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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 figures come from FDDs of different years (2024, 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 Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.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
Barrio logoBAbove average
Barrio
Full-Service Restaurants
2024 FDD
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Country Kitchen logoCAverage
Country Kitchen
Full-Service Restaurants
2024 FDD
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grown logoCAverage
grown
Full-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Beef 'O' Brady's logoDBelow average
Beef 'O' Brady's
Full-Service Restaurants
2026 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Apr 30, 2024
2024 FDD
FDD issued Feb 14, 2025
FDD issued Apr 29, 2026
Investment range
$889K – $1.4M
$565K – $1.7M
$575K – $1.7M
$526K – $1.7M
Liquid capital
$145K – $245K
$75K – $195K
$75K – $125K
$20K – $35K
Franchise fee
$40K
$40K
$50K
$25K
Royalty rate
6.0%
4.0%
6.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
2.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$2.1M
No Item 19 representation
$1.8MCompany-owned only1 outlet
$1.7M
Median gross sales
$1.6M
Not disclosed
Not extracted
$1.5M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not disclosed
$165K
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Gross Sales Less Disclosed Expenses12
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
CAverage
CAverage
DBelow average
Verdict score
69 / 100
45 / 100
39 / 100
31 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Under 10 loans (3)
15.8% (n=67)
Not SBA-matched
54.0% (n=135)
SBA loans on record
3
67
N/A
135
Scale
Total units
20
20
1
125
Net change (latest yr)
+5
0
0
+1
Signed, not yet open
4 (0.20 per open outlet)
Not extracted
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
25 (0.20 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
0.0%
5.0%
0.0%
2.4%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
20
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
5
5
5
Initial training (hrs)
290
480
62
366
Contacts
Franchisee phones
17
20
0
156

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