Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641143
Chicken Salad Chick franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Chicken Salad Chick cost $777,000 to $998,500 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $1,500,394 in the franchisor's 2025 calendar year figures; 3.8% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Simply Southern Restaurant Group, LLC. FDD issued 2026-04-20. Fiscal year end 2025-12-28. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
locations other than drive-thru; a drive-thru location totals $802,000 to $1,033,500.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $50,000 | Item 5, p. 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Continuing Royalty 5% of Gross Sales (at least $600), semi-monthly | Item 6, p. 7 |
| Advertising fund | Brand Fund contribution currently 2% of Gross Sales, up to 4% | Item 6, p. 7 |
first Restaurant; $45,000 for each subsequent Restaurant under a development agreement; fees received in 2025 ranged from $0 to $50,000.
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 Gross Sales, calendar 2025, franchised Restaurants open all year (Chart 1) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 214 units: 214 franchised Restaurants open all of 2025 (12 of them sold by the affiliate to franchisees early in 2025); 69 affiliate-owned Restaurants are shown separately (average $1,506,433, median $1,478,631) with partial operating statements; excludes 47 Restaurants not open the full year, 3 that closed and 1 damaged by fire | |
| Period | 2025 calendar year | |
| High / low | $2,742,662 / $610,842 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 franchised median / Item 7 non-drive-thru 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 | 159 | 180 | 206 |
| Opened | 22 | 29 | 49 |
| Terminated | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| End of year | 180 | 206 | 252 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 74 | 81 | 74 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 52; Table 3 totals p. 54.
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.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Chicken Salad Chick Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-20, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641143, 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.