Fast Food Franchise Opportunities
Fast food franchises — also known as quick-service restaurants (QSR) — represent the largest segment of food franchising. These brands offer proven operational systems, strong brand recognition, and high-volume revenue models. Investment levels range from under $100,000 for smaller concepts to over $2 million for major national brands.
§ Drawn from 16 fast-food FDDs on file · latest filings
What 16 filings say
The category, read from the documents.
Not estimates — every figure below is aggregated from the disclosure documents themselves.
Total initial investment · distribution
Where 16 disclosed ranges land. Median $1,372,000.
The $1–1.5M band holds the median filing. The middle half of these brands sit between $908,000 and $2,190,000.
75%
disclose an Item 19
12 of 16 brands on file, against 74% across every brand in the database.
1,120
median U.S. unit count
Across the 16 brands that disclose an outlet count in their latest filing.
5.5%
median royalty
Across the 16 brands that state a single rate; the rest tie royalties to sales tiers or charge none.
−0.8%
median outlet change, 2025 to 2026
Across the 7 brands that filed in both years: 2 grew, 4 shrank.
Figures are drawn straight from each brand’s latest FDD. See our franchise industry reports for the trends behind these numbers.
Fast Food Franchise Brands
Showing 9 of 16 fast-food franchises with a published breakdown. Search all fast food brands →
Past the table
Every number above has a page it comes from.
A Workspace opens the brand’s actual FDD next to its Clearly Report — every figure cited to the Item and page, questions answered from this filing only, and both years side by side when the brand has filed twice.
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