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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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Focus by buyer type

Brand
Charleys logoAStrongest tier
Charleys
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Buck's Pizza logoCAverage
Buck's Pizza
Quick-Service Restaurants
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The Happy Mixer logoDBelow average
The Happy Mixer
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$203K – $696K
$207K – $693K
$349K – $557K
Liquid capital
$24K – $30K
$30K – $120K
$22K – $31K
Franchise fee
$25K
$20K
$35K
Royalty rate
N/A
5.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
1.0%
0.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$845K
N/A
N/A
Median gross sales
$743K
N/A
N/A
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
$195K
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
P&L Bottom Line
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
CAverage
DBelow average
Verdict score
95 / 100
44 / 100
36 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
0.0%
22.7%
N/A
SBA loans on record
71
28
1
Scale
Total units
813
11
3
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
3.0%
11.1%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
150
107
80
Contacts
Franchisee phones
859
12
19

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