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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	AStrongest tier ANDY'S FROZEN CUSTARD Quick-Service Restaurants Remove	AStrongest tier LaRosa’s Quick-Service Restaurants Remove	AStrongest tier Chick-fil-A Quick-Service Restaurants Remove	CAverage Hardee's Quick-Service Restaurants Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$1.1M – $2.9M	$1.4M – $2.6M	$586K – $3.4M	$1.4M – $2.6M
Liquid capital	$1K – $80K	$100K – $100K	$149K – $951K	$160K – $250K
Franchise fee	$32K	$25K	$10K	$25K
Royalty rate	6.0%	4.0%	10.0%	4.0%
Ad fund rate	1.3%	4.0%	0.0%	5.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$1.4M	N/A	$9.3M	$1.3M
Median gross sales	N/A	N/A	$9.2M	$1.3M
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Average Gross Sales	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified
Risk
Rating	AStrongest tier	AStrongest tier	AStrongest tier	CAverage
Verdict score	78 / 100	61 / 100	86 / 100	40 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	0.0%	0.0%	N/A	39.0%
SBA loans on record	9	5	2	55
Scale
Total units	147	64	2,684	1,571
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	0.0%	5.5%	4.5%	2.4%
Contract
Initial term (years)	10	10	1	20
Renewal term (years)	5	10	1	10
Initial training (hrs)	224	128	102	195
Contacts
Franchisee phones	40	0	2,139	83

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