
Fee Schedule
- Popeyes franchise international agreements normally require the development of between 10 to 200 restaurants, within target countries or territories, depending on the potential market size opportunity.
- Assuming rental contracts on existing building structures, the dedicated capital required (liquid capital and debt financing) generally starts at $1.5 million U.S. We prefer 100 percent of the first year to be financed through dedicated (liquid assets) capital, and at least 50 percent of subsequent year development (generally five years) to be dedicated capital on hand.
- Franchise Fee: Up to $45,000 U.S. (per restaurant)
- Royalty Fee: 5.0% of gross sales
- Creative & Material Access Fee: 0.2% of gross sales
- Local Advertising Commitment: 4.0% of gross sales
- Trademark Fee: 0.5% of gross sales
- Term: 20 Years
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is providing these figures to assist you in analyzing your proposed restaurant construction. Site acquisition, site preparation and off-site utility costs are not included. These proposed restaurant construction figures are for standard United States restaurants as follows:
- Typical free-standing recommended minimum lot size is 2,000 to 3,000 sq. meters
- Free-standing restaurants typically range from $420,000 to $510,000 U.S.
- Typical minimum dimensions for In-Line locations are 50 to 300 sq. meters
- In-Line locations typically range from $207,000 to $345,000 U.S
- Typical minimum dimensions for a food court location range from 30 to 100 sq. meters
- Food court locations typically range from $110,000 to $180,000 U.S.

