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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 figures come from FDDs of different years (2025, 2026). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

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Brand
Happy's Pizza logoDBelow average
Happy's Pizza
Quick-Service Restaurants
2025 FDD
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Hummus Republic logoBAbove average
Hummus Republic
Quick-Service Restaurants
2026 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Jul 14, 2025
FDD issued Apr 16, 2026
Investment range
$264K – $619K
$228K – $659K
Liquid capital
$10K – $25K
$30K – $70K
Franchise fee
$25K
$36K
Royalty rate
Flat fee
6.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.1M
$612K
Median gross sales
$1.1M
Not extracted
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
DBelow average
BAbove average
Verdict score
31 / 100
56 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
40.0% (n=11)
Limited · 69 loans
SBA loans on record
11
69
Scale
Total units
54
44
Net change (latest yr)
-3
+4
Signed, not yet open
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
72 (1.64 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
11.1%
22.7%
Contract
Initial term (years)
6
10
Renewal term (years)
5
5
Initial training (hrs)
290
80
Contacts
Franchisee phones
60
83

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