Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640472
Taco Bell franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Taco Bell cost $1,859,750 to $4,312,200 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 1.2% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Taco Bell Franchisor, LLC. FDD issued 2026-03-26. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
Traditional Unit; includes Real Property $250,000 to $1,400,000 and Building/Site Construction $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. In-Line/End-Cap table totals $934,750 to $1,817,200 (p.21).
Largest line: Building/Site Construction, $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 (Item 7, p. 18).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $45,000 | Item 5, p. 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Period Franchise Fee 5.5% of the Unit's Gross Sales, per accounting period | Item 6, p. 11 |
| Advertising fund | Period Marketing Fee 4.25% of Gross Sales | Item 6, p. 11 |
new Traditional Unit; $25,000 for In-Line or End-Cap; fees paid in 2025 ranged $0 to $45,000.
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.
Item 19 present, no single unit figure. none historical: Item 19 describes three site-forecast tools (Bell Point, Kalibrate, SiteZeus) and their back-test error; the only figures are projected-sales ranges for a 183-unit 2023 cohort ($826,707 to $3,621,383 Kalibrate; $616,474 to $3,991,919 SiteZeus) (Item 19, p. 56, 57, 58, 59).
Franchisor's statement: “With the limited exception of the forecast tools, we do not make any representations about future financial performance or the past financial performance of any company-owned or franchise Units.”
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 has no historical unit-revenue figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 7,056 | 7,198 | 7,341 |
| Opened | 164 | 183 | 168 |
| Terminated | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Not renewed | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 7 | 144 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 13 | 27 | 21 |
| End of year | 7,198 | 7,341 | 7,335 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 483 | 498 | 663 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 60; Table 3 totals p. 66.
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.
As filed: Total 2025 start (7,839) does not equal Total 2024 end (7,847) as printed.
all three rows sum; 2025 reacquisitions (144) are the company-owned jump in Table 1.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Taco Bell Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-26, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640472, 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.
Wisconsin lists two Taco Bell registrations under the same trade name: 640472 is the Traditional FDD (this record); 640493 is the Taco Bell Express licence FDD (232 licensed units, no Item 19), kept separately and not a brand page.
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.