Chili’s® Grill & Bar
Formerly known as Brinker International
Bottom line
- Total investment $1.8M – $6.5M including a $60K franchise fee, 1.3% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 62/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 2 loans (below the industry average).
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one Chili’s® Grill & Bar unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
3%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees own and operate casual dining restaurants serving American grill fare (burgers, ribs, Tex-Mex items) with full-service bar operations. Day-to-day responsibilities include managing 50-150+ employees, food/inventory procurement, P&L management, marketing compliance, and maintaining Chili's brand standards across dining room, kitchen, and bar service.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 10 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Chili's presents meaningful investment risk due to lack of financial transparency, active litigation, unprotected territory, and uncertain unit growth in a declining casual dining sector.
Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating
- 01MINORNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure (average revenue/net income) makes ROI projections impossible to validate
- 02HIGHActive class action litigation involving parent company BII over data breach affecting customer payment card information creates reputational and potential operational risk
- 03MEDHigh capital requirement ($1.8M–$6.5M) combined with unknown unit growth trajectory and no disclosed profitability benchmarks
- 04MINORUnprotected territory allows parent company or other franchisees to saturate local market and cannibalize sales
- 05MINOR1214 units with unknown growth pattern suggests potential system contraction; no disclosure of unit closures or sales velocity
- 06MED20-year term locks franchisee into long commitment during period of casual dining sector decline and competitive pressure from fast-casual alternatives
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
98 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Chili’s® Grill & Bar · FDD (2024) PDF