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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
Fish & Chips Gordon Ramsay logoBAbove average
Fish & Chips Gordon Ramsay
Quick-Service Restaurants
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DQ Grill & Chill logoAStrongest tier
DQ Grill & Chill
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Sonic logoAStrongest tier
Sonic
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$1.5M – $2.4M
$1.5M – $2.4M
$1.5M – $2.5M
Liquid capital
$75K – $100K
$51K – $198K
$5K – $25K
Franchise fee
$50K
$45K
$15K
Royalty rate
5.0%
4.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
0.5%
5.0%
3.3%
Performance
Avg gross sales
N/A
$1.4MOutlet subset
$1.6M
Median gross sales
N/A
$1.4MOutlet subset
$1.5M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
AStrongest tier
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
49 / 100
64 / 100
69 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
N/A
10.7%
8.3%
SBA loans on record
N/A
1,190
144
Scale
Total units
5
1,954
3,412
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
0.0%
2.9%
0.4%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
20
10
Renewal term (years)
5
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
372
277
226
Contacts
Franchisee phones
3
3,292
3,194

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