How much does a Currito franchise cost?
Opening a Currito franchise takes a total initial investment of $343,500 to $959,000, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median of $1,360,535 across 14 outlets.
Currito franchises restaurants. Category: Food & Beverage.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Currito franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $343,500 to $959,000. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Leasehold Improvements ($150,000 to $500,000), Furniture, Fixtures, Equipment & Smallwares ($100,000 to $225,000), and Additional Funds (3 months) ($20,000 to $50,000). Together they make up about 81% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $35,000, about 10% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $35,000 | $35,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Travel/ | $500 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Real Estate Security Deposit and Rent (3 months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $3,000 | $45,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Leasehold Improvements2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $150,000 | $500,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Architecture, Engineering & Buildout Management2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $5,000 | $20,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Furniture, Fixtures, Equipment & Smallwares2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $100,000 | $225,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Interior & Exterior Signage2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $5,000 | $25,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Business Management and Technology System2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $6,000 | $12,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Licenses and Permits (Not including liquor license)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $500 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Legal and Accounting2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $2,000 | $7,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Utility Deposits2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $0 | $3,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $500 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Initial Inventory of Food & Packaging Products2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $6,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Grand Opening Marketing Expenditure2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Additional Funds (3 months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $20,000 | $50,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $343,500 | $959,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
Source Currito, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Item 19
What Currito franchisees actually report earning
Median
$1,360,535
Currito's 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the 2024. Basis: Franchised.
Sample size: 14 outlets. The FDD also reports average of $1,465,675. We lead with the median because an average is pulled upward by the strongest outlets; the median is the middle outlet.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- This Item 19 excludes one (1) franchised location and two (2) Affiliate-Owned location that did not operate continuously throughout the entirety of the Measuring Period.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Currito outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Currito, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 50, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Item 20
How many Currito outlets there are, and how many closed
Currito ended 2024 with 14 franchised outlets and 9 company-owned outlets. In that year no franchised outlets opened and 1 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Currito opened 2 franchised outlets and 2 outlets left the system. The franchised system ended the period the same size it started. Of the outlets that left, 2 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 4.7% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 22.
Our arithmetic from the FDD's Item 20 table below. "Left the system" counts every outlet the franchisor reports as terminated, not renewed, bought back, or closed for other reasons.
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Non-renewed | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 53 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 53 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 53 |
Source Currito, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 53, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Compare
How Currito compares with other Food & Beverage franchises
Measured against the 256 Food & Beverage franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of Currito's estimated range is $651,250. It costs more to open than 55% of Food & Beverage franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 4.7% for Currito. That is lower than 55% of the 165 Food & Beverage franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Currito's franchised system grew 0.0%. The typical Food & Beverage franchise here grew 5.0%.
- Earnings disclosure. 152 of the 256 Food & Beverage franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Currito is one of them.
Our arithmetic from each brand's Item 7 and Item 20. Growth and departure comparisons leave out brands with fewer than 10 outlets, where one opening or closure distorts the figures. See every Food & Beverage franchise side by side.
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