03 Oct Franchise List (D to L)
From the upcoming 2013 Business Reference Guide, we have listed franchises with a “quick” rule of thumb, or range, usually expressed as a percentage of sales. For many of them we have based it on quite a few actual sales; others may have been based on just a few; and, in some cases, just one where we felt it was appropriate. They can be a good starting point for pricing the business.
A number in parentheses indicates a note at the end of the list.
Dairy Queen 45 — 50%
Deck the Walls 35 – 40%
Del Taco 90%
Dick’s Wings and Grill 35%
Dollar Discount Stores 20%
Domino’s Pizza 50 – 55%
Dream Dinners 45%
Dr. Vinyl 75%
Dry Cleaners USA 55%
Dunkin’ Donuts (7) 75 – 80%
Eagle Transmission Shops (8) 40%
Environment Control 42%
Fantastic Sam’s (9) 35 – 40%%
Fast Fix (Jewelry) 80 – 85%
Fast Frame 32%
FasTrac Kids 45%
Fast Signs 42 – 46%
FedEx Ground 65 – 70 %
Firestone Tire Stores 35%
Floppy’s Mouse Club 70%
Foot Solutions 60%
Framing & Art Centers 60%
Friendly Computers 30% — 35%%
Friendly’s Restaurant 40%
Geeks on Call (Australia) 60%
General Nutrition Centers 40%
Godfather’s Pizza 28%
Goin’ Postal 30 – 35%
Goodyear Store (Business Opportunity) 35%
Grease Monkey 50%
Great Clips 1 – 1.5 SDE
Great Harvest Bread Co. (10)
Great Steak 50– 55%
Grout Doctor 85 — 90
Hallmark Cards 40%
Harley-Davidson Motors (11) 87%
Heavenly Hams 30 — 35%
Home Helpers 35%
Home Team Inspection 35%
Honest 1 Auto Care 70 %
House Doctor 24%
Hungry Howie’s Pizza & Subs 35%
Huntington Learning Center 60%
i9 Sports 65 – 70%
Iceberg Drive Inn 40 – 45%
Jani-King 26-5 — 30%
Jersey Mike’s Subs 50%
Jiffy Lube 50%
Jimmy Johns 65 — 70%
Johnny Rockets 75%
Jon Smith Subs 20%
Juice It Up 24%
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) 30 – 35%
Kuman Math & Reading Centers 80 – 90%
Kwik Kopy (printing) 50 – 60%
Lady of America 45 — 50%
Laptop Xchange 85 — 90%
Lenny’s Subs 15%
Liberty Tax Service 40%
Lil’ Dino’s Subs (12) 64%
Little Caesar’s Pizza 55%
Logan Farms (honey-glazed hams) 30%
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(7) In … Dunkin Donuts shops now sell for 75 – 125% of annual sales, depending mainly on geography. It’s about 125% in New England, 100% of sales in the Mid-Atlantic States, and lower in the South and Midwest. There really is not a Dunkin Donut market in the West. A sale in Colorado was reported that sold for 22% of sales.
(8) Eagle is a Texas based franchise www.eagletransmission.com. They are the strongest transmission franchise in the Dallas area with 21 locations and are a minor player in Houston and Austin. The attraction is the royalties at 4% in Dallas and 6% Houston and Austin, and the training is “hands on” locally.
(9) These stores sell for maximum 2 times SDE versus $120,000 to $150,000 + for new. 10 to 12 sales have been reported at 2 times SDE for absentee owner stores (most are) and 2 times SDE + manager’s salary of owner operated.
(10) 3.3 – 3.4 times SDC
(11) Netted $2,100,000 and seller retained 20% of ownership
(12) One sold for 80% of sales, but it was located in an office building with vending rights
