Process Overview

Based on the information on this Web site, determine if you meet the minimum qualifications to become a franchisee.

Please complete our financial pre-qualifier to be sure.

Click here to link to our pre-qualifier.

The following information is provided to you only as a guide. Following the process below does not guarantee your approval to become a Popeyes franchisee.

Because our franchisees are so important to our success, we are looking to expand our relationship with qualified applicants who posses the right mix of expertise and enthusiasm.


   Our criteria for the ideal candidate are the following:

  1. Applicants MUST have restaurant operating experience and previous ownership in a multi-unit food service operation in the market that the applicants desire to develop.


  2. Applicants MUST have substantial retail development experience within the local market proposed for development.


  3. The number of restaurants required to develop will be determined by Popeyes after conducting an analysis of the market’s potential. Generally, Popeyes will not consider any markets with a development requirement of less than five restaurants.


  4. Applicants MUST possess sufficient capital to fund the development of the market. We currently grant franchises on an area development basis. The minimum net worth requirement is U.S. $250,000 per restaurant to be developed that must be liquid cash or cash equivalents.