl's JR | $1,486,000 – $3,176,500 | ✓ | 2.9% | High |
| Chanticlear Pizza | $246,500 – $325,500 | — | 9.1% | Medium |
| Cheba Hut | $631,150 – $2,171,900 | ✓ | 2% | Low |
| Checkers Restaurants | — | ✓ | 2.9% | Medium |
| Chester's | Chester's Chicken On-the-Fly | $27,500 – $296,500 | — | 7.4% | Medium |
| Chicago's Pizza With A Twist | Pizza Twist | $289,500 – $551,200 | — | 3.3% | Medium |
| Chicken Guy! | $123,000 – $205,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Chicken in a Barrel BBQ | $228,000 – $595,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Cho Dang | — | — | — | Medium |
| CHOP5 | $495,700 – $955,800 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Chronic Tacos | $284,000 – $884,000 | ✓ | 16.7% | Medium |
| Churrito Loco | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| Cilantro Lime | $146,700 – $296,500 | — | — | Medium |
| CoCo Ichibanya | — | — | — | Medium |
| Colbie's Southern Kissed Chicken | $365,500 – $2,024,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Copper Branch | Copper Branch Restaurant | $493,600 – $849,500 | — | 50% | High |
| Corner Bakery Cafe | $1,090,000 – $2,168,000 | — | 11.9% | High |
| COSTA VIDA FRESH MEXICAN GRILL Costa Vida | $659,500 – $1,300,000 | ✓ | 5.4% | Medium |
| CRACK'D Kitchen & Coffee | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Crimson Coward | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Crisp & Green | $886,028 – $1,444,038 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| CrunCheese Korean Hot Dog | $185,050 – $652,500 | — | 0% | Medium |
| CTG | $273,000 – $726,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Cupbop | $296,200 – $663,400 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Curry Up Now | $312,400 – $940,200 | — | 10% | Medium |
| Daddy's Chicken Shack Franchising, LLC (Unit) | $748,250 – $1,141,750 | — | — | Medium |
| Dae Gee | $380,408 – $954,125 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Dairy Queen of Virginia | $570,100 – $2,550,800 | ✓ | 1.3% | Medium |
| Dave's Hot Chicken | $619,800 – $1,963,000 | — | 1.3% | Medium |
| Del Taco | $2,625,400 – $6,175,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Dilla Enterprises | $407,351 – $762,152 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Dog Haus | $357,437 – $625,800 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Dog Haus Worldwide, LLC (Remote Kitchens) | $99,612 – $212,900 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Domino's Pizza | $107,450 – $743,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Doner Haus | $516,869 – $763,804 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Dos Coyotes | Dos Coyotes Border Cafe | $1,471,500 – $1,793,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Dos Kims | — | — | — | Medium |
| Earl of Sandwich | $28,000 – $80,000 | — | — | Medium |
| East Coast Subs | Penn Station | Penn Station, East Coast Subs | $507,500 – $858,750 | ✓ | 1.3% | Low |
| Egg Drop | $201,500 – $311,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Egg N Bird | $506,000 – $920,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Egg Tuck | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Eggholic International | $456,500 – $583,600 | — | — | Medium |
| El Pollo Loco | $793,750 – $2,685,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Epic Wings | Wing-n-it, Inc. | Wings-n Things | $564,950 – $1,465,432 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Erbert and Gerbert's Sandwich Shop | $193,820 – $460,270 | ✓ | 10.8% | High |
| Erik's DeliCafe | $208,500 – $406,600 | ✓ | 3.8% | Low |
| Extreme Pizza | $330,200 – $789,000 | ✓ | 9.5% | Medium |
| Farmer Boys Franchising Co. | $1,056,000 – $2,610,500 | ✓ | 2.8% | Medium |
| Fazoli's | $270,000 – $485,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Fire Island Grill | $200,600 – $490,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Five Guys Burgers & Fries | Five Guys Burgers and Fries | $256,200 – $591,250 | — | 1.2% | Medium |
| Fosters Freeze | $611,500 – $1,009,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Franchise Partner Program | $188,420 – $837,690 | ✓ | 4.6% | Medium |
| Fried Chicken Master | $184,850 – $300,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Fuji Grill | $152,400 – $286,300 | — | — | Medium |
| Fuzzy's Taco Shop | $642,000 – $1,523,500 | ✓ | 6.7% | Medium |
| Fyrebird Chicken | $132,300 – $269,100 | — | — | Medium |
| Ganso Aburado USA | $471,450 – $1,015,850 | — | — | Medium |
| Garbanzo Mediterranean Fresh | $552,057 – $734,957 | ✓ | 5.9% | Low |
| Godfather's Pizza | $155,525 – $366,000 | — | 0.3% | Medium |
| Goobne Chicken | — | — | — | Medium |
| Great American Buffet | Western Sizzlin Limited | Western Sizzlin Steak & More | Western Sizzlin's Wood Grill Buffet | $1,061,000 – $4,500,000 | ✓ | 1.9% | High |
| Gregoire | $353,794 – $612,990 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Grimaldi's | Grimaldi's Coal-Brick Oven Pizzeria | Grimaldi's Pizzeria | $1,374,800 – $1,835,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Guapas Restaurants | $323,000 – $712,000 | — | — | Medium |
