Franchise Scenario Calculator

Monthly operating surplus is the sales you enter minus the operating costs you enter. The annual figure assumes the same month repeats twelve times. Debt payments, income taxes, replacement capital and owner distributions are outside this calculation.

Simple project-cost recovery divides your upfront budget by a positive monthly surplus. A loss or zero surplus has no recovery timeline in this model. It does not estimate investment return, account for a sales ramp-up or predict a restaurant’s performance.

Brand references retain their source scope, fee basis and limitations. A selected brand does not fill your assumptions. Chick-fil-A’s Operator arrangement is shown separately because its initial fee is not a conventional development budget.