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    Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar vs Barrel House Enterprises

    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.
    • Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar discloses 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 (Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar: 5, Barrel House Enterprises: 3). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureANApplebee's Neighborhood Grill + BarBarrel House Enterprises
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $616,682 – $5,822,933
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    $680,000 – $1,662,000
    TOTAL
    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 12
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    $40,000
    Veterans honorably discharged receive a $5,000 discount for their first Restaurant.
    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 8
    Royalty (Item 6)
    $4.00
    Royalty rate
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    5% of gross sales
    Royalty Fee
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 8
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    $4.25
    National Advertising Fund rate through December 31, 2026
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    1% of gross sales
    Marketing Fee
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 8
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    1,480
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 54
    6
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 33
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    −65
    Calculated: 1,545 at end of 2023 → 1,480 at end of 2025
    −1
    Calculated: 7 at end of 2022 → 6 at end of 2024
    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
    April 2021
    2026 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 6
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    2020
    2026 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 6
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    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
    Franchised (1 locations) — revenue
    $909,872
    other Gross Sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 31
    Company-owned (1 locations) — revenue
    35 percent
    other Beverage sales as percentage of Gross Sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 32
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record
    25 percent
    other Beverage sales as percentage of Gross Sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 32

    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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