Inside the Dunkin' franchise disclosure
You searched the right thing. The FDD is the document that spells out what a Dunkin' franchise is really about — what you're committing to, and what they're committing to you. Here's a sampling of what their 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document reveals:
Every detail below is drawn straight from Dunkin's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document — and in your Clearly™ Workspace, Clara links each one back to the exact page in the FDD.
Dunkin''s $142K–$1.9M sits against a median of $618,000 across the 39 coffee & cafe franchises on file that disclose an investment range.
You cannot change the FDD — and that's not the point. The point is to walk into your next conversation with Dunkin' knowing what you're agreeing to, so you ask the questions that matter most to you. We're not here to talk you out of anything — we're here to make sure your excitement is the clear-eyed kind.
The Workspace is where you and Clara review the FDD together. She's read every page, and she'll walk you through any of it — the basic questions, the ones you're not sure are smart, the ones keeping you up at night. No judgment, ever.
You don't have to know what to ask first.
Open the Workspace and Clara offers to walk you through the filing, Item by Item: what it says, why it matters, and what to verify. Every answer links to the Item and page in the FDD. Ask your own questions whenever you want, and your Guided Review progress is saved, so you can stop and come back to it.
It's the smart first step before you sign, or before you spend on an attorney: get into the Workspace for $19, get to know the FDD, and walk into your attorney conversation already knowing the document, so your time with them goes to the parts that matter most to you. Ask Clara as many questions as you need to understand the FDD — there's no limit, and no question is too small.
The Workspace doesn't go anywhere. It's saved to your Clearly Library, so you can reopen the Clearly Report, the FDD, and your notes whenever you come back to the decision.
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Dunkin' reports 8,780 total locations at year-end 2025 — 8,744 franchised and 36 company-owned (Item 20, 2026 FDD). The four most recent year-end totals, as filed:
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned | Total outlets | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8,087 | 31 | 8,118 | +108 |
| 2023 | 8,265 | 32 | 8,297 | +179 |
| 2024 | 8,465 | 34 | 8,499 | +202 |
| 2025 | 8,744 | 36 | 8,780 | +281 |