DQ Grill & Chill Operating Agreement (American Dairy Queen)
Limited-Service Restaurants
Figures are from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document filed in WI.
- Total investment
- $1,510,100 – $2,550,100
- Initial franchise fee
- $45,000
- Franchised outlets
- 1,983
No franchisee failed to repay
None of the 38 finished loans to DQ Grill & Chill Operating Agreement (American Dairy Queen) franchisees were charged off. 21 of the 99 comparable brands in Limited-Service Restaurants share a clean record. See every one of them →
We only know how 38 of this brand’s 105 loans ended. The government withholds the outcome on 53 of the others, so everything above is based on 36% of the record.
Every one of the 38 franchisees who borrowed to buy DQ Grill & Chill Operating Agreement (American Dairy Queen) paid the money back. Across comparable Limited-Service Restaurants brands, 6.9% of borrowers did not. See it against every comparable brand →
There is more in DQ Grill & Chill Operating Agreement (American Dairy Queen)’s filing
What it costs to open is free, above. Access opens what the franchisor disclosed about earning it back — here and on every other brand we have read:
- What Item 19 states its outlets earn, and on how many of them
- Every ongoing fee, not just the royalty — priced in dollars a year
- How many franchisees left, were terminated, or sold up
- Territory, renewal, non-compete and dispute terms
- What in the record is worth asking about, and why
- A five-year projection you can put your own rent, wages and borrowing into
One price opens all of it, on every brand we have read. Once opened it stays open.
The loan record stays free — how many of this brand’s franchisees borrowed from a bank to buy in, and how many never paid it back. That is a public government record and we do not charge for it. What you pay for is only what we read out of the franchisor’s own disclosure document.