Franchise Facts Report → categories → Quick-service restaurant
Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises — the FDD facts
383 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
383
parsed FDDs
Disclose Item 19 earnings
57%
219 of 383 brands
Median closure rate
2.9%
FDD Item 20 · 166 brands
Franchisee lawsuits
199
FDD Item 3, category total
| Franchise | Total investment | Item 19 | Closure rate | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Tacos and Beers | $764,500 – $1,527,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| A.b.'s Smokehouse | $382,000 – $678,000 | — | — | Medium |
| A&W; A&W Restaurants; A&W All American Food | $894,130 – $1,640,034 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Abu Omar Halal | $362,100 – $797,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Adamson's (Unit) | $318,900 – $787,720 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Afuri Ramen + Dumpling | $591,000 – $1,153,000 | — | 66.7% | High |
| Al Manakeesh | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Al-Hamra | $165,850 – $291,750 | — | — | Medium |
| Al's Hot Chicken | $193,350 – $458,900 | — | 50% | Medium |
| Angry Chickz | $611,000 – $1,512,000 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| APOLA International | — | ✓ | 100% | Medium |
| Arby's | $644,950 – $861,950 | — | — | Medium |
| Archibald's Restaurant Management Group | $1,641,500 – $2,982,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Aseer Time Company | — | — | — | Medium |
| Atomic Wings | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Baja Fresh | $428,560 – $1,034,290 | — | 3% | High |
| Barberitos | $505,500 – $720,000 | ✓ | 4.8% | Low |
| Barrio Burrito Bar | $423,320 – $773,900 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Batter Up Pancakes | $502,800 – $840,900 | — | — | Medium |
| bb.q Chicken | $497,000 – $1,060,000 | ✓ | 2.9% | Low |
| BD4 | $695,200 – $953,200 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Beach Hut | $272,458 – $636,812 | — | — | Medium |
| Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs | $525,850 – $1,699,875 | ✓ | 3.1% | Low |
| 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 | $305,000 – $759,000 | — | 16.7% | High |
| Big Town Hero | $157,950 – $354,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Blaze Pizza | $757,000 – $1,297,100 | ✓ | 7.8% | Medium |
| Blimpie | $307,550 – $601,250 | — | 9.3% | High |
| Blue Burro Restaurant | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Bobby's Burgers by Bobby Flay | $547,950 – $2,862,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Bojangles, Bojangles', Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits, Bojangles Express | $2,851,880 – $3,951,200 | ✓ | 0.5% | Medium |
| Bonchon Business and Restaurant | $1,000,886 – $1,306,126 | ✓ | 4.2% | Low |
| Boss' Pizza and Chicken | $137,200 – $538,500 | ✓ | 33.3% | Low |
| BP Smokehouse | $418,250 – $736,100 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Breadless | $439,202 – $715,456 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Brixx Wood Fired Pizza | $987,550 – $1,579,000 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Brooks Burgers | $10,920 – $583,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Bubbakoo's Burritos | $356,000 – $757,000 | ✓ | 0.8% | Low |
| Buffalo Spot | — | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Buffalo Wild Wings GO | — | ✓ | 2.2% | Medium |
| Buona | $3,904,203 – $5,841,375 | ✓ | — | Low |
| BUONA and | $2,712,350 – $5,088,350 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Burger Exotic Village | $483,500 – $801,500 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Burger King | $2,249,200 – $3,320,600 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Burros & Fries | $600,000 – $913,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Can Am Pizza | $300,000 – $400,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Capital Tacos | $211,200 – $447,200 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Capriotti's Sandwich Shop and | $594,700 – $935,000 | ✓ | 6.5% | Medium |
| Captain Business Management Co., Limited (YANGGUOFU) | — | — | — | Medium |
| Captain D's | $662,000 – $1,862,100 | ✓ | 5.5% | Medium |
| Carbone's Pizza; | $328,600 – $909,250 | ✓ | 3.1% | Medium |
| Carl's Jr | $1,486,000 – $3,176,500 | ✓ | 2.9% | High |
| Cascadia Pizza Co. | $325,542 – $646,110 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Chanticlear Pizza | $246,500 – $325,500 | — | 9.1% | Medium |
| Charleys® | $202,690 – $1,004,447 | ✓ | 1.3% | Low |
| Cheba Hut | $631,150 – $2,086,100 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Checkers Restaurants | $449,000 – $1,915,000 | — | 6.7% | Medium |
| Chester's | $27,500 – $296,500 | — | 7.4% | Medium |
| CHESTER'S® | $27,500 – $306,500 | — | 16.3% | High |
| Chicago's Pizza With A Twist | $289,500 – $551,200 | — | 3.3% | Medium |
| Chick-fil-A | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Chicken Guy! | $123,000 – $205,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Chicken in a Barrel BBQ | $228,000 – $595,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Chicken Salad Chick | $777,000 – $998,500 | ✓ | 1.5% | Low |
