Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640451
Jimmy John's franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Jimmy John's cost $366,200 to $733,500 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $955,639 in the franchisor's 2025 fiscal year figures; 5.0% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Jimmy John's Franchisor SPV, 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
Traditional Location, excluding real estate purchase costs; Non-Traditional Location column $206,200 to $686,000.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $35,000 | Item 5, p. 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 6% of weekly Gross Sales | Item 6, p. 27 |
| Advertising fund | Advertising and Development Fund up to 4.5% of Gross Sales (currently 4.5%; 2.25% non-traditional), plus cooperative advertising up to 2% | Item 6, p. 27 |
Standard Traditional Restaurant; $12,500 or $5,000 for a reopened closed restaurant; $17,500 non-traditional.
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 | 2,581 units: the 2025 Franchised Restaurants: franchised restaurants open the full year 2025 (123 opened in 2025, 12 closed for extended periods and 33 that closed during 2025 excluded; company-owned excluded); quartiles and drive-thru / no-drive-thru / non-traditional splits also given | |
| Period | 2025 fiscal year | |
| High / low | $3,046,579 / $159,965 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 all-restaurants median AUV / Item 7 traditional 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 | 2,597 | 2,602 | 2,647 |
| Opened | 58 | 88 | 123 |
| Terminated | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 40 | 29 | 20 |
| End of year | 2,602 | 2,647 | 2,737 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 40 | 42 | 40 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 83; Table 3 totals p. 89.
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.
all three rows sum. FLAG: Table 3 ends 2023 at 2,602 and starts 2024 at 2,602, while Table 1 prints 2,604 for both; a two-unit discrepancy between the franchisor's own tables.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Jimmy John's Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-26, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640451, 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.