Vicious Biscuit
Food & Beverage · Quick-Service Restaurants
- Active units
- 4
- Avg unit volume
- $1.9M
- Royalty
- 5.0%
Franchised, year-end 2025
Average Net Sales for Top 50% (Top 4) of 7 company-owned units, Fiscal Year 2025
of weekly Net Sales
About Vicious Biscuit
Family-owned since 2017, Vicious Biscuit serves creative Southern comfort food with bold flavors, warm hospitality, and unforgettable taste.
Key terms
- Franchise fee
$40k
- Additional unit discount
$5,000 reduction for the second and each additional Franchise Agreement signed by an existing franchisee in good standing.
- Development Services Fee waiver (ADA)
Franchisor may waive the Development Services Fee for sophisticated franchisees under an Area Development Agreement.
- Brand fund
1.0% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
1.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
2,800 – 3,200 sq ft
- Development Fee - First Location
$45k
- Development Fee - Subsequent Locations (deposit)
$20k
- 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).
Growth
- Total locations4
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings2
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate100.0%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR—
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio2.0×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)$1.9M
Average Net Sales for Top 50% (Top 4) of 7 company-owned units, Fiscal Year 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$1.1M
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open11 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 ratio1.7×
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.