2026 FDD Item 19, p. 88 Previous source check Oct 16, 2026
Jimmy John's Franchise Revenue (2026 FDD)
In Item 19 of its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, Jimmy John's reports average gross sales for franchised restaurants in the included sample of $1,007,437 (Fiscal 2025 (December 30, 2024-December 28, 2025), 2,581 included franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional; quartile or extreme row as labeled). The figures below are selected disclosures, not a substitute for reading the full Item 19.
Startup cost: a Jimmy John's franchise costs an estimated $366,200 – $733,500 to open (Item 7). See the full Jimmy John's franchise cost breakdown.
Does Jimmy John's Item 19 show profit or owner pay?
No. Jimmy John'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 Jimmy John's discloses (Item 19)
Source: Jimmy John's 2026 FDD, Item 19, PDF p. 88.
| Figure | Value | Period | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross sales for franchised restaurants in the included sample | $1,007,437 | Fiscal 2025 (December 30, 2024-December 28, 2025) | 2,581 included franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional; quartile or extreme row as labeled (Item 19, PDF p. 89) |
| Median gross sales for franchised restaurants in the included sample | $955,639 | Fiscal 2025 (December 30, 2024-December 28, 2025) | 2,581 included franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional; quartile or extreme row as labeled (Item 19, PDF p. 89) |
| Top quartile average gross sales | $1,490,247 | Fiscal 2025 (December 30, 2024-December 28, 2025) | 2,581 included franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional; quartile or extreme row as labeled (Item 19, PDF p. 89) |
| Bottom quartile average gross sales | $608,313 | Fiscal 2025 (December 30, 2024-December 28, 2025) | 2,581 included franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional; quartile or extreme row as labeled (Item 19, PDF p. 89) |
| Highest gross sales among reporting restaurants | $3,046,579 | Fiscal 2025 (December 30, 2024-December 28, 2025) | 2,581 included franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional; quartile or extreme row as labeled (Item 19, PDF p. 89) |
| Lowest gross sales among reporting restaurants | $159,965 | Fiscal 2025 (December 30, 2024-December 28, 2025) | 2,581 included franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional; quartile or extreme row as labeled (Item 19, PDF p. 89) |
Item 19 sample and definitions
Item 19 (PDF pages 88-89) includes 2,581 franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional. The all-restaurants row prints average AUV $1,007,437, median $955,639 and 1,241/48% at or above average. New, extended-closure, multi-brand and permanently closed restaurants are excluded as specified; company-owned restaurants are excluded. The included restaurants had operated an average of fourteen years. These are historical fiscal-year sales, not new-unit forecasts.
How to interpret Jimmy John'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. The earlier source-check date does not clear this hold. Reported sales are not owner income.
Scope of these figures: The selected Jimmy John's disclosures above retain their recorded periods and samples. The lead figure covers 2,581 included franchised restaurants: 2,556 traditional and 25 non-traditional; quartile or extreme row as labeled. 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.
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Sources
JIMMY JOHN'S FRANCHISOR SPV, LLC Franchise Disclosure Document, issued March 26, 2026, as filed with the Minnesota Commerce (CARDS). Read the source FDD PDF. How to get this FDD yourself.
- Item 5: cited PDF p. 32
- Item 6: cited PDF p. 35
- Item 7: cited PDF p. 48
- Item 19: cited PDF p. 88
- Item 20: cited PDF p. 97
- Agreement term (Item 17): cited PDF p. 84
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Document & verification changelog
- October 29, 2026: Record updated.
- October 23, 2026: Source review hold recorded. Unresolved corrections are listed in this source section.
- October 23, 2026: Complete source recheck against the March 26, 2026 FDD: cover, Item 1, Item 5, all 33 Item 6 rows and notes (PDF pages 35-47), every Item 7 row and total, Item 17, Item 19 and Item 20 Tables 1-4. Replaced the Item 6 schedule, which had omitted or misstated most rows; set the standard initial fee; removed an unsourced franchising start year; corrected the Item 20 page. The hold remains for the printed Item 20 conflicts described in the source section.
- October 19, 2026: Source review hold recorded: The October 19 audit corrected conflicting Item 7 prose, selected financial-performance labels and PDF references. The fee schedule and remaining record sections still require a complete source recheck; the historical source-check date is not renewed by these targeted corrections.
- October 16, 2026: Previous source check recorded. The later source review hold below supersedes its clearance.
- October 16, 2026: Initial cost profile published from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (issued March 26, 2026).