WING-STOP®
Source filing: WI · filed 2026-04-21
Item 5 — Initial franchise fee
Not disclosed
Item 6 — Recurring fees (royalty & advertising)
| Ad Fund | Your Ad Fund contribution rate currently is 5.5% of Gross Sales. Ad Fund contributions may be adjusted each year to be no less than 5% and no more than 5.5% to support digital and technology-related costs. [p.14 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
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Full Item 6 schedule (including one-time and conditional fees) is in the FDD itself.
Item 7 — Estimated initial investment (total)
Not disclosed – Not disclosed
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 | 2,154 [p.67 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
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| Franchised outlets at end of year | 2,529 [p.67 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Net change in franchised outlets | 375 [p.67 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Transfers | 52 [p.71 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Terminations | 0 [p.77 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Non-renewals | 0 [p.77 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Ceased operations (other) | 4 [p.77 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Company-owned outlets at end of year | 57 [p.67 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
Item 19 — Financial performance representation
Headline cohort
all Wingstop Restaurants (both franchised and owned by WRI) in the United States open for operation during the entire 2025 Measured Period · 52-week fiscal period from December 29, 2024 through December 27, 2025
| Outlets in sample | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,171 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $2,020,001 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $1,904,215 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $5,042,476 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $584,584 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
All disclosed cohorts (3)
| Cohort | Outlets | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| all Wingstop Restaurants (both franchised and owned by WRI) in the United States open for operation during the entire 2025 Measured Period 52-week fiscal period from December 29, 2024 through December 27, 2025 |
2,171 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $2,020,001 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $1,904,215 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $5,042,476 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $584,584 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| all franchised Wingstop Restaurants in the United States open for operation during the entire 2025 Measured Period 52-week fiscal period from December 29, 2024 through December 27, 2025 |
2,116 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $2,007,626 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $1,890,866 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $5,042,476 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $584,584 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| all affiliate-owned Wingstop Restaurants (WRI's Restaurants) in the United States open for operation during the entire 2025 Measured Period 52-week fiscal period from December 29, 2024 through December 27, 2025 |
55 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $2,496,111 [p.65 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $2,411,495 [p.66 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $4,038,428 [p.66 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $1,126,897 [p.66 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
“The actual average annual net sales numbers reported above for the 2025 Measured Period do not reflect the costs of sales, operating expenses, or other costs or expenses that must be deducted from the net sales figures to obtain your” [p.66 · WI · 2026-04-21]
Extraction notes
- Item 7 totals were extracted with model assistance and verified against the cited page.