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    Smokin Oak Wood Fired Pizza vs Sonic Drive-In

    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

    • Smokin Oak Wood Fired Pizza figures come from its 2025 FDD and Sonic Drive-In figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
    • Smokin Oak Wood Fired Pizza 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 (Smokin Oak Wood Fired Pizza: 7, Sonic Drive-In: 8). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureSmokin Oak Wood Fired PizzaSDSonic Drive-In
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $448,745 – $891,205
    2025 FDD · Item 7
    $1,485,200
    TOTAL ESTIMATED INITIAL INVESTMENT (excluding free- standing real estate costs) (15) — 1485200
    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 38
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    $49,500
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)
    6%
    Royalty percent of Net Sales
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11
    $1.00
    lows: Duration of Effective Royalty Fee Effective Royalty Fee Opening through Year 1 — 1%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 34
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    2%
    Brand Fund Contribution percent of total weekly Net Sales — 2%
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15
    Not available
    No reviewed brand or advertising fund fee
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    7
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 54
    6,824
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 74
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    +2
    Calculated: 5 at end of 2022 → 7 at end of 2024
    −218
    Calculated: 7,042 at end of 2023 → 6,824 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 — Franchised location 1
    $1,020,584
    other Location 1 Net Sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 53
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchised location 2
    $1,437,088
    other Location 2 Net Sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 53
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchised location 3
    $747,872
    other Location 3 Net Sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 53
    +4 more groups in the full report
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 2nd Quartile
    47 percent
    other 2nd Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 71
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — All Restaurants
    1,338 restaurants
    other All Restaurants · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 72
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 1st Quartile
    294 restaurants
    other 1st Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 71
    +5 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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