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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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These brands report different earnings metrics (Proforma Restaurant Contribution Before Occupancy (EBITDAR), EBITDA). Financial figures may not be directly comparable.

These figures come from FDDs of different years (2025, 2026). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

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Brand
Arby’s logoBAbove average
Arby’s
Quick-Service Restaurants
2026 FDD
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Captain D's logoBAbove average
Captain D's
Quick-Service Restaurants
2026 FDD
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Roy Rogers logoBAbove average
Roy Rogers
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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DOS COYOTES border café logoBAbove average
DOS COYOTES border café
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Mar 26, 2026
2026 FDD
FDD issued Nov 20, 2025
FDD issued Apr 14, 2025
Investment range
$869K – $2.5M
$1.5M – $1.9M
$1.2M – $2.1M
$1.5M – $1.8M
Liquid capital
$33K – $100K
$40K – $90K
$50K – $70K
$50K – $72K
Franchise fee
$38K
$35K
$30K
$40K
Royalty rate
4.0%
4.5%
5.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
5.0%
1.0%
1.5%
2.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.3M
$1.1M
$1.7M
$1.8M2 outlets
Median gross sales
$1.2M
$1.0M
$1.7M
$1.8M2 outlets
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
$232K
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Not classified
Proforma Restaurant Contribution Before Occupancy (EBITDAR)
Not classified
EBITDA
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
BAbove average
BAbove average
BAbove average
Verdict score
69 / 100
56 / 100
63 / 100
51 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
18.2% (n=198)
18.2% (n=42)
Under 10 loans (8)
Not SBA-matched
SBA loans on record
198
42
8
N/A
Scale
Total units
3,265
518
39
11
Net change (latest yr)
+58
-8
0
0
Signed, not yet open
Not extracted
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
1 (0.03 per open outlet)
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
2.4%
2.5%
6.3%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
20
20
20
10
Renewal term (years)
20
20
20
10
Initial training (hrs)
336
240
368
384
Contacts
Franchisee phones
2,368
227
39
3

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