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Full-service restaurant franchises — the FDD facts
Every full-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.
| Franchise | Total investment | Item 19 | Closure rate | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Bar | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Angry Crab Shack | $421,800 – $1,203,800 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Another Broken Egg Cafe | $792,500 – $1,804,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Barrel House | $680,000 – $1,662,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Barrio Queen | $1,346,500 – $5,495,000 | — | — | High |
| BJIP | $202,500 – $802,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Black Bear Diner | $1,495,700 – $2,238,600 | ✓ | 2.2% | Low |
| BLH Restaurant Franchises | $1,064,500 – $3,949,000 | ✓ | 5% | Medium |
| Brinker International Payroll Company | $4,845,000 – $6,975,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Buttermilk CAFÉ | $1,081,000 – $2,345,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| BYC | $1,650,150 – $4,883,700 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| California Pizza Kitchen | $1,582,000 – $5,377,500 | — | 13.3% | High |
| Chili's | $4,231,695 – $6,515,695 | — | 1% | Medium |
| Cool Hand Luke's Grill | $422,000 – $1,914,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Country Kitchen Restaurants | $565,000 – $1,719,000 | — | 10% | High |
| Country Waffles | $311,800 – $808,600 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Cowboy Jack's | — | — | — | Medium |
| Crab N Spice | $318,000 – $591,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Crafty Crab | $952,800 – $1,831,399 | — | — | Medium |
| Crazy Otto's Diner | $563,200 – $760,400 | — | — | Medium |
| Crooked Pint Ale House | $10,000 – $17,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Culichitown | $1,113,797 – $2,126,760 | — | — | Medium |
| Denny's Restaurant | $1,515,000 – $2,700,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Elmer's Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner | $60,000 – $180,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Famous Toastery | $687,500 – $1,206,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Fat Patty's | $493,466 – $3,046,069 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Fish With You, YONNY | $231,600 – $702,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Fogo de Chao US | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| Ford's Garage | $2,728,800 – $6,403,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Giordano's® Restaurants | $1,590,000 – $2,086,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Golden Corral | $3,631,328 – $6,162,930 | ✓ | 0.6% | Medium |
| Green Mill Restaurants | $10,000 – $17,000 | — | 7.1% | Medium |
| Grimaldi's, Grimaldi's Pizzeria, Grimaldi's Coal-Brick Oven Pizzeria | $267,800 – $340,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Gyu-Kaku | $2,268,261 – $2,572,591 | — | 3.1% | Medium |
| GYUSHIGE U.S.A. LLC (dba Gyushige) | $1,279,754 – $2,897,123 | — | — | Medium |
| Hanshin Pocha | $422,000 – $589,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Heritage Restaurant Brands | $332,000 – $1,497,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Huddle House, Inc. and | $394,830 – $1,715,275 | ✓ | 6.5% | High |
| IHOP and International House of Pancakes | — | ✓ | 2.4% | High |
| IHOP, International House of Pancakes, IHOP Express | $784,382 – $4,147,245 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Inchin's Bamboo Garden | $549,520 – $759,520 | — | 13% | Medium |
| INS Ice Beer | — | — | — | Medium |
| Ivan Ramen | $1,024,500 – $1,982,100 | — | — | Medium |
| Jinya Ramen Bar | $1,395,000 – $3,066,000 | ✓ | 3% | Medium |
| Keke's Breakfast Cafe | $638,425 – $1,938,813 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Khazana | $278,000 – $1,002,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Little Sheep Hotpot | $796,000 – $1,937,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Lumberjacks Restaurants | $595,900 – $1,535,050 | — | — | Medium |
| Max's of Manila | $729,000 – $1,840,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Monical's Pizza | $492,550 – $1,143,400 | — | — | Medium |
| Oggi's | $1,018,000 – $1,991,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Outback Steakhouse | — | — | 0.8% | Medium |
| Paradise Franchising Group USA | $1,517,100 – $3,358,400 | — | — | Medium |
| Perkins and | $1,443,890 – $3,581,375 | ✓ | 2.2% | Medium |
| Perko's Cafe Grill | $354,500 – $1,467,000 | — | — | Medium |
| PHOENIX FRANCHISE GROUP LLC (Rodizio Grill) | $1,023,000 – $3,600,000 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Pizzeria Uno | $206,500 – $597,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Point | $354,700 – $1,177,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Red Robin Restaurants | $2,705,000 – $5,785,000 | — | 1.3% | Medium |
| Rodizio Grill® | $1,575,500 – $4,870,000 | ✓ | 6.3% | Low |
| Ruth's Chris Steak House | $2,502,000 – $6,405,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Saemaeul | $710,000 – $1,169,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Sauce Pizza / Wine | $1,336,500 – $3,510,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Shuckin' Shack | $500,000 – $1,500,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Sweet Chick | $1,081,400 – $1,813,200 | ✓ | — | Low |
| TABLA | $187,201 – $405,682 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Tabu Shabu | $281,300 – $876,100 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Taffer's Tavern | $812,000 – $1,351,000 | ✓ | 75% | High |
| TGI Fridays | $1,356,100 – $4,515,600 | ✓ | 22.5% | Medium |
| The Boiling Crab | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| The Breakfast Club at Midtown | $611,750 – $945,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| The Melting Pot | $1,797,654 – $2,369,638 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| The Original Mel's | $5,500 – $25,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| The Original Pancake House | $482,500 – $1,666,250 | — | — | Medium |
| The Yellow Chilli | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Tonchin Hospitality | — | — | — | Medium |
| Twin Peaks | — | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Ultimate Sports Bar and Grill | $370,000 – $838,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Village Inn | $1,076,000 – $2,745,000 | ✓ | 4.4% | High |
| Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux | $1,748,800 – $6,637,500 | ✓ | 8.2% | Low |
| Wissota Chophouse | $1,215,650 – $6,618,950 | — | — | 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.
Full-service restaurant franchise rankings
Full-service restaurant franchises — frequently asked
What is the best full-service restaurant franchise?
"Best" is a claim the FDD numbers have to back: we rank full-service restaurant brands that disclose Item 19 earnings AND beat the category's median closure rate. PHOENIX FRANCHISE GROUP LLC (Rodizio Grill) currently tops that list with a 0% franchised-outlet closure rate; 5 full-service restaurant brands qualify. See Best Full-service restaurant franchises by the FDD numbers.
How much does a full-service restaurant franchise cost?
The median total initial investment across the 81 full-service restaurant franchises we track is $1,298,250 (FDD Item 7); individual brands range widely — the table on this page shows each one. The lowest-cost brands are ranked in Cheapest Full-service restaurant franchises to open.
Which full-service restaurant franchises disclose earnings?
45 of 81 full-service restaurant franchises (56%) make an Item 19 financial performance representation in their most recent FDD — franchisor-disclosed unit earnings, not estimates. See Full-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
What is the failure rate of full-service restaurant franchises?
Across the 32 full-service restaurant brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 1.8% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 19 of the 61 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.
The full report on any full-service restaurant brand: risk level, actual Item 19 earnings (where disclosed), every figure ranked against full-service restaurant peers, litigation and churn detail.
One sponsored slot per category, and it's data-gated: a brand must disclose Item 19 earnings and beat the category's median closure rate to hold it. Sponsorship is always labeled and never changes a ranking, a risk read, or a report — the data on this site is not for sale. Franchisor inquiries: ryan@franchisefactsreport.com.