Sandwich Franchise Opportunities
Sandwich franchises offer a health-conscious alternative in the QSR space, with customizable menus and lower food costs than many other restaurant categories. These brands typically feature smaller footprints, lower build-out costs, and simpler operations compared to full-service restaurants.
§ Drawn from 26 sandwich FDDs on file · latest filings
What 26 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 26 disclosed ranges land. Median $651,000.
The $500K–1M band holds the median filing. The middle half of these brands sit between $438,000 and $928,000.
85%
disclose an Item 19
22 of 26 brands on file, against 73% across every brand in the database.
124
median U.S. unit count
Across the 26 brands that disclose an outlet count in their latest filing.
6%
median royalty
Across the 26 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: 6 grew, 5 shrank.
Figures are drawn straight from each brand’s latest FDD. See our franchise industry reports for the trends behind these numbers.
Sandwich Franchise Brands
Showing 7 of 26 sandwich franchises with a published breakdown. Search all sandwich 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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