| GX Greek Xpress | $191,100 – $850,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Habit Burger | $1,658,000 – $2,849,000 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Hardee's (sla) | $57,000 – $97,000 | ✓ | — | High |
| Heritage Restaurant Brands, LP (Press Quesadilla Grill) | $287,000 – $802,000 | — | — | Medium |
| HHC Franchising, LLC (HHC; Houston TX Hot Chicken) | $542,950 – $1,368,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Hoots® | — | — | 0% | High |
| Hot Chikn Kitchn | $192,000 – $618,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Huddle House | Huddle House | $551,950 – $1,429,150 | ✓ | 6.9% | Medium |
| Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders | $862,900 – $2,613,300 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Hummus Republic Franchising USA | $207,500 – $659,000 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Hungry Howie's Pizza + Subs | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Idus USA | — | — | — | Medium |
| Ike's, the | $141,300 – $614,000 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| iniBurger | $302,150 – $676,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Isi's Pizza | $265,000 – $444,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Jack in the Box | Jack in the Box® | $3,531,000 – $5,523,200 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Jaggers Development | $3,309,700 – $4,415,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Jake's | Jake's Wayback Burgers | Wayback Burgers | $256,000 – $850,000 | — | 9.5% | Medium |
| Jason's Deli | $1,724,938 – $2,542,038 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Jaws Topokki | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Jazen Tea | Pho Hoa Noodle Soup | $332,600 – $680,180 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Jersey Mike's | $203,583 – $1,317,005 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Johnny Rockets | $517,300 – $2,667,900 | ✓ | 4% | High |
| Jollibee® | — | — | — | Medium |
| Juan Pollo | $287,500 – $584,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Katsu Bar and Noodle | $268,000 – $439,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Kelly's Cajun Grill | $295,000 – $1,403,500 | — | 6.7% | Medium |
| Kentro Franchising, LCC | $387,800 – $896,800 | ✓ | — | Low |
| KFC (non-Traditional) | $290,825 – $1,417,000 | ✓ | 6.7% | Medium |
| KFC (traditional) | $135,000 – $540,000 | ✓ | 4.1% | Medium |
| King Mediterrano Franchising Group | $401,000 – $631,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Koibito Poke | $2,000 – $10,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Kono's International LV | $224,150 – $688,900 | — | — | Medium |
| Kyochon, Kyochon Chicken, Kyochon 1991 | $493,500 – $1,038,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Layne's Chicken Fingers | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| Lazzara | $377,750 – $925,250 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Little Caesars | $393,000 – $1,728,700 | — | 2% | High |
| Little Rachel's Kitchen | Rachel's Kitchen | $298,450 – $815,880 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Long John Silver's, Llc; Long John Silver's; Long John Silver's Seafood Shops | $813,500 – $1,418,500 | — | 4.4% | High |
| Los Pollos Bros Franchise Operations | $274,800 – $592,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Lucha Libre | $431,000 – $915,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| LyteBite | $293,300 – $500,300 | — | — | Medium |
| MacQue's BBQ International | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| Mahana Fresh | $222,200 – $696,000 | — | 20% | Medium |
| Marco's Pizza and Marcos | $285,631 – $804,856 | ✓ | 2.6% | Medium |
| Marufuku Ramen | $1,029,000 – $1,540,000 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Mensho | $576,675 – $3,928,350 | — | — | Medium |
| Miami Grill | $365,000 – $985,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| MOD Pizza | MOD PIZZA/ MOD PIZZA RESTAURANTS | $1,001,223 – $1,301,134 | — | 1.2% | Medium |
| Mooyah | $372,525 – $1,186,124 | ✓ | 6.8% | Medium |
| Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® | $360,379 – $834,286 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| MY NY SPORTS PIZZA | My NY SPORTS PIZZA | $268,000 – $909,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Nashville Hot Chicken | $237,200 – $481,500 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Nation's Giant Hamburgers | $750,000 – $1,150,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Native Grill and Wings | $1,017,000 – $2,905,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Nguyen's Kitchen | — | — | — | Medium |
| Nick the Greek | $426,950 – $624,800 | — | — | Medium |
| Noble Chicken | $449,750 – $698,342 | — | — | Medium |
