How much does a We Sell Restaurants franchise cost?
Opening a We Sell Restaurants franchise takes a total initial investment of $105,625 to $150,400, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports gross revenues median of $136,413 across 30 outlets.
We Sell Restaurants franchises businesses offering restaurant brokerage services, franchise resale services for the food industry, restaurant site selection services, and consulting services related to restaurant sales and site selection issues. Category: Business Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a We Sell Restaurants franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $105,625 to $150,400. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Additional funds - first 6 months ($20,000 to $50,000), Additional Marketing Expense in Year 1 ($25,000), and Computer Hardware and Software ($1,100 to $4,500). Together they make up about 53% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $49,750, about 47% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $49,750 | $49,750 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Travel and living expenses while training2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $1,500 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Initial Direct Mail Market Opening Campaign2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $2,500 | $2,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Additional Marketing Expense in Year 12025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $25,000 | $25,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Computer Hardware and Software2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $1,100 | $4,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Website Setup Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $500 | $500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Office Equipment and Supplies2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $350 | $800 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Telecommunications2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $1,600 | $1,900 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Marketing materials2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $500 | $1,200 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Errors and omissions insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $1,000 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Automobile insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $700 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Licenses and dues2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8-9 | $125 | $1,250 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8-9 |
| Legal and accounting fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $1,000 | $4,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Additional funds - first 6 months2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $20,000 | $50,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8-9 | $105,625 | $150,400 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8-9 |
Source We Sell Restaurants, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8-9, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-16.
Item 19
What We Sell Restaurants franchisees actually report earning
Gross Revenues Median
$136,413
We Sell Restaurants' 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the Calendar Year 2024. Basis: Reporting franchisees and reporting territories.
Sample size: 30 outlets. The FDD also reports gross revenues average of $263,253. 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
- We have excluded the results of 11 outlets who were either new to the system or terminated and did not operate for the full fiscal year.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new We Sell Restaurants outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source We Sell Restaurants, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 37-38, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-16.
Item 20
How many We Sell Restaurants outlets there are, and how many closed
We Sell Restaurants ended 2024 with 54 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 11 franchised outlets opened and 1 left the system.
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Non-renewed | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 541 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 40 |
| 2023 | 32 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 40 |
| 2022 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 40 |
Source We Sell Restaurants, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 40, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-16.
Compare
How We Sell Restaurants compares with other Business Services franchises
Measured against the 140 Business Services franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of We Sell Restaurants' estimated range is $128,013. It costs less to open than 57% of Business Services franchises here.
- Earnings disclosure. 71 of the 140 Business Services franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. We Sell Restaurants 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 Business Services franchise side by side.
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