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VOL. I // ISSUE 261•ALL 500 US FLEETS VERIFIED

100% Free & Open Access · 500 US Chains · 210,484 Locations

Methodology:FPS Specification v1.0

Commercial intelligence on 500 US franchise restaurant chains.

210,484 verified store locations, statutory FDD Item 19 unit economics, in-store POS hardware footprints, and multi-unit franchisee ownership trees. Accessible via web directory, REST API, or Model Context Protocol (MCP).

500 US Chains Indexed210,484 Verified StoresFDD Item 19 BenchmarksPOS & Kitchen Tech StacksLive Distress Wire
Chick-fil-A logo

Chick-fil-A

#3 US Fleet

Chicken & Fast Food

Median Annual Sales$8.9M AUV
Average Daily Sales (ADS)
$24,384/ day
Per store / day (6-day week)99.8% Retention · Zero Default
Item 19 Top 25% Quartile$11.4M AUVA-tier flagship doors
Item 19 Bottom 25% Quartile$6.8M AUV1.7x Spread (Highest floor)
Item 7 Total Investment:$10,000 Total Outlay
Item 6 All-In Royalties:15% Royalty + 50% Net Profit Split
Counter POS & KDS:NCR Aloha Cloud / CFA Touch
Audited Operator Reality Check:

Lowest buy-in in fast food ($10k), but <0.5% acceptance rate. You own zero equity or real estate — corporate buys the property and pays you an operator profit share.

Empirical benchmarks across 500 US fleetsView Chick-fil-A SEC & FDD Dossier

catalog · 210,484 verified locations

Top 500 US Chains, 2,000+ endpoints

Standardized commercial intelligence across the 500 largest US restaurant brands. Verified geocoded coordinates, drive-thru flags, POS hardware fingerprints, and multi-platform delivery links.

POS Filter:
McDonald's logo
#1▲ +1

McDonald's

Open Access
Burgers & Fast FoodNCR Aloha

Store geocodes, drive-thru availability, operating hours, coordinates, and real-time open status across US metros.

/api/brands/mcdonalds$3.8M AUV
Starbucks logo
#2

Starbucks

Open Access
Coffee & EspressoOracle MICROS

Store locator, mobile order flags, drive-thru support, local store hours, and timezone-adjusted operating status.

/api/brands/starbucks$1.4M AUV
Chick-fil-A logo
#3

Chick-fil-A

Open Access
Chicken & Quick ServiceNCR Aloha Cloud

Store locations, Sunday-closure status enforcement, drive-thru lanes, and exact coordinates.

/api/brands/chickfila$9.3M AUV
Taco Bell logo
#4▲ +2

Taco Bell

Open Access
Mexican Fast FoodNCR Aloha Cloud

Drive-thru networks, late-night and 24-hour locations, coordinates, and regional store hours.

/api/brands/tacobell$2.1M AUV
Dunkin' logo
#5▲ +4

Dunkin'

Open Access
Coffee & BakeryNCR Aloha

Early morning coffee & donut outlets, drive-thru availability, coordinates, and weekly operating schedules.

/api/brands/dunkin$1.2M AUV
Wendy's logo
#6▼ 3

Wendy's

Open Access
Burgers & Fast FoodNCR Aloha

Fast-food burger locations, breakfast hours, drive-thru status, and direct store contact numbers.

/api/brands/wendys$2.2M AUV
Chipotle Mexican Grill logo
#7▼ 1

Chipotle Mexican Grill

Open Access
Mexican Fast CasualAloha Cloud

Fast-casual restaurant footprints, Chipotlane drive-up status, daily operating schedules, and local hours.

/api/brands/chipotle$3.1M AUV
Burger King logo
#8▼ 2

Burger King

Open Access
Burgers & Fast FoodSICOM / NCR

National store locator, drive-thru status, phone numbers, and local opening & closing times.

/api/brands/burgerking$1.6M AUV
Domino's logo
#9▲ +12

Domino's

Open Access
Pizza & DeliveryDomino's Pulse

Pizza delivery hubs, carryout locations, late-night hours, and real-time open status verification.

/api/brands/dominos$1.4M AUV
REAL-TIME DISCLOSURE & DISTRESS TELEMETRY

Live Franchise Disclosure & Distress Wire

Audited filings and operational disclosures: permanent store closures, Chapter 11 franchisee bankruptcies, enterprise POS migrations, and menu delivery pricing telemetry across 500 fleets.

SEC 10-K & State Regulatory Audited
Live Wire Intelligence

Today's Franchise Disclosures & Wire

Continuous real-time tracking of SEC 10-Ks, FTC FDD Item 19 earnings updates, POS terminal migrations, and aggregator price changes across the Top 500 US chains.

Showing 6 of 100 verified disclosures
View Full Wire Terminal
Automated news API available via GET /api/news?category=fdd_update or via our native /mcp server.
Developer API Docs
INTERACTIVE OPERATIONS SUITE

Commercial Intelligence Terminal

Empirical operational tools for operators, analysts, and franchisees: rush shift volume calculations, CA Fast Act labor modeling, head-to-head franchise showdowns, and POS hardware audits.