| Noori Chicken | $298,500 – $520,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Nozzleman Pizza Restaurants | $222,000 – $910,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Oath Pizza | $239,000 – $590,000 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| OH K-Dog & Egg Toast | $131,750 – $548,500 | — | 11.5% | Medium |
| Oke Poke | $273,900 – $752,800 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| ON+ON | On+On | $278,000 – $471,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Pablito's Tacos | $219,500 – $447,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| PAIK'S NOODLE | Paik's Noodle | $349,000 – $474,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Pasta Sisters | — | — | — | Medium |
| Pelicana | — | — | — | Medium |
| Pepper Lunch | $714,200 – $1,500,500 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Philly's Best | Philly's Best Authentic Cheesesteak & Hoagie Shop | $334,500 – $867,000 | ✓ | 5.9% | Medium |
| Pieology | $304,000 – $807,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Pita GR | $228,000 – $472,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Pizza Factory | $323,000 – $740,000 | ✓ | 2.9% | Medium |
| Pizza Guys | $200,100 – $424,050 | ✓ | 2.7% | Low |
| Pizza Karma | $317,250 – $582,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Pizza Man | $162,850 – $178,500 | — | 0% | High |
| PizzaExpress | $1,413,246 – $2,157,436 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Poke Bar | $157,800 – $438,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Poke Co Holdings | $162,500 – $337,400 | — | 16.7% | Medium |
| Poke House | $307,300 – $686,300 | — | — | Medium |
| Poke Rainbow | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Poki Bowl | $187,750 – $423,523 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Pokitomik | — | — | — | Medium |
| Pollo Campero | $1,554,650 – $3,750,500 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| PrimoHoagies | $350,500 – $759,500 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Punjabi Chaap | $421,000 – $663,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Qdoba | Qdoba Mexican Eats | $476,800 – $1,096,700 | ✓ | 3.2% | Medium |
| Qdoba Mexican Eats Qdoba Qdoba Mexican Grill | $545,500 – $1,294,000 | ✓ | 1.6% | Medium |
| Quick N Split | $130,600 – $260,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Quiznos | Quiznos Sub | $223,900 – $618,800 | ✓ | — | High |
| Rakkan Ramen | $379,500 – $865,000 | ✓ | 33.3% | High |
| Rally's Restaurants | — | ✓ | 2.9% | Medium |
| Red Boy Pizza | Red Boy Pizza | — | — | — | Medium |
| Roberto's Taco Shops | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Rock N Roll Sushi | — | ✓ | 2% | Low |
| Roll Em Up Taquitos | $232,800 – $1,003,500 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Rooster & Rice | $32,510,060 – $46,750,046 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Rosati's Pizza Enterprises | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Rusty Taco | $531,900 – $1,100,450 | ✓ | 18.8% | Low |
| Salad Farm | $330,000 – $729,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Saladworks | $590,000 – $764,500 | ✓ | 5.3% | Medium |
| Salady America | $317,000 – $565,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Saucy Asian | $352,000 – $834,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Seniore's Pizza | $297,000 – $455,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Senor Pollo Mexican Grill | $158,700 – $403,900 | — | 0% | Medium |
| SFI Global USA, Inc. (I Got My Sound Chicken) | — | — | — | Medium |
| Shah's Halal | $192,000 – $410,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Silverlake Ramen Japanese Noodle Bar Restaurant | $555,850 – $979,950 | ✓ | 4.8% | Medium |
| Simply | $192,950 – $462,833 | — | — | Medium |
| Slice House | $406,300 – $1,147,600 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Slim Chicken's | $32,500 – $79,000 | ✓ | 0.7% | Low |
| SM | $418,644 – $1,458,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Smalls Sliders | — | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Spitz - Home of the Doner Kebab | Spitz Restaurants | $579,250 – $1,150,050 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Squeeze In Franchising, L.L.C. (Unit) | $201,893 – $521,870 | ✓ | 25% | Medium |
| SRC DCS | $254,000 – $561,220 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Stalk Spade | $774,050 – $1,328,150 | — | — | Medium |
| Starbird | $1,116,907 – $1,470,263 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Steak Escape | Steak Escape Express | Steak Escape Grille | Steak Escape Sandwich Grill | $239,500 – $816,500 | — | 14.3% | High |
| Steak n Shake by Biglari | $1,344,419 – $2,340,385 | ✓ | — | High |
| Steve's Pizza | Steve's Pizza Branding Company | $471,000 – $980,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Straw Hat | $145,000 – $1,568,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Submarina | $182,500 – $370,250 | — | — | Medium |
| Subway | $238,623 – $536,745 | — | — | High |
