Most Stable Food and Beverage Franchises

Ranked on the share of outlets that leave the system each year — terminated, not renewed, or ceased operations. Outlets the franchisor reacquires are excluded: the shop is still trading, it simply changed hands. This is the closest thing an FDD offers to a failure rate, and it is the number a prospective franchisee should read before any growth figure.

1. 1Wingstop0.1%5,058 units
2. 2Mountain Mike's Pizza0.5%642 units
3. 3Buffalo Wild Wings0.8%1,098 units
4. 4McDonald's0.8%10,720 units
5. 5Little Caesars1.0%3,787 units
6. 67-Eleven1.1%14,536 units
7. 7Chicken Salad Chick1.1%504 units
8. 8Cheba Hut1.1%160 units
9. 9Five Guys1.3%2,765 units
10. 10Fat Shack1.4%56 units
11. 11Freddy's Usa1.5%1,084 units
12. 12Tous Les Jours1.8%368 units
13. 13West Coast Sourdough1.8%128 units
14. 14McAlister's Deli2.0%1,066 units
15. 15PIZZA RANCH2.1%426 units
16. 16Scooter's Coffee2.1%1,764 units
17. 17Kilwins2.1%362 units
18. 18Rodizio2.2%32 units
19. 19Tim Hortons2.3%1,338 units
20. 20The Habit Burger Grill2.3%164 units

Computed from Item 20 of each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document and recomputed as coverage grows. Brands are excluded where the filing's own outlet arithmetic doesn't balance — a mis-parsed table should not outrank a correct one. This list has never been, and cannot be, paid for. How this is calculated.