Highlights
Tools, from this filing's numbers
What Taco Bell takes off the top
Royalty 5.5% of the Unit's Gross Sales plus advertising 4.25% of the Unit's Gross Sales, applied to your own sales estimate. The rates are the filing's; the sales are yours.
Taco Bell discloses no unit revenue, so start from a number you believe.
Cash you would need to open
The filing's Item 7 range, $1,859,750 to $4,312,200, is an estimate for one unit including only its first months. Slide between the low and high cases and add the months of runway you want beyond that.
Monthly operating cash is taken as one-twelfth of your weekly-sales figure above times 52, a placeholder for rent, labor and food until you have your own budget.
Compare Taco Bell with another brand
Side by side, every figure cited.
Fees (Items 5 and 6)
| Initial franchise fee, standard | $45,000 | p.14 |
| Royalty | 5.5% of the Unit's Gross Sales | p.16 |
| Advertising fund | 4.25% of the Unit's Gross Sales | p.16 |
| Technology fee | held for review |
The filing lists every recurring and conditional fee in Item 6.
Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
| Expenditure | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Background Check Fee | $500 | $700 | p.23 |
| Initial Franchise Fee | $45,000 | $45,000 | p.23 |
| First Unit Construction Services | $27,250 | $27,250 | p.23 |
| Optional Real Estate Services | $10,000 | $37,250 | p.23 |
| Permits, Licenses, Security Deposits | $75,000 | $150,000 | p.23 |
| Real Property | $250,000 | $1,400,000 | p.23 |
| Building/Site Construction | $1,000,000 | $2,000,000 | p.23 |
| Equipment / Signage/Decor/POS | $400,000 | $577,000 | p.23 |
| Initial Inventory | $7,000 | $10,000 | p.23 |
| Grand Opening Expense | $5,000 | $5,000 | p.23 |
| Additional Funds – 3 months | $40,000 | $60,000 | p.23 |
| Total | $1,859,750 | $4,312,200 | p.23 |
Revenue (Item 19)
Item 19 is held for review: the two readers disagreed. See the run log.
Litigation (Item 3)
Item 3 has not been read for this filing yet, or the two readers disagreed and it is held for review.
Scorecard
Rank among the brands on this site that report the figure, on each list's own direction. No blended grade. How the lists work.
| Cost to open | $1,859,750 | 21 of 23 |
| Royalty plus ad fund | 9.8% | 12 of 23 |
| Three-year unit growth | held | held |
| Closure rate | held | held |
| Discloses unit revenue | held | |
| Litigation disclosed | held | held |
Source
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions franchise filing 640472, effective 3/27/2026, expires 3/27/2027. Extracted 2026-09-03 by two independent readers; only figures both agreed on, whose quoted words appear on the cited page, are shown. 6 fields held for review. How this works.