| Cho Dang | — | — | — | Medium |
| CHOP5 | $495,700 – $955,800 | ✓ | — | Low |
| CHOPT® | $815,250 – $2,575,250 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Chronic Tacos | $284,000 – $884,000 | ✓ | 16.7% | Medium |
| Church's | $659,725 – $1,380,300 | ✓ | 1.8% | Low |
| Churrito Loco | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| Cilantro Lime | $146,700 – $296,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Cluck Face | $169,750 – $797,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| CoCo Ichibanya | — | — | — | Medium |
| Colbie's Southern Kissed Chicken | $365,500 – $2,024,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Copper Branch | $493,600 – $849,500 | — | 50% | High |
| Corner Bakery Cafe | $1,090,000 – $2,168,000 | — | 11.9% | High |
| Costa Vida Fresh Mexican Grill | $659,500 – $1,300,000 | ✓ | 5.4% | Medium |
| Cousins Subs | $464,700 – $1,164,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| CRACK'D Kitchen & Coffee | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Crimson Coward | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Crisp & Green | — | — | 35% | High |
| CrunCheese Korean Hot Dog | $185,050 – $652,500 | — | 0% | Medium |
| CTG | $273,000 – $726,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Culver's | — | — | — | Medium |
| Curry Up Now | $312,400 – $940,200 | — | 10% | Medium |
| D.P. Dough | — | — | 4.1% | High |
| Daddy's Chicken Shack (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 | $823,800 – $4,121,900 | — | 0.9% | 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 | $231,450 – $743,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Donatos Pizza | $546,637 – $1,060,537 | ✓ | 0.8% | Medium |
| Doner Haus | $516,869 – $763,804 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Dos Coyotes | $1,471,500 – $1,793,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Dos Kims | — | — | — | Medium |
| Dos Toros TAQUERIA® | $807,250 – $2,872,250 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| DQ Grill & Chill | $1,510,100 – $2,550,100 | ✓ | 1.2% | Medium |
| E & G Sandwich Shop | $193,820 – $460,270 | ✓ | 16.7% | Medium |
| Earl of Sandwich | $28,000 – $80,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Egg Drop | $201,500 – $311,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Egg N Bird | $506,000 – $920,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Egg Tuck | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| EggBred | $325,000 – $597,250 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Eggholic International | $456,500 – $583,600 | — | — | Medium |
| Einstein Bros. Bagels, Noah's New York Bagels, Noah's Bagels | $650,000 – $1,247,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| El Pollo Loco | $793,750 – $2,685,500 | ✓ | 0.3% | Medium |
| Epic Wings | $564,950 – $1,465,432 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Erik's DeliCafe | $208,500 – $406,600 | ✓ | 3.8% | Low |
| Extreme Pizza | $330,200 – $789,000 | ✓ | 9.5% | Medium |
| Famous Dave's® | — | — | — | High |
| Farmer Boys Franchising Co. | $1,056,000 – $2,610,500 | ✓ | 2.8% | Medium |
| Fat Shack | $183,250 – $487,600 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Fazoli's | $270,000 – $485,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Fire Island Grill | $200,600 – $490,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Firehouse Subs® Restaurant | $405,350 – $1,087,050 | ✓ | 0.2% | Low |
| Fish & Chips | $1,508,000 – $2,415,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Five Guys Burgers & Fries | $256,200 – $591,250 | — | 1.2% | Medium |
| Fosters Freeze | $611,500 – $1,009,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Fox's Pizza | $136,600 – $424,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Franchise Partner Program | $259,336 – $997,942 | ✓ | 7.5% | Medium |
| Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers | $854,834 – $2,802,000 | ✓ | 2.9% | Low |
| Fresh Brothers | $493,650 – $1,018,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Fried Chicken Master | $184,850 – $300,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Fuji Grill | $152,400 – $286,300 | — | — | Medium |
| Fuzzy's Taco Shop® | $1,049,500 – $3,040,500 | ✓ | 12.1% | High |
| 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 |
| Glass Nickel Pizza Co. | $943,000 – $1,330,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Godfathers Pizza | $156,500 – $421,750 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Goobne Chicken | — | — | — | Medium |
| Goodcents Restaurant | $311,139 – $505,910 | ✓ | 7.7% | Medium |
| Great American Buffet | $1,061,000 – $4,500,000 | ✓ | 1.9% | High |
| Green + The Grain | $402,000 – $1,397,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Gregoire | $353,794 – $612,990 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Guapas Restaurants | $323,000 – $712,000 | — | — | Medium |
