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Rank Company
•name
•address
•website		 Total Franchises
•2024
•2023		 Company-Owned Locations
Description of Franchise Operation		 Cost
•initial investment
•initial franchise fee
•royalty (% of sales)		 Top Executive
•name
•title
•phone
1
 Dine Brands
10 W. Walnut St.
Pasadena 91103; dinebrands.com		 3,500
3500		 full-service restaurants, fast casual concepts $888,000 – $3,700,000
$35,000 – $50,000
4% – 4.5%		 John Peyton
CEO
(866) 995-3463
2
 Yoshinoya America Inc.1
991 W. Knox St.
Torrance 90502; yoshinoyaamerica.com		 2,000
2000		 Japanese fast-food chains 385,000 – 1,360,300
27,500
5.5		 Glenn Lunde
CEO
(310) 527-6060
3
 Fat Brands Inc.2
9720 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500
Beverly Hills 90212; fatbrands.com		 1,990
2,059		 fast casual, quick-service, casual and polished casual dining restaurant concepts around the world $146,350 – $7,634,0003
25,000 – 50,0003
4 – 73		 Ken Kuick
Andy Wiederhorn
Rob Rosen
Co-CEO, CFO
CEO
Co-CEO, Head of Capital Markets
(310) 402-0606
1 Includes restaurants owned by parent company.
2 Includes Buffalo’s Franchise Concepts Inc.
3 Represents large range to account for the 17 franchise brands in Fat Brands portfolio.
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Researched by Deepanjali Batra