Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640454
Dunkin' franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Dunkin' cost $532,400 to $1,832,500 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $1,297,694 in the franchisor's 2024-12-30 to 2025-12-28 figures; 4.2% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Dunkin' Donuts Franchising 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
Table A, Freestanding Restaurant; Table B Shopping Center/Storefront $443,000 to $1,333,500 (p.46); Table C Gas & Convenience $216,400 to $1,065,500 (p.47); Table D SDO non-traditional $142,000 to $862,500 (p.48). Real estate cost is 'Variable (Note 6)' and outside the total.
Largest line: Building Costs, $180,000 to $600,000 (Item 7, p. 44).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $40,000 to $90,000 by Development Area Type | Item 5, p. 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Continuing Franchise Fee 5.9% of Gross Sales, weekly | Item 6, p. 36 |
| Advertising fund | Continuing Advertising Fee 5.0% of Gross Sales (2.5% for SDOs) | Item 6, p. 36 |
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: all product and service revenue, excluding stored-value card sales, taxes, and resale to other licensees) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 7,010 units: 2025 Franchised Restaurants: franchised, non-Combo, open the full fiscal year, not closed for extended periods, not multi-brand, not self-serve, not part-time; 5,592 traditional and 1,418 non-traditional/SDO | |
| Period | 2024-12-30 to 2025-12-28 | |
| High / low | $6,007,706 / $65,354 | |
| Excluded | of 8,744 franchised non-Combo restaurants: 314 opened during the year; 1,261 closed for extended periods; 36 multi-brand; 111 self-serve; 25 part-time or atypical schedule (plus 81 closed during the year, company-owned, and 1,219 Combo restaurants) | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 all-2025-Franchised-Restaurants median / Item 7 Table A total (midpoint, low, high); investment excludes real estate. 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 | 8,087 | 8,265 | 8,465 |
| Opened | 344 | 312 | 314 |
| Terminated | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Not renewed | 23 | 28 | 24 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 139 | 67 | 55 |
| End of year | 8,265 | 8,465 | 8,744 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 32 | 34 | 36 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 91; Table 3 totals p. 97.
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.
Dunkin' standalone and multi-brand; Combo (Dunkin'/Baskin-Robbins) outlets are a separate set of tables (1,252 to 1,219 over the period, p.100).
As filed: 2023 sums; 2024 and 2025 do not (printed end exceeds start+opened-exits by 16 and 46). Row carries '(Note 2)', which lists multi-brand locations, not a reconciliation. Figures are recorded as printed; the discrepancy must be stated on the page or the year's closure count held back.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Dunkin' Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-26, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640454, 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.
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