Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640717
Jason's Deli franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Jason's Deli cost $1,706,691 to $2,516,291 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor gives no unit revenue figure; 6.3% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Deli Management, Inc.. FDD issued 2026-04-01. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
single deli.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $35,000 | Item 5, p. 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Operating Fee 4% of gross sales, at least $2,500 a month, monthly | Item 6, p. 12 |
| Advertising fund | Advertising Fee currently $0; an advertising cooperative may be enacted | Item 6, p. 12 |
single-deli Franchise Agreement.
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.
No Item 19. Jason's Deli's 2026 FDD makes no financial performance representation (Item 19, p. 39, 40). The revenue-to-investment ratio is undefined for this brand.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: no Item 19 representation.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 79 | 77 | 73 |
| Opened | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Terminated | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| End of year | 77 | 73 | 73 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 160 | 163 | 163 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 40; Table 3 totals p. 42.
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.
the printed 2025 total row is incomplete; 73 plus 163 is 236.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Jason's Deli Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-01, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640717, 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.
The filed PDF prints the same footer on every page instead of page numbers, so the page citations below are positions in the PDF file. Most of the system is company-owned (163 of 236 delis) and there is no Item 19..
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.