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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
Golden Chick logoAStrongest tier
Golden Chick
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Taco John's logoDBelow average
Taco John's
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken logoAStrongest tier
Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$994K – $1.9M
$811K – $2.0M
$517K – $2.4M
Liquid capital
$10K – $30K
$25K – $40K
$15K – $55K
Franchise fee
$30K
$25K
$35K
Royalty rate
4.0%
5.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
1.0%
4.0%
3.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.4MIncl. company outlets
$1.3MOutlet subset
$1.8M
Median gross sales
N/A
$1.2MOutlet subset
$1.7M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
P&L Bottom Line
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
DBelow average
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
80 / 100
35 / 100
76 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
4.2%
21.5%
N/A
SBA loans on record
48
74
N/A
Scale
Total units
220
327
126
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
2.9%
7.7%
1.1%
Contract
Initial term (years)
20
20
15
Renewal term (years)
10
10
15
Initial training (hrs)
196
160
484
Contacts
Franchisee phones
220
16
58

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