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 47 fast-food FDDs on file · latest filings
What 47 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 47 disclosed ranges land. Median $757,000.
The $500K–1M band holds the median filing. The middle half of these brands sit between $510,000 and $1,646,000.
53%
disclose an Item 19
25 of 47 brands on file, against 73% across every brand in the database.
80
median U.S. unit count
Across the 47 brands that disclose an outlet count in their latest filing.
6%
median royalty
Across the 47 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 12 brands that filed in both years: 7 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 11 of 47 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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