Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641574
Church's Texas Chicken franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Church's Texas Chicken cost $1,252,400 to $1,970,300 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $1,065,581 in the franchisor's fiscal 2025, ended 2025-12-28 figures; 10.2% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Cajun Global LLC. FDD issued 2026-05-01, amended 2026-08-31. Fiscal year end 2025-12-28. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
new free-standing Restaurant, excluding real estate; two other formats total $659,725 to $1,380,300 (page 20) and $704,366 to $1,357,300 (page 21).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $20,000 | Item 5, p. 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty 5% of Gross Sales, weekly | Item 6, p. 14 |
| Advertising fund | Advertising Fund Contribution 5% of Gross Sales (at least $25,000 a year), of which up to 1% may go to a Regional Co-Op | Item 6, p. 14 |
per Restaurant; plus $15,500 to $25,000 in grand opening marketing funds.
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 | Average Unit Volume, fiscal 2025, franchised Restaurants (Table 6A, Total row) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 565 units: 565 of the 722 franchised Restaurants at 2025-12-28 open all 52 weeks; excludes 16 opened in 2025, 19 closed for remodel or damage, 7 with missing sales data and 115 in Puerto Rico; 145 company restaurants averaged $1,239,870 (Table 6B); income statements, quartiles and reimage results are also given | |
| Period | fiscal 2025, ended 2025-12-28 | |
| High / low | $2,435,926 / $336,236 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 franchised median AUV / Item 7 free-standing 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 | 767 | 744 | 714 |
| Opened | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Terminated | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| Not renewed | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 9 | 20 | 12 |
| End of year | 744 | 714 | 722 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 156 | 159 | 163 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 59; Table 3 totals p. 62.
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 Church's Texas Chicken Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-05-01 and amended 2026-08-31, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641574, 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.