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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Brand
A&W logoBAbove average
A&W
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Elevation Burger logoDBelow average
Elevation Burger
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Moe’s Southwest Grill logoAStrongest tier
Moe’s Southwest Grill
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$894K – $1.6M
$517K – $2.0M
$745K – $1.8M
Liquid capital
$30K – $150K
$25K – $40K
$25K – $53K
Franchise fee
$30K
$50K
$31K
Royalty rate
5.0%
6.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
5.0%
2.0%
3.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.3M
$1.1MOutlet subsetNet sales
$1.2MOutlet subsetNet sales
Median gross sales
$1.3M
$739KOutlet subset
$1.1MOutlet subset
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
$244K
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
EBITDAR
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
DBelow average
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
56 / 100
31 / 100
63 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
17.1%
33.3%
14.5%
SBA loans on record
97
3
79
Scale
Total units
210
32
612
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
3.8%
34.4%
6.1%
Contract
Initial term (years)
20
15
20
Renewal term (years)
5
10
20
Initial training (hrs)
81
500
200
Contacts
Franchisee phones
268
15
11

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