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10

Checkers and Rally’s Restaurants

Burgers, fries

Ta m p a , F l a.

1986/1989 ALL NO 472/335 519/315 567/284 $96.4K-$1.5M/

$30K

4% YES NO NO

206

Farmer Boys Restaurants

Burgers, breakfast, sandwiches, salads, sides

Riverside, Calif.

1981/1997 SW,W NO 51/29 53/34 55/34 $1.1M-$1.6M/

$45K

5% YES NO NO

463

Wayback Burgers

Burgers, fries, onion rings, shakes

Cheshire, Conn.

1991/2006 ALL C,I** 97/0 118/0 122/3 $209K-$524.5K/

$35K

5% YES NO NO

NR

BurgerFi

Burgers, hot dogs, fries, onion rings, custard, craft

beer

North Palm Beach, Fla.

2011/2011 ALL C,I** 59/16 78/6 84/15 $720K-$968.5K/

$37.5K

5.5% YES NO NO

Fatburger North America

Burgers

Beverly Hills, Calif.

1952/1990 ALL C,I** 157/3 154/3 159/0 $525.5K-$988K/

$50K

6% YES NO YES

Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes

Burgers, fries, shakes

Plano, Texas

2007/2007 ALL C,I** 73/4 93/4 92/3 $412.8K-$620K/

$35K

6% YES NO NO

166

Wienerschnitzel

Hot dogs, ice cream

Irvine, Calif.

1961/1965 S,SW,W C,I** 322/0 322/0 320/0 $303.6K-$1.4M/

$10K-$32K

5% YES NO YES

432

Hot Dog on a Stick

Corn dogs, lemonade, fries, funnel cakes

Atlanta

1946/1997 ALL C,I** 17/78 19/69 26/63 $338.2K-$556K/

$15K-$25K

6% NO YES YES

N

Dog Haus International

Hot dogs, sausages, burgers

Pasadena, Calif.

2010/2013 ALL* C,I** 8/2 17/2 24/1 $423.4K-$990.1K/

$35K

6% YES NO NO

8

Ta c o B e l l

Mexican food

Irvine, Calif.

1962/1964 ALL C,I** 5,372/

926

5,559/

909

5,889/

797

$525.1K-$2.6M/

$25K-$45K

5.5% YES NO YES

123

Fuzzy’s Taco Shop

Baja-style Mexican food

Fort Worth, Texas

2003/2009 ALL NO 74/7 93/6 117/7 $597K-$1.3M/

$35K

3.5-5% YES NO NO

188

Del Taco

Mexican/American food

Lake Forest, Calif.

1964/1967 MW,S,

SE,SW,

W*

NO 241/306 246/298 252/303 $859.7K-$2M/

$35K

5% YES NO NO

219

Moe’s Southwest Grill

Mexican food

Atlanta

2000/2001 ALL* C,I** 607/4 661/5 677/5 $368.9K-$956.4K/

$30K

TO 5% YES NO NO

297

Qdoba Mexican Eats

Mexican food

San Diego

1995/1997 ALL* C** 342/315 330/359 348/381 $871K-$2M/

$30K

5% YES NO NO

354

Chronic Tacos Enterprises

Mexican food

Aliso Viejo, Calif.

2002/2006 ALL C,I 26/3 32/4 42/5 $299K-$799K/

$35K-$40K

6% YES NO NO

N R

America’s Taco Shop

Mexican food

Scottsdale, Ariz.

2008/2011 ALL C,I 5/4 5/5 3/4 $247.4K-$710.3K /

$30K

6%+ YES NO NO

Bubbakoo’s Burritos

Mexican food

Wall Township, N.J.

2008/2015 ALL C,I 0/8 1/9 5/11 $161K-$426K/

$30K

6% NO YES YES

Costa Vida

Mexican food

Lehi, Utah

2003/2004 ALL C,I 59/14 63/16 69/17 $659.5K-$1M/

$30K

6% YES NO NO

Drunken Taco Franchising

Mexican food

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

2007/2017 ALL C,I 0/1 0/1 0/1 $275.4K-$334.7K/

$24.9K

5% YES NO NO

Los Tacos by Chef Omar

Mexican food

Miami

2014/2017 ALL C,I 0/4 0/5 0/5 $224.9K-$364.4K/

$24.9K

3.5% YES NO NO

Quesada Burritos - Tacos

Mexican food

To r o n t o

2003/2010 NO C 45/3 60/3 85/3 $209K-$290.5K/

$25K

6% YES NO YES

Taco Bueno

Mexican food

Irving, Texas

1967/2004 ALL NO 19/154 20/159 22/160 $639K-$1.6M/

$35K

5% YES NO YES

Ta c o C a s a

Mexican food

Fort Worth, Texas

1972/1972 SW NO 70/2 70/2 75/2 $615K-$2.1M/

$35K

7% YES NO NO

Taco Rico Tex-Mex Cafe

Mexican food

Doral, Fla.

1991/2014 ALL C,I 0/5 2/5 2/5 $129.8K-$285.8K/

$24.9K

5% YES NO NO

RANK

KEY

KThousands ($), M Millions ($), $ U.S. dollars,

*Selling multiple units/master licenses only,

** Selling int’l. master licenses only

REGIONS

MW Midwest, NE Northeast, S South, SE Southeast,

SW Southwest, W West, C Canada, I Other International

Year Began/

Franchising

Since

Available

U.S.

Regions

Seeking

Int’l?

2015

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

2016

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

2017

Number of

Franchises/

Company-

Owned

Royalty

Fee

Home-

Based/

Mobile

Opportunity

Kiosk/

Express

Unit

Available?

Financing

Available?

Startup Costs/

Franchise Fee