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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	FWeakest tier Johnny Rockets Full-Service Restaurants Remove	AStrongest tier Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill Full-Service Restaurants Remove	BAbove average Tapville Social Full-Service Restaurants Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$517K – $2.7M	$969K – $2.2M	$751K – $2.5M
Liquid capital	$25K – $40K	$75K – $75K	$3K – $100K
Franchise fee	$50K	$50K	$45K
Royalty rate	6.0%	6.0%	6.0%
Ad fund rate	2.0%	2.0%	0.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales	$1.6MNet sales	$1.5M	N/A
Median gross sales	$1.1M	$1.5M	N/A
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	N/A	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Not classified	Gross Sales - Total	Not classified
Risk
Rating	FWeakest tier	AStrongest tier	BAbove average
Verdict score	28 / 100	70 / 100	54 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	35.9%	50.0%	0.0%
SBA loans on record	39	2	8
Scale
Total units	100	14	36
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	25.5%	14.3%	0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)	15	10	10
Renewal term (years)	10	5	10
Initial training (hrs)	300	705	155
Contacts
Franchisee phones	92	15	35

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