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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
Del Taco logoBAbove average
Del Taco
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Farmer Boys logoBAbove average
Farmer Boys
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Black Rifle Coffee Company logoBAbove average
Black Rifle Coffee Company
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued May 5, 2025
FDD issued Jul 28, 2025
2025 FDD
Investment range
$1.5M – $3.3M
$1.6M – $3.2M
$1.6M – $3.3M
Liquid capital
$28K – $65K
$69K – $149K
$100K – $350K
Franchise fee
$35K
$45K
$35K
Royalty rate
5.0%
5.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.6MOutlet subset
$2.4MNet sales
No Item 19 representation
Median gross sales
$1.5MOutlet subset
$2.3M
Not disclosed
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Earnings metric
Average Sales
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
BAbove average
BAbove average
Verdict score
51 / 100
65 / 100
54 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
18.9% (n=50)
10.0% (n=20)
Under 10 loans (2)
SBA loans on record
50
20
2
Scale
Total units
594
102
37
Net change (latest yr)
+40
+1
+2
Signed, not yet open
4 (0.01 per open outlet)
11 (0.11 per open outlet)
1 (0.03 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
3.0%
0.0%
5.4%
Contract
Initial term (years)
20
20
10
Renewal term (years)
20
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
448
540
192
Contacts
Franchisee phones
18
98
14

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