Food & Beverage · registry year 2024 · HQ GA

Church's Texas Chicken Franchise

A High Bluff Capital brand operating in the food & beverage sector, franchising since 1952. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Church's Texas Chicken, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.

$284K – $1.0M
Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
5.0%
Royalty rate · Mid-range royalty
1,500
Total locations · Large network

FDD outlay schedule

Registry church-s-texas-chicken Church's Texas Chicken

Church's Texas Chicken needs $284K–$1.0M to open and charges a 5.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical food & beverage franchise.

  • LO $284K
  • HI $1.0M
  • FEE $15K
  • ROY 5.0%
  • UNT 1,500
  • I19 Silent
  • INV# #83/223
  • UNT# #73/223

Nearest Item 7 peer: Tropical Smoothie Cafe ($282K)

Church's Texas Chicken (this)$284KTropical Smoothie Cafe$282KThe Human Bean$268KSmoothie King$263KMarco's Pizza$260KFive Guys$314K
Church's Texas Chicken Item 7 listed-low neighbourhood vs nearest food & beverage peers

Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Church's Texas Chicken (registry year 2024). Listed lows only - not a profit, cost-of-living, or suitability claim. Verify the current FDD before relying on these figures. How we place brands →

Franchise Opportunity Health Score

How healthy and transparent Church's Texas Chicken's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.

7 F
  • Network momentum -0.7% net unit growth (YoY) 13/100 · F
  • Financial disclosure Item 19 not disclosed 0/100 · F

Benchmarked against the 223-brand tracked corpus (p10-p90 range per dimension); a higher score means a growing unit count and a disclosed Item 19. See how we place brands.

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Where Church's Texas Chicken's investment ranks nationally

Church's Texas Chicken's listed Item 7 low of $284K against every one of the 218 tracked franchise brands with a disclosed initial investment. Listed figures only, verify in the current FDD before relying on them.

Church's Texas Chicken vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment

Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus

$284,000 Around the middle lower than 38% of 218 franchise brands

Franchise brands, banded by listed Item 7 low

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Source PlainFranchise editorial comparison registry · 2024-12-31

Investment Overview

Investment Range $284K – $1.0M
Franchise Fee
$15K
Ad Fund Rate
5.0%

Revenue Data (Item 19)

Item 19 Not Disclosed

This franchisor did not provide financial performance data in their FDD. This is common, disclosure is optional.

Network Size & Growth

1,500
Franchised
0
Company-Owned
+40
Opened (Last Year)

Net Growth Rate

Year-over-year unit change

-0.67% growth

50 locations closed in the last reporting year

Quick Facts

Subsector
quick service restaurant
Founded
1952
Franchising Since
1952
Headquarters
GA
FDD Year
2024
Item 19
Not Disclosed

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Important Notice · Church's Texas Chicken

This Church's Texas Chicken page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Church's Texas Chicken.

National footprint registry read for Church's Texas Chicken

Signature read: 1,500 locations · Item 7 low $284K

Church's Texas Chicken, a High Bluff Capital franchise, has been franchising since 1952 , currently with 1,500 total locations (1,500 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the food & beverage sector, headquartered in GA. The listed total initial investment is $284K to $1.0M, with separate listed low and high values. The registry separately records a franchise-fee field of $15K; its summary does not reproduce every Item 7 line item.

Royalty payments here are set at 5.0% of gross sales; the registry also records a 5.0% advertising-fund field, for a 10.0% arithmetic total. Church's Texas Chicken has no Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry. Item 19 disclosure is optional under the FTC Franchise Rule.

Church's Texas Chicken's footprint shrank over the past year, down 0.7% with 50 closures on the record. The registry does not attribute the change to a cause or establish an operating or financial outcome.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Church's Texas Chicken franchise cost?
The total initial investment for a Church's Texas Chicken franchise ranges from $284K to $1.0M. A $15K franchise fee is part of that total. The listed ongoing royalty is 5.0% of gross sales.
How many Church's Texas Chicken locations are there?
Church's Texas Chicken's network totals 1,500 locations (1,500 franchisee-owned). Year-over-year, the unit count is down 0.7%.
What are the ongoing fees for a Church's Texas Chicken franchise?
Church's Texas Chicken's ongoing royalty is 5.0% of gross sales. A further 5.0% goes to the national advertising fund. These listed fee fields are separate from the listed initial-investment range.

Related reading for Church's Texas Chicken: How to Evaluate a Franchise , Church's Texas Chicken has no Item 19 in this registry, diligence without a financial performance representation.

Church's Texas Chicken among nearby food & beverage registry records: listed entry cost and network size Scatter plot of 11 data points. 0 locations2000 locations4000 locations6000 locations8000 locations $200k$250k$300k$350k Listed initial investment low ($000) Total locations (Item 20) Church's Texas ChickenTropical Smoothie CafeThe Human BeanSmoothie KingMarco's PizzaFive GuysJimmy John'sThe Coffee Bean & Tea LeafWingstopWendy'sJamba
Church's Texas Chicken among nearby food & beverage registry records: listed entry cost and network size

Snapshot uses the registry's listed Item 7 initial-investment low and Item 20 location-count fields. It is a descriptive comparison, not a ranking or investment recommendation.

How Church's Texas Chicken's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)

Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size

Two data-derived peer sets for Church's Texas Chicken , both outside HQ state GA : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.

What to do with this

Church's Texas Chicken at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.

  • Church's Texas Chicken scores 7/100 (F) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
  • Its $284K – $1.0M entry cost runs below the typical food & beverage franchise.
  • Ranks #83 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
  • Tropical Smoothie Cafe sits at a comparable investment level ($282K) in the same sector. Compare

Editorial comparison registry, not a source-linked FDD record. Verify the current FDD before relying on any figure.

Editorial comparison registry; a source filing is not linked to this record. Verify the current FDD before relying on a figure.

Source: PlainFranchise editorial registry Record-level FDD source link and retrieval date pending