| GX Greek Xpress | $191,100 – $850,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Habit Burger & Grill | $1,031,500 – $2,864,500 | ✓ | 3.3% | Medium |
| Hangry Joe's | $305,500 – $518,000 | — | 10.5% | Medium |
| Happy Joe's | $546,643 – $1,358,853 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Hardee's - SLA | $57,000 – $97,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Hawaiian Bros Island Grill | $1,402,536 – $4,163,150 | ✓ | 3.2% | Low |
| Hello Shawarma | $508,000 – $656,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Heritage Restaurant Brands, LP (Press Quesadilla Grill) | $287,000 – $802,000 | — | — | Medium |
| HHC | $770,950 – $1,917,000 | — | — | Medium |
| HHC Franchising, LLC (HHC; Houston TX Hot Chicken) | $542,950 – $1,368,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Hickory River Smokehouse | $315,000 – $674,500 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Hooters | $1,253,300 – $4,697,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Hoots® | — | — | 0% | High |
| Hot Chikn Kitchn | $192,000 – $618,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders | $1,111,600 – $2,893,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Hummus Cafe | $410,150 – $994,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Hummus Republic | $227,500 – $659,000 | ✓ | 25% | Low |
| Hungry Howie's Pizza + Subs | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Ian's Pizza United | $380,000 – $850,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Idus USA | — | — | — | Medium |
| Ike's, the | $141,300 – $614,000 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| iniBurger | $302,150 – $676,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Isi's Pizza | $265,000 – $444,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Jack in the Box | $3,820,000 – $8,088,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Jaggers Development | $3,309,700 – $4,415,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Jake's | $256,000 – $850,000 | — | 9.5% | Medium |
| Jason's Deli | $1,706,691 – $2,516,291 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Jaws Topokki | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Jazen Tea | $332,600 – $680,180 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Jersey Mike's | $436,176 – $1,162,228 | — | — | Medium |
| Jimmy John's | — | ✓ | 0.8% | Medium |
| JL Beers | $1,223,000 – $3,308,000 | ✓ | — | 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) | $318,075 – $2,258,500 | — | — | Medium |
| KFC (Traditional) | $1,207,575 – $2,805,000 | ✓ | — | 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 | $481,500 – $1,555,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Lazzara | $377,750 – $925,250 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Lee's Famous Recipe® | $1,340,600 – $2,564,000 | ✓ | 1.1% | Medium |
| Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a "Little Caesars | $376,500 – $1,769,200 | — | 0% | High |
| Little Caesars | $393,000 – $1,728,700 | — | 2% | High |
| Little Rachel's Kitchen | $298,450 – $815,880 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Long John Silver's | $1,092,500 – $4,160,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Los Pollos Bros Franchise Operations | $274,800 – $592,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Love & Honey Fried Chicken | $541,400 – $879,700 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Lucha Libre | $431,000 – $915,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| LyteBite | $293,300 – $500,300 | — | — | Medium |
| MacQue's BBQ International | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| Mahana Fresh | $222,200 – $818,500 | — | 42.9% | Medium |
| Marco's Pizza | $286,477 – $811,186 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Marufuku Ramen | $1,029,000 – $1,540,000 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| McAlister's Deli | $500,000 – $1,000,000 | ✓ | 1.7% | Low |
| McDonald's | $701,000 – $2,807,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Mellow Mushroom Pizza | $1,350,000 – $2,071,000 | — | 2.5% | Medium |
| Mensho | $576,675 – $3,928,350 | — | — | Medium |
| Miami Grill | $365,000 – $985,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Mike's Red Tacos | $639,800 – $1,988,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Milio's Sandwiches | $256,300 – $504,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Minnie Bird | $575,000 – $1,979,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| MOD Pizza | $924,732 – $1,220,633 | — | 10.5% | High |
| Moe's Southwest Grill | $644,425 – $1,968,450 | ✓ | 6.8% | High |
| MOOYAH® | $452,050 – $990,600 | ✓ | 4.2% | Low |
| Mountain Mike's Pizza Restaurants | $356,000 – $993,946 | ✓ | 0.7% | Low |
| Mr. Gatti's Pizza - DELCO | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Mr. Pickles Sandwich Shop® | $360,379 – $834,286 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| My Ny Sports Pizza | $268,000 – $909,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Nashville Hot Chicken | $237,200 – $481,500 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Nathan's Famous | $233,000 – $1,063,500 | — | 7% | Medium |
