Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar
Food & Beverage · Full-Service Restaurants
- Active units
- 1,463
- Avg unit volume
- $2.8M
- Royalty
- 4.0%
Franchised, year-end 2024
of weekly Net Sales
About Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar
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Key terms
- Franchise fee
$35k
- Transfer scenario reduction/waiver
May reduce, defer, and/or waive the initial franchise fee when Restaurants are transferred between franchisees; transfer fees may apply
- Brand fund
4.3% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
0.5% of Net Sales
- Footprint
4,500 – 5,410 sq ft
- Development Agreement franchise fee deposit
$10k
- Veteran discount
Not offered
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing); filings on file: 2024, 2025, 2026.
Growth
- Total locations1416
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings9
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate-3.0%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR-4.2%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio0.5×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)$3.0M
Annualized Average Gross Sales - Total (all traditional franchised restaurants), 12-month period Dec 30, 2024 to Dec 28, 2025
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate-2.1%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$3.2M
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open13 months
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
↓ Lower is better - Royalty rate4.0%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio0.9×
Median AUV / estimated initial investment midpoint
- Cash-on-cash returns—
Median unit-level EBITDA / estimated initial investment midpoint. Steady-state estimate; year 1 returns will be lower as the unit ramps to median volumes.
Franchisee healthLocked
- Unit closure ratio
- Transfer vs. closure ratio
- Percent multi-unit franchisees
- Litigation rate
- EBITDA multiple on sales & transfers
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Sources
Financial and operating figures are sourced from the brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. Brand percentile rankings are based on comparisons to other brands that include the same metrics in their Franchise Disclosure Documents.