Al Manakeesh Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $261K – $403K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Al Manakeesh is a quick-service franchise serving Middle Eastern manakeesh flatbreads, sandwiches, pizza, and coffee. Franchisees run the restaurants, managing food prep, staffing, and counter service.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Al Manakeesh franchise requires a total initial investment of $261K – $403K, including a $30K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. The 2026 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Limited operating history: franchising since 2025. A system this young has fewer than three years of Item 20 outlet history and rarely enough SBA loans for a charge-off rate, so its grade rests on less evidence than an established system's. Read its Item 20 tables and talk to its first franchisees before relying on the grade. Other new franchisors
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: 2026 filing · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - the current year's filing
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored3 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $261K – $403K
- 39th pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Incl. company outletsPartial period2 outlets
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 12th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 2
- 9th pct Service Resta…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Quick-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Quick-Service Restaurants median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $261K – $403K including a $30K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 discloses only 2025 monthly Gross Sales for the 2 units in operation (1 company-owned in Bridgeview, IL open all 12 months; 1 franchised in Dublin, OH open 10 months). Figures here are annualized (monthly average x12) per-unit gross sales; no net income/profit metric is disclosed.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 43/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative, pipeline stalled: 10 agreements signed but not yet open against 2 open outlets (Item 20).
- DATAItem 19 reports revenue for a partial period rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Al Manakeesh Franchising, LLC
- Predecessor
- Al Manakeesh, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- CEO
- Mohammad Atieh
- Incorporated in
- Ohio
- HQ
- 10303 Oxford Avenue, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415
- Auditor
- unnamed CPA firm (Columbus, Ohio)
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $10K
- Most recent fiscal year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Mohammad Atieh
- Headquarters
- IL
- Founded
- 2025
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 2
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 32% below the typical quick-service restaurants franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown23 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $30K | $30K | |
| Rentnot refundable | $6K | $12K | |
| Security Depositsnot refundable | $6K | $12K | |
| Leasehold Improvementsnot refundable | $15K | $100K | |
| Architect | $0 | $8K | |
| Equipment and Fixturesnot refundable | $110K | $110K | |
| Decor | $15K | $15K | |
| Point of Sale Systemnot refundable | $6K | $6K | |
| TV Screens for Menus | $2K | $2K | |
| Opening Inventorynot refundable | $30K | $30K | |
| Start Up Print Packagenot refundable | $2K | $2K | |
| Local Advertising & Grand Openingnot refundable | $2K | $3K | |
| Insurancenot refundable | $3K | $8K | |
| Signsnot refundable | $5K | $9K | |
| Employee Training Labor | $3K | $5K | |
| Travel and Living Expenses During Trainingnot refundable | $2K | $3K | |
| Professional Support (Attorneys and Accountants)not refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Permits and Fees | $480 | $600 | |
| Utility Deposits | $0 | $2K | |
| Office Supplies | $250 | $2K | |
| Total initial investment | $261K | $403K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $261K – $403K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $25K – $40K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $30K – $30K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 6.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Transfer fee | $5K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Inventory (initial) | $30K – $30K |
| Total fee load | 6.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for Al Manakeesh is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Al Manakeesh unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for annual revenue, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 discloses only 2025 monthly Gross Sales for the 2 units in operation (1 company-owned in Bridgeview, IL open all 12 months; 1 franchised in Dublin, OH open 10 months). Figures here are annualized (monthly average x12) per-unit gross sales; no net income/profit metric is disclosed.
Includes company-owned outlets
Covers a partial period, not a full year
Based on only 2 outlets
- Item 19 type
- partial-period revenue
- Sample size
- 2 outlets
- vs category median 19 · small
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 781 Quick-Service Restaurants brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 6.0% — below the Quick-Service Restaurants median of 7.5%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports revenue for a partial period rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Quick-Service Restaurants medians
How Al Manakeesh Compares
Category median of published Quick-Service Restaurants brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 2
- Opened
- 1
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 50%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 10
- 5.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 11
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 2 states reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
2
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
1 current owner across 1 state.
- NY 1
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · unnamed CPA firm (Columbus, Ohio)
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 43 / 100 verdict
- 01MINOROnly 1 unit operating — no franchise system growth or validation; impossible to assess scalability or franchisee success patterns
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed — lack of financial transparency prevents ROI analysis; only gross revenue ($179,564) provided
- 03MINORHigh minimum royalty ($1,000/week = $52,000/year) represents 29% of average gross revenue — unsustainable for underperforming locations
- 04MINORMinimal franchisee base (1 unit) suggests either brand is brand new, failing, or franchisor cannot recruit/retain franchisees
- 05MINORNo litigation disclosure provided — unclear if this means none exists or if information was withheld
- 06MINOR10-year term is long given unproven single-unit track record and franchisor stability concerns
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 6.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory radius | 10 mi |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Granted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 10 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 20 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 7 |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Arbitration location | Franklin County, Ohio |
| Governing law | Ohio |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 0 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 70 hrs
- Training location
- In-store immersion training at an approved Al Manakeesh location, plus on-site training at franchisee's Location
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 2 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisor_approves_franchisee_selected
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Square
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Square
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
1 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Al Manakeesh franchise?
The total investment to open a Al Manakeesh franchise ranges from $261K – $403K, with an initial franchise fee of $30K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Al Manakeesh franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Al Manakeesh FDD discloses figures for part of the system but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Al Manakeesh?
Al Manakeesh is franchised by Al Manakeesh Franchising, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Al Manakeesh FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Al Manakeesh FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Al Manakeesh's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Al Manakeesh (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Al Manakeesh franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Al Manakeesh has 2 total units in the United States, including 1 franchised units and 1 company-owned units. 1 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Al Manakeesh a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Al Manakeesh as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 43 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.