Burger King franchise cost 2026
From the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document of Burger King Company LLC, registered in Wisconsin (filing 640450, effective 3/26/2026). Every number links to the page it was read from.
| Total initial investment | None to None | |
| Initial franchise fee | $50,000 | p.29 |
| Royalty | 4.5% of monthly Gross Sales | p.34 |
| Advertising fund | An amount not to exceed 4.5% of monthly Gross Sales | p.34 |
| Item 19 financial performance | Average Sales: $1,707,974 | p.102 |
| Units, end of 2025 | 6,650 | p.120 |
Units by year (Item 20, Table 1)
| Type | Year | Start | End | Net change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| franchised | 2023 | 6,992 | 6,640 | -352 | p.120 |
| company owned | 2023 | 50 | 138 | 88 | p.120 |
| total | 2023 | 7,042 | 6,778 | -264 | p.120 |
| franchised | 2024 | 6,640 | 5,524 | -1,116 | p.120 |
| company owned | 2024 | 138 | 1,177 | 1,039 | p.120 |
| total | 2024 | 6,778 | 6,701 | -77 | p.120 |
| franchised | 2025 | 5,524 | 5,518 | -6 | p.120 |
| company owned | 2025 | 1,177 | 1,132 | -45 | p.120 |
| total | 2025 | 6,701 | 6,650 | -51 | p.120 |
Openings and closures, system totals (Item 20, Table 3)
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Non-renewed | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6,992 | 61 | 0 | 55 | 88 | 270 | 6,640 | p.129 |
| 2024 | 6,640 | 63 | 0 | 49 | 1,061 | 69 | 5,524 | p.129 |
| 2025 | 5,524 | 83 | 7 | 33 | 13 | 36 | 5,518 | p.129 |
Item 19: what the filing says about revenue
Burger King reports Average Sales of $1,707,974 across 5747 outlets for January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025.p.104
Scorecard
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| Cost to open | held | held |
| Royalty plus ad fund | 9.0% | rank 6 of 10 |
| Three-year unit growth | -5.6% | rank 11 of 12 |
| Closure rate, 2025 | 1.6% | rank 7 of 11 (1 = most) |
| Discloses unit revenue | yes | |
| Litigation disclosed | held | held |
Litigation (Item 3)
Item 3 has not been read for this filing yet, or the two readers disagreed and it is held for review.
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Provenance
Source: Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions franchise filing 640450, effective 3/26/2026, expires 3/26/2027. Extracted 2026-09-03 by two independent passes; only figures both passes agreed on and that appear verbatim on the cited page are shown. 9 field(s) held back as unresolved. How this works.