Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640668
McAlister's Deli franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a McAlister's Deli cost $910,175 to $1,816,100 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $1,764,584 in the franchisor's fiscal 2025, ended 2025-12-28 figures; 6.5% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: McAlister's Franchisor SPV LLC. FDD issued 2026-03-27, amended 2026-05-11. Fiscal year end 2025-12-28. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
first Item 7 table; a second table on page 35 totals $1,282,525 to $2,575,400.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $35,500 | Item 5, p. 19 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty Fee 5% of Net Sales, weekly | Item 6, p. 21 |
| Advertising fund | Advertising Contribution currently 2% of Net Sales to the Ad Fund, plus any Advertising Cooperative amount | Item 6, p. 21 |
single Restaurant; $20,000 for veterans; fees paid in 2025 ranged from $10,000 to $35,500.
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 | Net Sales, fiscal 2025, eligible Traditional Franchises (Table 1, Total row) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 477 units: 477 franchised Traditional Restaurants in traditional locations that reported sales all 52 weeks (eligible franchises), shown by quartile; excludes non-traditional locations and affiliate-owned Restaurants | |
| Period | fiscal 2025, ended 2025-12-28 | |
| High / low | $4,932,405 / $585,403 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 median / Item 7 first-table 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 | 492 | 506 | 524 |
| Opened | 28 | 27 | 25 |
| Terminated | 10 | 7 | 9 |
| Not renewed | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| End of year | 506 | 524 | 533 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 33 | 36 | 39 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 76; Table 3 totals p. 80.
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 McAlister's Deli Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-27 and amended 2026-05-11, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640668, 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.