Goodcents Restaurant
Disclosure honesty
Goodcents Restaurant discloses earnings (Item 19) — but the grade is how honestly. We graded it B.
What their own earnings claim actually says
Gross revenue data for 49 traditional franchisees (2025): avg $830,856. EBITDA avg 9.97%. Data excludes non-traditional, newer, and non-reporting units. Limited to consistent ownership sample.
Is Goodcents Restaurant worth it? — how it compares to 105 similar franchises
| Ongoing fees | 9.5% of sales | steeper than 78% of quick service restaurants franchises |
| Startup cost | from $311,139 | cheaper than most (median $478,000) |
| Disclosure honesty | Grade B | more honest than 83% of quick service restaurants franchises |
| Closure rate | 1.6% of outlets | about average |
| 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 Goodcents Restaurant
The franchisor's framing: Gross revenue data for 49 traditional franchisees (2025): avg $830,856. EBITDA avg 9.97%. … 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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Goodcents Restaurant franchise — frequently asked
- How much does a Goodcents Restaurant franchise cost?
- The FDD lists a total initial investment of about $311,139–$505,910, including a $30,000 initial franchise fee.
- How much do Goodcents Restaurant franchise owners make?
- Gross revenue data for 49 traditional franchisees (2025): avg $830,856. EBITDA avg 9.97%. Data excludes non-traditional, newer, and non-reporting units. Limited to consistent ownership sample. We grade this disclosure B for honesty.
- What is the Goodcents Restaurant franchise failure rate?
- 2025: 3 net closures, 5 terminations, 1 ceased operations (Kansas). Missouri volatility.
- Is a Goodcents Restaurant franchise worth it?
- It depends on the numbers, not the pitch. Goodcents Restaurant scores B on disclosure honesty, carries about 9.5% 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 Goodcents Restaurant or its franchisor. Figures are extracted from the franchisor's own public disclosure document; verify against the current FDD before any decision.