Jimmy John's
Source filing: WI · filed 2026-03-26
Item 5 — Initial franchise fee
$35,000 [p.32 · WI · 2026-03-26]
Item 6 — Recurring fees (royalty & advertising)
| Royalty | 6% of Restaurant’s weekly Gross Sales2 [p.35 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
|---|---|
| Advertising and Development Fund | Up to 4.5% of Restaurant’s weekly Gross Sales (currently the full 4.5%) or 2.25% for Non- Traditional Locations3 [p.35 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| Cooperative Advertising Programs | Up to 2% of Restaurant’s Gross Sales5 [p.35 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| Unauthorized Advertising Fee | $1,000 per occurrence [p.38 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
Full Item 6 schedule (including one-time and conditional fees) is in the FDD itself.
Item 7 — Estimated initial investment (total)
$366,200 [p.49 · WI · 2026-03-26] – $686,000 [p.49 · WI · 2026-03-26]
Base single-franchise offering as stated in the FDD's total row. Multi-unit or area-development formats are not broken out here.
Item 20 — Outlets
| Franchised outlets at start of year | 2,647 [p.91 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
|---|---|
| Franchised outlets at end of year | 2,737 [p.91 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| Net change in franchised outlets | 90 [p.91 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| Transfers | 124 [p.93 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| Terminations | 0 [p.97 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| Non-renewals | 13 [p.97 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| Ceased operations (other) | Not disclosed |
| Company-owned outlets at end of year | 40 [p.91 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
Item 19 — Financial performance representation
Headline cohort
all 2025 Franchised Restaurants · 2025 fiscal year (December 30, 2024 to December 28, 2025)
| Outlets in sample | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,581 [p.88 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,007,437 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $955,639 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $3,046,579 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $159,965 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
All disclosed cohorts (8)
| Cohort | Outlets | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| all 2025 Franchised Restaurants 2025 fiscal year (December 30, 2024 to December 28, 2025) |
2,581 [p.88 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,007,437 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $955,639 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $3,046,579 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $159,965 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| 2025 Franchised Restaurants - 1st quartile (highest AUVs) 2025 fiscal year |
645 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,490,247 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,411,318 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $3,046,579 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,212,927 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| 2025 Franchised Restaurants - 2nd quartile 2025 fiscal year |
645 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,081,405 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,076,504 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,212,584 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $955,810 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| 2025 Franchised Restaurants - 3rd quartile 2025 fiscal year |
645 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $850,650 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $848,939 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $955,646 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $744,686 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| 2025 Franchised Restaurants - 4th quartile (lowest AUVs) 2025 fiscal year |
646 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $608,313 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $632,334 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $744,645 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $159,965 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| 2025 Franchised Restaurants at traditional locations with drive-thru 2025 fiscal year |
972 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,107,798 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,073,927 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $3,046,579 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $256,319 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| 2025 Franchised Restaurants at traditional locations without drive-thru 2025 fiscal year |
1,584 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $943,539 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $893,888 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $2,368,548 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $159,965 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
| 2025 Franchised Restaurants at Non-Traditional Locations 2025 fiscal year |
25 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,085,163 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $1,014,872 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $2,904,609 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] | $161,135 [p.89 · WI · 2026-03-26] |
“These financial performance representations provide actual, historical “AUVs,” or “Annual Unit Volumes,” for specific groups of franchised Jimmy John’s Restaurants.” [p.88 · WI · 2026-03-26]