| Sunpark USA, Inc. (Kazzan Ramen) | $385,500 – $773,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Sunpark USA, Inc. (Maji Curry) | $385,500 – $773,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Sushi Damu USA | $314,850 – $610,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Taco Cabana | $1,304,500 – $2,644,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Tandoori Pizza | $373,675 – $659,300 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Tay Ho | $337,500 – $730,000 | — | — | Medium |
| TDMF Holdings | $220,600 – $611,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Teriyaki Madness | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Thai Esane | $181,500 – $452,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Thanks Pizza America | — | — | — | Medium |
| The Cheese Steak Shop | $354,000 – $625,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| The Counter | $724,133 – $1,983,750 | ✓ | 10.5% | High |
| The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill | — | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| The Halal Guys | $461,400 – $1,333,500 | — | 9.1% | Medium |
| The Original Hot Chicken and Inked Tacos (Unit) | $215,256 – $697,911 | ✓ | — | Low |
| The Piggy BBQ | $382,800 – $941,600 | — | — | Medium |
| The Red Chickz | THE RED CHICKZ | — | — | — | Medium |
| TKK Fried Chicken | $375,000 – $698,000 | — | 22.2% | Medium |
| Togo's® | $451,625 – $653,000 | ✓ | 1.3% | Low |
| TPP Express | $301,050 – $733,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Tulsi | $239,000 – $534,333 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Uncle Sharkii | Uncle Sharkii Poke Bar | $357,495 – $1,181,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Vabbe Pizza | $91,325 – $537,580 | — | — | Medium |
| Vegan District | $97,500 – $358,000 | — | — | Medium |
| VeganBurg | $349,750 – $640,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Vons Chicken F+B | — | — | — | Medium |
| Waba Grill | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Wadaya Mazemen and Ramen | $474,500 – $842,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Wahlburgers Restaurant | $1,080,000 – $1,995,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Wahoo's Fish Taco | $546,500 – $792,500 | — | — | High |
| Wayback Burgers | — | — | — | Medium |
| WeDats Franchise Holdings | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| West Coast Sourdough | $297,000 – $421,500 | — | 4% | Medium |
| Westside Pizza | $207,435 – $559,935 | ✓ | 9.4% | Medium |
| Which Wich | WHICH WICH | $253,500 – $822,250 | — | 8.2% | Medium |
| Wing Zone | — | ✓ | 25.9% | Low |
| Wings and Rings | $1,359,000 – $1,982,000 | ✓ | 8.9% | Medium |
| Wings Over | $198,000 – $701,875 | ✓ | 10% | Medium |
| Wok to Walk | $346,000 – $823,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Yogis Grill | $436,800 – $903,600 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Yoshinoya | Yoshinoya Restaurants | — | — | — | Medium |
| Your Pie | $369,250 – $939,500 | ✓ | 9.5% | Medium |
| Zoup! Eatery | $509,434 – $699,050 | ✓ | 16.1% | Medium |
Figures as disclosed in each brand's most recent registered FDD. “—” means the FDD does not disclose it or the table did not parse cleanly — never an estimate. Tap any brand for the full breakdown. New to the term? What is Item 19? — the earnings disclosure, in plain English.
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Quick-service restaurant franchises — frequently asked
What is the best fast food & quick-service restaurant franchise?
"Best" is a claim the FDD numbers have to back: we rank fast food & quick-service restaurant brands that disclose Item 19 earnings AND beat the category's median closure rate. Buffalo Spot currently tops that list with a 0% franchised-outlet closure rate; 15 fast food & quick-service restaurant brands qualify. See Best fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises by the FDD numbers.
How much does a fast food & quick-service restaurant franchise cost?
The median total initial investment across the 272 fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises we track is $556,458 (FDD Item 7); individual brands range widely — the table on this page shows each one. The lowest-cost brands are ranked in Cheapest fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises to open.
Which fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises disclose earnings?
141 of 272 fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises (52%) make an Item 19 financial performance representation in their most recent FDD — franchisor-disclosed unit earnings, not estimates. See Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
What is the failure rate of fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises?
Across the 113 fast food & quick-service restaurant brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 2.9% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 44 of the 210 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.
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