Chick-fil-A
Food & Beverage · Quick-Service Restaurants
- Active units
- 2,795
- Avg unit volume
- $1.5M
- Royalty
- 10.0%
Franchised, year-end 2025
Average annual sales volume for domestic Chick-fil-A Licensed Units on college/university campuses open ≥1 year as of Dec 31, 2025
of weekly Net Sales
About Chick-fil-A
Home of the Original Chicken Sandwich®. Chick-fil-A® Canada offers Chicken Sandwiches, Waffle Potato Fries™, Milkshakes, and more. See our menu, and order pickup.
Key terms
- Franchise fee
$0
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing).
Growth
- Total locations2795
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings278
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate6.5%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR5.9%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio2.8×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)$1.5M
Average annual sales volume for domestic Chick-fil-A Licensed Units on college/university campuses open ≥1 year as of Dec 31, 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—
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$2.0M
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open—
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
- Royalty rate10.0%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio0.8×
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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Location footprint
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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.