Total investment:
$ 1,083,525
Franchise fee:
$ 35,000
Royalty fee:
4%
Marketing fee:
$ 0
Number of franchises
Return
Time period
Revenue:
$ 12 000*
* Calculator calculations are provisional, not guaranteed
MAIN INFORMATION
Year founded: 1940
Franchise since: 1944
Company owned units:
Franchise owned units: 6864
Total number of units:
Number of employees per unit: 20-100
Contract period: 60 month
FRANCHISE ONLINE
WEBSITEDairy Queen, often abbreviated DQ, is a chain of soft serve ice cream and fast-food restaurants owned by International Dairy Queen, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. International Dairy Queen, Inc., also owns Orange Julius and Karmelkorn. The company’s corporate offices are located in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina, Minnesota. As of the end of 2014, Dairy Queen had more than 6,400 stores in 27 countries, including more than 1,400 locations outside the United States and Canada.
On-The-Job Training: 376 hours
Classroom Training: 32 hours
Additional Training: At existing DQ store Absentee Ownership Allowed
Net-worth Requirement: $750,000
Liquid Cash Requirement: $400,000 Ad Royalty Fee: $5-6%