| Nation's Giant Hamburgers | $750,000 – $1,150,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Native Grill and Wings | $1,017,000 – $2,905,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Naz's Halal Food | — | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Newk's and | $927,500 – $1,323,350 | ✓ | 3% | Low |
| Nguyen's Kitchen | — | — | — | Medium |
| Nick the Greek | $417,750 – $875,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Noble Chicken | $449,750 – $698,342 | — | — | Medium |
| Noodles & Company | $35,000 – $35,000 | ✓ | — | 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 | $278,000 – $471,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Pablito's Tacos | $219,500 – $447,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Paik's Noodle | $349,000 – $474,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Pancheros | $769,500 – $1,567,500 | ✓ | 6% | Medium |
| Panda Express | $514,500 – $3,275,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe | $498,306 – $4,569,880 | ✓ | 2.9% | Low |
| Papa Johns Pizza | $281,485 – $890,267 | ✓ | 3% | Medium |
| Papa Murphy's | $450,330 – $693,450 | ✓ | — | High |
| Paris Banh Mi | — | — | — | Medium |
| Pasta Sisters | — | — | — | Medium |
| Pelicana | — | — | — | Medium |
| Penn Station | $440,600 – $819,700 | ✓ | 1.2% | Low |
| Pepper Lunch | $690,800 – $1,678,300 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Philly's Best | $334,500 – $867,000 | ✓ | 5.9% | Medium |
| Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe | $646,000 – $1,112,750 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Pieology | $304,000 – $807,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Pita GR | $228,000 – $472,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Pizza Factory | $323,000 – $740,000 | ✓ | 2.9% | Medium |
| Pizza Guys | $200,100 – $424,050 | ✓ | 2.7% | Low |
| Pizza Hut (Traditional) | $818,000 – $2,130,000 | ✓ | 5% | Medium |
| Pizza Karma | $317,250 – $582,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Pizza Man | $162,850 – $178,500 | — | 0% | High |
| Pizza Pit | $268,738 – $457,344 | — | 14.3% | High |
| Pizza Ranch | $2,305,500 – $5,134,500 | ✓ | 2.8% | Low |
| PizzaExpress | $1,413,246 – $2,157,436 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Pizzawala's Restaurant | — | — | — | Medium |
| Pokéworks | $270,435 – $599,661 | ✓ | 8.2% | 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 |
| Pokeworks | $386,468 – $646,188 | ✓ | 7.5% | Low |
| Poki Bowl | $187,750 – $423,523 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Pokitomik | — | — | — | Medium |
| Pollo Campero | $1,554,650 – $3,750,500 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen | — | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Port of Subs | $419,895 – $938,570 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Potbelly Sandwich Shop | $628,938 – $999,371 | ✓ | 2% | Low |
| PrimoHoagies | $366,240 – $652,496 | ✓ | 4.5% | Medium |
| Prince St. Pizza | $457,500 – $1,214,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Protein Bar and Kitchen | $389,500 – $765,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Punjabi Chaap | $421,000 – $663,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Qdoba | $476,800 – $1,096,700 | ✓ | 3.2% | Medium |
| Qdoba, Qdoba Mexican Eats, Qdoba Mexican Grill | $548,100 – $1,294,000 | ✓ | 1.5% | Medium |
| Quick N Split | $130,600 – $260,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Quiznos | $223,900 – $618,800 | ✓ | — | High |
| Quiznos | $213,900 – $648,800 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| RAKKAN Ramen | $379,500 – $865,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Rally's Restaurants | — | ✓ | 2.9% | Medium |
| Red Boy Pizza | — | — | — | Medium |
| Roberto's Taco Shops | — | — | 0% | Medium |
| Rock N Roll Sushi | — | ✓ | 4.3% | Low |
| Rocky Rococo Pizza and Pasta | — | — | — | Medium |
| Roll Em Up Taquitos | $232,800 – $1,003,500 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Rooster & Rice | $32,510,060 – $46,750,046 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Roti Modern Mediterranean® | $509,800 – $869,200 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Rusty Taco | $529,400 – $1,129,950 | ✓ | 22.6% | Medium |
| S.F. Hole in the Wall Pizza Shop | $662,600 – $930,644 | — | — | Medium |
| Salad Farm | $330,000 – $729,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Saladworks | $484,000 – $677,800 | ✓ | 1.1% | Medium |
| Salady America | $317,000 – $565,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Salsarita's Fresh Mexican Grill | $371,400 – $856,100 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Samurai Sam's Teriyaki Grill | $289,900 – $632,300 | ✓ | 8.3% | Medium |
| Saucy Asian | $352,000 – $834,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Savvy Sliders | $587,833 – $1,071,500 | — | 10.8% | High |
| Sbarro | $211,900 – $1,006,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Scramblers Restaurant | $547,000 – $1,096,500 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| 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 – $450,000 | ✓ | 5622.2% | Medium |
