Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar
Food & Beverage · Full-Service Restaurants
- Active units
- 73
- Avg unit volume
- $4.4M
- Royalty
- 5.0%
Franchised, year-end 2024
of weekly Net Sales
About Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar
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Key terms
- Franchise fee
$60k
- 2024 developer discount (historical)
During 2024, discounted to $30,000 each for one developer that acquired the rights to 20 locations
- Area Development credit
$30,000 credit against the then-current Initial Franchise Fee for each Restaurant developed under an Area Development Agreement
- Brand fund
3.0% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
1.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
5,000 – 7,000 sq ft
- Area Development Fee
$30k
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 locations73
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings7
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate0.0%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR-0.7%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio1.0×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)$4.4M
Average Yearly Gross Revenues for 66 franchised Restaurants operational for all of 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-3.2%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$4.1M
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open17 months
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
↓ Lower is better - Royalty rate—
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
- Sales-to-investment ratio1.1×
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.