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Dunkin'
food and beverage · HQ Canton, Massachusetts · Founded 1950 · Franchising since 1955
Partial FDD dataUnclaimed profile
Factbook Score: pending
Brand has 0 year(s) of Item 20 history in our current extraction; needs 3+ to compute a Factbook Score. Per methodology, this shows as 'Score pending — insufficient history', never a penalized score. See the methodology — this score can never be bought.
Brand has 0 year(s) of Item 20 history in our current extraction; needs 3+ to compute a Factbook Score. Per methodology, this shows as 'Score pending — insufficient history', never a penalized score. See the methodology — this score can never be bought.
Data-integrity flags on this profile
- infook
Total initial investment
$240K–$1700K
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
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FDD Item 5
Royalty
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Franchised units
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3-yr unit growth
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CAGR from Item 20
Owner turnover
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3-yr average, Item 20
What it really costs
Every cost figure this brand's filing discloses — not just the headline range
| Expense | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | — | — |
| Total initial investment | $240,250 | $1,699,850 |
Item 7 reports a total range, not a full line-item breakdown, in this brand's filing excerpt — the franchise fee is the only cost we can show separately today.
Earnings disclosure
Does the franchisor share performance data? No
This brand's filing does not include an Item 19 financial performance representation. That's common — a large share of franchisors disclose nothing here — but it means you should ask for unit-level economics directly during discovery calls.
Legal history
CLEAR
No bankruptcy disclosures for the franchisor or its officers.
19 CASES
As of the 2008 FDD: 14 Dunkin' Donuts cases and 5 Baskin-Robbins cases disclosed, involving fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of contract, breach of development agreements, advertising fund misuse, and wrongful termination claims. Notable settlements cited: $780,000 (Schrock), $550,000 (Mandorico), $1,130,000 (Amano). Most cases resulted in Dunkin' prevailing or settling. This is from a 2008 document and is NOT current.
NOT DISCLOSED
Non-compete term/radius wasn't separately quantified in the filing excerpt we have on file.
Profile changelog
Jul 30 Initial FDD data extracted (partial) — M0 pipeline batch