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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 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 |
| Grimaldi's, Grimaldi's Pizzeria, Grimaldi's Coal-Brick Oven Pizzeria | $267,800 – $340,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Gyu-Kaku | $2,268,261 – $3,418,836 | — | — | 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 |
| 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 |
| Point | $354,700 – $1,177,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Red Robin Restaurant | $2,705,000 – $5,785,000 | — | 1.3% | Medium |
| 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 |
| 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 | ✓ | 38% | High |
| The Boiling Crab | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| The Breakfast Club at Midtown | $611,750 – $945,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| The Original Mel's | $5,500 – $25,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| The Original Pancake House | $482,500 – $1,666,250 | — | — | Medium |
| The Yellow Chilli | — | — | 0% | 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 |
| 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; 4 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 74 full-service restaurant franchises we track is $1,392,100 (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?
40 of 74 full-service restaurant franchises (54%) 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 27 full-service restaurant brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 1% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 16 of the 55 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.
Which full-service restaurant franchise fits your budget?
74 full-service restaurant franchises is a long list. Tell us your budget and state and we'll send you the 5–10 that fit, ranked by earnings disclosure, growth and closure rate from their own FDDs.
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.