2026 FDD Item 19, p. 84
Chick-fil-A Franchise Revenue (2026 FDD)
In Item 19 of its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, Chick-fil-A reports average Sales Volume - Non-Captive Venue Non-Mall Restaurants of $9,161,239 (Calendar year 2025, Approximately 2,302 domestic non-captive-venue non-mall franchised Operator restaurants open for a full calendar year and operated by Operators throughout 2025). The figures below are selected disclosures, not a substitute for reading the full Item 19.
Startup cost: the printed Item 7 totals and expense lines do not reconcile. See the printed figures in the Chick-fil-A cost breakdown.
Does Chick-fil-A’s Item 19 show profit or owner pay?
No. Chick-fil-A’s Item 19 reports sales but no profit, costs or owner pay. Rent, payroll, supplies, loan payments and Item 6 fees come out of sales before an owner is paid, so these figures cannot show what an owner earns.
What Chick-fil-A discloses (Item 19)
Source: Chick-fil-A 2026 FDD, Item 19, PDF p. 84.
| Figure | Value | Period | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Sales Volume - Non-Captive Venue Non-Mall Restaurants | $9,161,239 | Calendar year 2025 | Approximately 2,302 domestic non-captive-venue non-mall franchised Operator restaurants open for a full calendar year and operated by Operators throughout 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 84) |
| Average Sales Volume - Non-Captive Venue Mall Restaurants | $4,579,894 | Calendar year 2025 | Approximately 201 domestic non-captive-venue mall franchised Operator restaurants open for a full calendar year and operated by Operators throughout 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 84) |
| Average Sales Volume - Delivery Kitchens | $2,547,052 | Calendar year 2025 | Approximately 3 domestic franchised Operator delivery kitchens open for a full calendar year and operated by Operators throughout 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 84) |
| Median Annual Sales Volume - Non-Captive Venue Non-Mall Restaurants | $9,087,673 | Calendar year 2025 | Approximately 2,302 domestic non-captive-venue non-mall franchised Operator restaurants open for a full calendar year and operated by Operators throughout 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 84) |
| Median Annual Sales Volume - Non-Captive Venue Mall Restaurants | $3,356,330 | Calendar year 2025 | Approximately 201 domestic non-captive-venue mall franchised Operator restaurants open for a full calendar year and operated by Operators throughout 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 84) |
| Median Annual Sales Volume - Delivery Kitchens | $2,752,922 | Calendar year 2025 | Approximately 3 domestic franchised Operator delivery kitchens open for a full calendar year and operated by Operators throughout 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 84) |
Item 19 sample and definitions
Item 19 covers approximately 2,506 domestic non-captive-venue franchised Operator restaurants open for a full calendar year and Operator-operated throughout 2025: 2,302 non-mall, 201 mall and 3 delivery kitchens. It excludes 25 otherwise eligible captive-venue units, licensed units, newly opened or permanently closed restaurants outside the full-year ending population, and any restaurant operated by Chick-fil-A or its affiliates at any time during 2025. Sales volume is gross receipts from related sales excluding sales tax, not net income. Costs of sales and operating expenses are not deducted; the disclosure supplies no actual Operator-income or profit average. Each format has its own sample and median/average; they are not pooled. Item 19's permanent-closure counts and Item 20's movements describe differently defined populations and cannot be treated as interchangeable physical-closure counts (PDF pages 83-85).
How to interpret Chick-fil-A’s Item 19 figures and sample limits · What Item 19 does and does not show about owner pay.
A source check placed this record on review hold. Automatic fee estimates are withheld until the outstanding issues are resolved. Reported sales are not owner income.
Scope of these figures: The selected Chick-fil-A disclosures above retain their recorded periods and samples. The lead figure covers approximately 2,302 domestic non-captive-venue non-mall franchised Operator restaurants open for a full calendar year and operated by Operators throughout 2025. They do not establish take-home owner income or the results of a new outlet. Read the linked Item 19 for the franchisor's definitions and exclusions.
Full Chick-fil-A franchise cost breakdown · Payback calculator (enter your own assumptions)
Sources
Chick-fil-A, Inc. Franchise Disclosure Document, issued March 31, 2026, as filed with the Minnesota Commerce (CARDS). Read the source FDD PDF. How to get this FDD yourself.
- Item 5: cited PDF p. 26
- Item 6: cited PDF p. 27
- Item 7: cited PDF p. 43
- Item 19: cited PDF p. 84
- Item 20: cited PDF p. 92
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Document & verification changelog
- October 29, 2026: Record updated.
- October 28, 2026: Source review hold recorded. Unresolved corrections are listed in this source section.
- October 9, 2026: Provisional publication approved per owner directive: Owner-directed provisional publication before independent source verification was complete.
- October 9, 2026: Initial cost profile published from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (issued March 31, 2026).