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    Angry Crab Shack vs Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar

    Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

    Before you compare

    • Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
    • Angry Crab Shack and Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar disclose more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
    • Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Angry Crab Shack: 45, Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar: 5). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureAngry Crab ShackANApplebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $3.00 – $421,800
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    $616,682 – $5,822,933
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)
    5%
    Royalty fee percent of Net Sales
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10
    $4.00
    Royalty rate
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    1%
    Advertising Fund Fee current percent of Net Sales — 1%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11
    $4.25
    National Advertising Fund rate through December 31, 2026
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    24
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 54
    1,480
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 54
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    +3
    Calculated: 21 at end of 2023 → 24 at end of 2025
    −65
    Calculated: 1,545 at end of 2023 → 1,480 at end of 2025
    Outlet exits (Item 20)
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Goodyear
    $4,809,879
    other Goodyear Net Sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 45
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — East Mesa
    $3,691,216
    other East Mesa Net Sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 45
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Mesa
    $5,039,542
    other Mesa Net Sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 45
    +42 more groups in the full report
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Traditional franchised Applebee's Restaurants — South
    $2,450,367
    other Annualized average gross sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 53
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Traditional franchised Applebee's Restaurants — West
    $3,292,418
    other Annualized average gross sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 53
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Traditional franchised Applebee's Restaurants — Midwest
    $2,662,918
    other Annualized average gross sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 53
    +2 more groups in the full report

    Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.

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