INTERACTIVE SHIFT & LABOR CALCULATOR

Shift Sales & Labor Target Stress Test

Why do store GMs panic and send workers home early? Calculate shift sales volume, compare against corporate labor targets (e.g. 21%), and stress test against the California Fast Act \$20/hr minimum wage.

FDD Item 19 Audited Revenue

Corporate benchmark: GMs receive bonuses if labor cost stays ≤ 21% of shift net sales.

CA Fast Act (AB 1228) mandates \$20.00/hr minimum for chains with 60+ US locations.

Chick-fil-A logo

Chick-fil-A · Lunch Peak (11:00 AM – 2:00 PM)

Generates ~38% of total daily store revenue

View FDD Item 19 Breakdown
Shift Store Revenue
\$9,266
\$51.48 / minute rung up
Orders Processed
~602
\$15.4 avg ticket size
Drive-Thru Cars
~458
76% of total store sales
Sales / Crew Member
\$421
~22 crew on station
Labor Target Stress Test:✓ WITHIN TARGET (14.2% Labor vs 21% Target)
Wage Basis: \$20.00/hr · Shift: 3 hrs
Shift Labor Dollar Cap:\$1,946Max spend to hit 21% target
Max Crew on Clock:32.4 crew membersAllowed across 3 hrs (97.3 total hrs)
Typical Crew Labor Cost:\$1,320+$626 budget buffer

💡 Reddit Operator Insight: In California at \$20/hr, every unutilized crew hour burns \$20 of GM labor budget. If a rush peaks lower than forecast, a store running 22 crew members shifts from 21% target into severe cost overrun in under 90 minutes.

developer & agent api

Programmatic Access & MCP

Building an autonomous agent or data pipeline? Query all 500 chains via Model Context Protocol (MCP), x402 micropayments, or prepaid bearer API keys.

For agents with a wallet — zero setup

Call any endpoint. You get a 402 with machine-readable payment requirements, sign the authorization, and retry. Pay in USDC on whichever chain you already hold — gas is sponsored, so no native token is needed.

accepts:BasePolygonArbitrumMonadSolana
curl — inspect 402 challenge
# call without payment to view payment-required challenge
curl -i 'https://franchisedata.io/api/brands/mcdonalds/locations?city=Miami'
# HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required
# payment-required: <base64 JSON options>

try it

One call, live, right here

Run a real request against a real endpoint. Use our preloaded developer key to inspect live store location schemas and operating status.

Franchise Search Sandbox

$0.003 / call
GET /api/brands/mcdonalds/locations

Already have a key?

One balance covers every franchise brand. Check what is left on yours:

No key yet? Top up — the first one mints it, shown once, minimum $1. Agents can do the same via /skill.md.

mcp

Add it to Claude or Cursor

A remote MCP server — nothing to install. Browsing the catalog is free; your agent pays only when it fetches.

Paste this into Claude Desktop, Cursor, or your agent configuration. The catalog is served live over Streamable HTTP:

mcp config — pay per call with x402
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "franchise": { "url": "https://franchisedata.io/mcp" }
  }
}

Already have a key? Add one header and calls come out of your prepaid balance instead:

mcp config — spend prepaid credits
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "franchise": {
      "url": "https://franchisedata.io/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer fc_live_..." }
    }
  }
}

what your agent gets

Free — browse before paying

search_brandsdescribe_endpointcheck_balance

Search across all 500 US restaurant chains, inspect endpoint schemas, and check remaining credits without incurring costs.

Paid — per call

fetch_franchise_databrand_tech_stackbrand_fdd_item19mcdonalds_locationsfranchise_search_near

fetch_franchise_data reaches any chain endpoint across 210,484 stores; named shortcuts provide typed parameters for immediate tool selection.

Prefer a prompt to a config file? Paste Set up https://franchisedata.io/skill.md into Claude Code or Cursor and it configures itself.

pricing & plans

Institutional data for operators. Micro-metered APIs for developers.

Whether you are an operator scouting your next expansion territory or an engineer building autonomous agent workflows, we provide clean, transparent tiers without $20k annual lock-ins.

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For Franchise Operators & Funds100% Free Public Access

Open Fleet Intelligence & Financial Audits

Full unblurred access to FDD Item 19 tables, multi-unit franchisee ownership trees, POS vendor footprints, and empirical unit economics benchmarks.

$0/ open institutional web access
  • Unblurred FDD Item 19 unit economics for all 500 chains
  • Head-to-head empirical franchise showdowns & fee drag models
  • CA Fast Act wage benchmarks & store-level labor stress tests
For Developers & AI AgentsPay-Per-Call

Micropayments & MCP Stream

Direct programmatic access via HTTP 402, Model Context Protocol (/mcp), or prepaid bearer API tokens. Pay only for what your agent uses with zero recurring subscriptions.

$0.002/ endpoint invocation
  • Free MCP catalog search & schema inspection
  • USDC on Base (x402 protocol) or prepaid API keys
  • Native Claude Desktop & Cursor support

questions

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