Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640447
Arby's franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Arby's cost $868,550 to $2,456,600 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $1,201,669 in the franchisor's fiscal 2025 figures; 8.0% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Arby's Franchisor, LLC. FDD issued 2026-03-26. Fiscal year end 2025-12-28. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
first column, excluding real estate purchase; second column $651,550 to $1,379,600.
Largest line: Building, construction and equipment subtotal, $753,000 to $1,617,400 (Item 7, p. 32).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $37,500 | Item 5, p. 21 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 4% of Gross Sales, monthly, subject to incentives (6.2% for non-traditional restaurants) | Item 6, p. 23 |
| Advertising fund | not read in this pass | Item 6, p. 23 |
Standard Traditional Restaurant, plus a $12,500 development fee per restaurant; $0 under the Standard Incentive; non-traditional $18,750.
What a unit sells
Item 19 is optional and is the franchisor's own representation. It is shown here as filed, with the franchisor's measure, sample and period, and nothing is estimated where it is missing.
| Measure | Annual Unit Volume (Gross Sales), 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 2,182 units: the 2025 Franchised Restaurants open the full year (Inspire template); free-standing 1,858 (median $1,199,475), travel plaza 177 (median $1,406,679); quartiles also given | |
| Period | fiscal 2025 | |
| High / low | $4,008,289 / $390,125 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 all-restaurants median AUV / Item 7 first-column total (midpoint, low, high). A ratio of 1.00 means one year of median unit revenue equals the investment; it says nothing about profit.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 2,305 | 2,316 | 2,286 |
| Opened | 55 | 33 | 136 |
| Terminated | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 14 | 29 | 8 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 29 | 34 | 70 |
| End of year | 2,316 | 2,286 | 2,344 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 1,097 | 1,079 | 921 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 66; Table 3 totals p. 71.
Closures are the franchisor's Item 20 counts of units terminated, not renewed, or ceased for other reasons, summed over 2023–2025 and divided by franchised units at the start of 2023. Units the franchisor reacquired are not closures. This is an Item 20 count, not a failure rate.
As filed: the 2025 total-outlets start prints 3,413 (equal to 2023's end) rather than 2024's end of 3,365; United States only. 2025 franchised openings of 136 include refranchised company restaurants (company-owned fell by 158).
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Arby's Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-26, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640447, registry record). The PDF is the franchisor's and is not hosted here; the item and page beside each figure is where to check it. Item 7 and Item 20 tables were read cell by cell; Item 19 was read by hand; each Item 20 year was checked to sum (start + opened − exits = end) before it was recorded.
Informational only, not professional, legal or investment advice. Unitnomics computes from the filing and does not advise on, rank, or refer to any franchise. Last reviewed: November 2026.