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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
Johnny Rockets logoFWeakest tier
Johnny Rockets
Full-Service Restaurants
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First Watch logoAStrongest tier
First Watch
Full-Service Restaurants
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Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill logoAStrongest tier
Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill
Full-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$517K – $2.7M
$1.2M – $2.0M
$969K – $2.2M
Liquid capital
$25K – $40K
$30K – $100K
$75K – $75K
Franchise fee
$50K
$40K
$50K
Royalty rate
6.0%
4.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
1.5%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.6MNet sales
N/A
$1.5M
Median gross sales
$1.1M
N/A
$1.5M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Gross Sales - Total
Risk
Rating
FWeakest tier
AStrongest tier
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
28 / 100
84 / 100
70 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
35.9%
0.0%
50.0%
SBA loans on record
39
12
2
Scale
Total units
100
474
14
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
25.5%
0.0%
14.3%
Contract
Initial term (years)
15
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
5
5
Initial training (hrs)
300
475
705
Contacts
Franchisee phones
92
97
15

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