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Jimmy John's / report

The whole Jimmy John's filing, read.

Jimmy John's Franchisor SPV, LLC's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, read for someone about to sign, with every figure cited to the page it came from.

  • Every fee. 37 rows for Jimmy John's: initial, royalty, advertising, technology, transfer, renewal, audit, late, termination. The brand page shows the two headline rates; the report shows all of them.
  • Item 19, decoded. What the revenue figure measures, which units are in the sample and which were left out, and what it doesn't include.
  • Three years of units. Openings, terminations, non-renewals, reacquisitions, transfers, and whether the filing's own totals foot.
  • Every lawsuit, in plain words. Item 3 and Item 4, one line per matter.
  • Territory, renewal, transfer, termination. What is protected, what it costs to renew or sell, what they can terminate you for, and the non-compete.
  • The questions to ask existing franchisees that this filing's own numbers raise.

From the report · every fee · the first 7 of 37 rows

Additional trainees beyond the first 2$1,000 per week per person; may rise to $5,000p. 33, p. 36
District Manager training$2,000; may rise to $5,000p. 33, p. 36
Expelled trainee re-attending$4,000p. 33
Royalty6% of weekly Gross Salesp. 35
Cooperative advertisingUp to 2% of Gross Salesp. 35
Local marketing spend0.5% of weekly Gross Salesp. 47
Grand openingRecommended $3,000 to $5,000, not requiredp. 47, p. 50

This is a summary of a public filing, not legal advice. Take the filing to a franchise attorney before signing. The free brand page stays free; the report is the rest of the document.