| 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 | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| SM | $418,644 – $1,458,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Smalls Sliders | — | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Smashburger | $1,239,500 – $2,255,500 | — | 18.5% | High |
| Sourdough and Co. | $330,000 – $589,025 | ✓ | 1.3% | Low |
| Spitz | $594,250 – $1,210,050 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Squeeze In (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 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Steak Escape | $239,500 – $816,500 | — | 14.3% | High |
| Steve's Pizza | $471,000 – $980,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Straw Hat | $145,000 – $1,568,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Street Pizza | $1,805,500 – $3,308,333 | — | — | Medium |
| Submarina | $182,500 – $370,250 | — | — | Medium |
| Subway | $263,000 – $630,000 | — | — | 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 Bell; | $287,950 – $857,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Taco Cabana | $1,304,500 – $2,644,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Taco John's | $814,400 – $2,039,250 | ✓ | 4.5% | Medium |
| Taco Rico or | $249,000 – $372,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Taco Time | $365,650 – $844,300 | ✓ | 8.2% | Medium |
| Tahini's Mediterranean Cuisine | $373,500 – $657,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Taim Mediterranean Kitchen | $234,450 – $752,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Tandoori Pizza | $373,675 – $659,300 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Tay Ho | $337,500 – $730,000 | — | — | Medium |
| TDMF Holdings | $220,600 – $611,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Thai Esane | $181,500 – $452,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Thanks Pizza America | — | — | — | Medium |
| The Cheese Steak Shop | $354,000 – $625,000 | ✓ | — | Low |
| The Counter | $713,133 – $1,988,750 | ✓ | 25% | High |
| The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill | — | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| The Halal Guys | $417,600 – $1,310,250 | ✓ | 12.5% | High |
| The Original Hot Chicken and Inked Tacos (Unit) | $215,256 – $697,911 | ✓ | — | Low |
| The Piggy BBQ | $382,800 – $941,600 | — | — | Medium |
| The Port of Peri Peri | $227,000 – $506,000 | — | — | Medium |
| The Red Chickz | — | — | — | Medium |
| Tim Hortons | $988,000 – $3,312,500 | ✓ | 6.9% | Medium |
| TKK Fried Chicken | $375,000 – $698,000 | — | 32% | High |
| Togo's® | $451,625 – $653,000 | ✓ | 1.3% | Low |
| Toppers Pizza | $420,700 – $732,684 | ✓ | — | Low |
| TPP Express | $301,050 – $733,000 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Traditional Franchise Program | $316,000 – $2,656,425 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Tulsi | $239,000 – $534,333 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Uncle Sharkii | $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 |
| Vicious Biscuit | $875,000 – $1,356,667 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Villa Pizza | $373,750 – $990,500 | ✓ | 2.3% | High |
| 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 | — | — | 5.6% | Medium |
| WeDats Franchise Holdings | — | ✓ | — | Low |
| Wendy's or | $1,580,457 – $3,105,000 | ✓ | 0.1% | Medium |
| West Coast Sourdough | $321,500 – $551,000 | ✓ | 2% | Medium |
| Westside Pizza | $207,435 – $559,935 | ✓ | 9.4% | Medium |
| Which Wich | $253,500 – $822,250 | — | 8.2% | Medium |
| Wild Eggs | $686,350 – $2,252,550 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Wing Snob | — | ✓ | 5.1% | Low |
| Wing Zone | — | ✓ | 25.9% | Low |
| WING-STOP® | $310,400 – $1,048,500 | ✓ | 0.2% | Medium |
| Wings and Rings | $1,359,000 – $1,982,000 | ✓ | 8.9% | Medium |
| Wings Etc. | — | ✓ | 1.9% | Low |
| Wings Over | $198,000 – $701,875 | ✓ | 10% | Medium |
| Wok to Walk | $346,000 – $823,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Yangguofu | $346,600 – $774,000 | — | 14.3% | Medium |
| Yasubee Ramen | $362,500 – $698,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Yogis Grill | $436,800 – $903,600 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Yoshinoya | — | — | — | Medium |
| Your Pie | $369,250 – $939,500 | ✓ | 9.5% | Medium |
| Zaxby's | $1,460,000 – $3,810,500 | ✓ | 0.1% | Low |
| 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. Angry Chickz 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 383 fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises we track is $615,000 (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?
219 of 383 fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises (57%) 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 166 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). 74 of the 307 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.
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