Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs Franchise
Cost, fees, owner earnings, closure rate and litigation for a Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise — pulled from the franchisor's own public FDD (2026), not its sales material.
Disclosure honesty
Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs discloses earnings (Item 19) — but the grade is how honestly. We graded it B.
What their own earnings claim actually says
Discloses average adjusted gross sales for mature franchised/company-owned pubs (2023-2025), top/bottom quartile performance, and 2025 company-owned income statements by sales tier. Excludes franchisee profit data.
What a Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise actually costs to run
| Fee | Disclosed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $25,000 | Item 5 — paid up front, before you open |
| Royalty | 5% of gross sales | Item 6 — charged on revenue, not profit |
| Advertising fund | 2.5% of gross sales | Item 6 — brand marketing, spent at the franchisor's discretion |
| Total recurring fees | 7.5% of gross sales | Before rent, labor, food or debt service |
| Total initial investment | $525,850 – $1,699,875 | Item 7 — franchisor's own low/high estimate |
5% royalty + 2.5% ad fee (may increase to 3%); $250/day non-compliance fee; substantial early termination penalties.
Royalty and ad-fund percentages are charged on gross sales — an owner pays them whether or not the location is profitable.
Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs system size and owner turnover
| Total outlets | 125 |
| Ceased operations | 1 |
| Terminated by franchisor | 2 |
| Transferred to new owners | 6 |
| Closure rate | 0.8% of outlets |
11 net outlet closures 2023-2024; 3 franchisee closures 2025; negative growth trajectory.
From Item 20 of the FDD 2026. Terminations and ceased operations are the franchisor's own count of owners who stopped — the number the sales pitch leaves out.
Is Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs worth it? — how it compares to 164 similar franchises
| Ongoing fees | 7.5% of sales | lower than most (median 8%) |
| Startup cost | from $525,850 | about average (median $481,500) |
| Disclosure honesty | Grade B | more honest than 85% of quick service restaurants franchises |
| Closure rate | 0.8% of outlets | better than most (median 1.3%) |
| Disclosed lawsuits | 0 | fewer than most |
Benchmarked against every quick service restaurants franchise we've graded from public FDDs — the context the franchisor's pitch never gives you.
Owner take-home for a Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs
The franchisor's framing: Discloses average adjusted gross sales for mature franchised/company-owned pubs (2023-2025… We reconstruct what an owner actually keeps, from their own FDD.
- Reconstructed owner P&L — net take-home after royalty, ad fund, rent, labor & debt
- Break-even timeline + cash-on-cash ROI
- Full fee stack + required-purchase markups
- Decoded real failure / closure rate
- How it ranks vs comparable franchises
- Validation-call playbook — the exact questions to ask
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Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise cost?
- The FDD lists a total initial investment of about $525,850–$1,699,875, including a $25,000 initial franchise fee.
- How much do Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise owners make?
- Discloses average adjusted gross sales for mature franchised/company-owned pubs (2023-2025), top/bottom quartile performance, and 2025 company-owned income statements by sales tier. Excludes franchisee profit data. We grade this disclosure B for honesty.
- What are the Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise fees?
- Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs' FDD discloses a $25,000 initial franchise fee, a 5% royalty on gross sales, a 2.5% advertising-fund contribution, for roughly 7.5% of gross sales in recurring fees before rent, labor, or debt service. 5% royalty + 2.5% ad fee (may increase to 3%); $250/day non-compliance fee; substantial early termination penalties.
- What is the Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise profit margin?
- Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs does not publish a franchisee net-profit margin — almost no franchisor does. What Item 19 actually shows: Discloses average adjusted gross sales for mature franchised/company-owned pubs (2023-2025), top/bottom quartile performance, and 2025 company-owned income statements by sales tier. Excludes franchisee profit data. Recurring fees alone take about 7.5% of gross sales, before rent, labor, food or debt service. Margin has to be reconstructed from the disclosure, not read off it.
- What is the Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise failure rate?
- 11 net outlet closures 2023-2024; 3 franchisee closures 2025; negative growth trajectory.
- How many Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs locations are there?
- Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs' FDD reports 125 total outlets, with 1 that ceased operations in the most recent reporting year and 6 transferred to new owners. Item 20 is where system health shows up before the marketing does.
- Does Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs have complaints or lawsuits?
- Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs discloses no material litigation in Item 3 of the filing we reviewed. That's a positive signal, though it covers only what the franchisor is required to report.
- Is a Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs scores B on disclosure honesty, carries about 7.5% of sales in ongoing fees. Get the real owner take-home before you sign.
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Source: WI DFI Franchise Registration (2026). FranchiseValidate is independent and not affiliated with Beef 'O' Brady's Family Sports Pubs or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.