Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders
Food & Beverage · Fast-Casual Restaurants
- Active units
- 69
- Avg unit volume
- $2.1M
- Royalty
- 5.0%
Franchised, year-end 2024
of weekly Net Sales
About Huey Magoo's Chicken Tenders
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Key terms
- Franchise fee
$35k
- Development Incentive Program – New Franchisees
If DA for 3+ restaurants signed by 12/31/2025 and unit opens ≥30 days early (by 12/31/2027): Initial Franchise Fee reduced to $25,000; royalty 4% first 12 months, then 5%.
- Development Incentive Program – Existing Franchisees
For qualifying sites under an Existing DA (signed before 4/1/2025; franchise agreement signed and fee paid by 12/31/2025; open within 180 days): royalty 4% first 12 months, then 5%.
- Brand fund
2.0% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
2.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
700 – 3,600 sq ft
- Development Fee - first restaurant
$35k
- Development Fee - each additional restaurant deposit
$18k
- Veteran discount
17500.0% off franchise fee — $17,500 discount on the Initial Franchise Fee for the first restaurant (qualifications apply)
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing); filings on file: 2025, 2026.
Growth
- Total locations83
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings14
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate20.3%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR24.0%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio14.0×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)$1.7M
52-week fiscal year Dec 30, 2024–Dec 28, 2025; excludes 14 franchised openings in 2025, 1 franchised closure >1 month, and 2 franchised Express Restaurants.
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)$2.5M
52-week fiscal year Dec 30, 2024–Dec 28, 2025; excludes 14 franchised openings in 2025, 1 franchised closure >1 month, and 2 franchised Express Restaurants.
- 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$1.9M
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open12 months
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
↓ Lower is better - Royalty rate5.0%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio—
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
Showing 13 of 13 mapped locations
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.