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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 (Gross Margin, EBITDA). Financial figures may not be directly comparable.

Focus by buyer type

Brand
Checkers / Rally’s logoBAbove average
Checkers / Rally’s
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Scooter’s Coffee logoAStrongest tier
Scooter’s Coffee
Quick-Service Restaurants
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HTEAO logoAStrongest tier
HTEAO
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$124K – $2.1M
$895K – $1.4M
$387K – $1.9M
Liquid capital
$50K – $120K
$16K – $86K
$10K – $100K
Franchise fee
$30K
$40K
$25K
Royalty rate
4.0%
6.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
2.6%
2.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.1M
$915K
$1.3M
Median gross sales
$1.1M
$881K
$1.3M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
$480K
$129K
N/A
Earnings metric
Gross Margin
EBITDA
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
AStrongest tier
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
56 / 100
88 / 100
80 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
N/A
0.0%
0.0%
SBA loans on record
94
235
47
Scale
Total units
761
849
144
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
24.6%
2.4%
1.5%
Contract
Initial term (years)
20
10
15
Renewal term (years)
10
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
160
179
41
Contacts
Franchisee phones
106
508
104

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