Fast Food and Quick Service Franchises in Canada

There are 344 listings in this section of the directory. 288 of them state a starting investment, ranging from $475 to $11,800,000, with a median of $250,000. Figures are franchisor-supplied and should be confirmed before you rely on them.

Quick service is the most heavily franchised part of Canadian food service and the part with the most standardised economics. The format decides the cost: a food court counter in a mall, a street-level unit in a strip plaza, and a freestanding building with a drive-thru are three very different capital commitments, and the drive-thru is usually the most expensive and the most profitable per unit. Many franchisors in this category will only grant a drive-thru site to an operator who already runs units for them, so a first store is often an inline location whether or not that was the plan.

Two things separate quick service from the rest of the directory. One is that labour is the binding constraint rather than demand, so ask what the model assumes for hourly rates and staffing hours and compare that with what you can actually hire for locally. The other is that mall and plaza leases in this category frequently run percentage rent on top of base rent, which caps your upside on a strong location. Get the lease terms for a specific site before you treat any projection as real.

Multi-unit development is the norm here. If you intend to own one store, say so early, because some franchisors in this category only award area development agreements and will expect a commitment to three or more units.

What these cost to open

Under $50,000: 16 of the listings on this page
$50,000 to $100,000: 22 of the listings on this page
$100,000 to $250,000: 99 of the listings on this page
$250,000 to $500,000: 90 of the listings on this page
Over $500,000: 61 of the listings on this page

Based on the 288 listings here that state a starting investment. The other 56 give no figure, or give one that cannot be read as a number.

Where the franchisors are based

Head office locations for the listings on this page: Ontario (12), Alberta (4), Quebec (2), British Columbia (1), Saskatchewan (1). Head office is not the same as where territory is available, so ask the franchisor which provinces they are currently granting.

The listings

--16 Handles Restaurant

--5 & Diner

--A&W Food Services of Canada Inc.

--A&W Restaurants Restaurant

--Abbott's Frozen Custard

--Acai Express Bar

--Another Broken Egg Cafe Restaurant

--Applebee's Restaurant

--Arby's Store

--Arizona Bread Company

--Auntie Anne's Store

--Baby's Badass Burgers Cafe

--Baguette Express Cafe

--Bari-Uma Ramen Restaurant

--Basil Box

--Baskin-Robbins Store

--Beach Bagels

--Ben & Florentine Restaurant

--Ben & Jerry's Store

--Bento Sushi Restaurant

--Big Apple Bagels Cafe

--Big T's BBQ and Smokehouse

--Blendz

--Blimpie

--Blue Islands Seafood

--Boardwalk Fries Burgers Shakes

--Bombay Frankies

--Bonchon Restaurant

--Boomarang Diner Restaurant

--BP Connect Store

--Bruster's Ice Cream Retail outlet

--Bruster's Real Ice Cream

--Bubbakoo's Burritos Restaurant

--Buffalo Wings & Rings Restaurant

--Buffalo's Southwest Cafe

--Burger King Restaurant

--Burger King Canada

--BurgerFi Restaurant

--BurgerIM Restaurant

--Burgrill Restaurant

--Buzzed Bull

--Capriotti's Sandwich Shop Restaurant

--Capt Submarine

--Captain D's Restaurant

--Caribou Coffee Coffee shop

--Carl's Jr. Restaurant

--Carlos & Pepe's

--Carvel Cafe

--Carvel Ice Cream

--Chaiiwala Restaurant

--Cheese Curds Gourmet Burgers + Poutinerie

--Cheeseburger Bobby's Restaurant

--Chester's Chicken Restaurant

--Chester`s Restaurant

--Chick-fil-A Restaurant

--Chick-N-Grill

--Chicken Licken Restaurant

--Chili's Restaurant

--Chopped Leaf Restaurant

--Chronic Tacos Restaurant

--Chuck's Roadhouse Bar & Grill

--CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc / Carl's Jr.

--COFFEE CULTURE CAF? & EATERY

--Coffee Culture Cafe and Eatery Restaurant

--Coffee Time

--Coffee Time Franchise

--Cold Stone Creamery

--Cold Stone Creamery Retail outlet

--Corner Bakery Cafe Restaurant

--Cousins Subs Systems, Inc.

--Crabby Joe's Bar?Grill

--Crabby Joe's Tap and Grill Restaurant

--Crafthouse

--Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ

--Creamistry

--Creams Cafe

--Dairy Queen Restaurant

--Dave & Buster's Bar

--Daylight Donuts Business Opportunity

--Deli Delicious Restaurant

--Dickey's Barbecue Pit Franchise

--Dickey's Barbecue Pit Restaurant

--Dicks Wings Grill

--DOKAR Donat Bakar Cafe

--Duck Donuts Cafe

--Dunkin' Donuts Coffee shop

--Dutch Bros Coffee shop

--Eat Up Canada Inc.

--Edo Japan

--El Pollo Loco Restaurant

--Erbert & Gerbert's Sandwich Shop Restaurant

--EZ Take Out Burger Restaurant

--Factory Donuts Cafe

--Famous Dave's

--Farm Stores Store

--Fat Bastard Burrito Co.

--Fatburger

--Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses Cafe

--Fishbone Franchise

--French Fry Heaven

--Freshii Restaurant

--Garfield's Restaurant and Pub

--German Doner Kebab Restaurant

--Glamour Secrets Beauty Bar

--Go Burrito Franchise

--Go Burrito! Restaurant

--Golden Chick Restaurant

--Golden Krust Restaurant

--Grandy's Restaurant

--Great Wraps Restaurant

--Groucho's Deli Restaurant

--Ground Round Grill & Bar Restaurant

--Ground Round Grill and Bar

--grown

--Guac Mexi Grill

--Halibut House Fish and Chips Restaurant

--Harry Ramsden Restaurant

--Harvey's

--Harvey's Franchise

--Heidi's Brooklyn Deli

--Holy Perogy!

--HomeTown Hearth & Grill

--Hottest Dog

--Hungry Jack's Restaurant

--Ichiryu Restaurant

--IHOP Restaurant

--Jason's Deli Restaurant

--Jersey Mike's Subs Restaurant

--Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches

--Jocks & Jills Sports Grill

--Johnnie's

--Johnny Rockets Restaurant

--JoJo's Grill-a-Dog Franchise

--Jollibee Retail outlet

--Jon Smith Subs Restaurant

--Juice Zone Bar

--Juiceblendz Cafe

--Kekuli Cafe Indigenous Cuisine

--Kelseys

--Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Restaurant

--Kentucky Fried Chicken Canada Company (KFC Canada)

--Krispy Kreme Store

--Kukai Ramen & Iazakaya Restaurant

--L&L Hawaiian Barbecue

--L&L Hawaiian Barbecue Restaurant

--La Belle & La B?uf / Beauty & The Beef

--La Chambre

--La Creme de la Creme Creamery

--LA PREP

--Les Moulins La Fayette Business opportunity

--LES R?TISSERIES ST-HUBERT CANADA INC.

--Les Rotisseries Au Coq / Benny Rotisseries

--Little King Deli and Subs

--Loaded Burgers Restaurant

--Mad Mex Restaurant

--MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery

--Marble Slab Creamery Store

--Mary Brown's Restaurant

--Mary Brown's Chicken

--Matto Cafe

--Maverick's Donut Company Franchise

--Maverick's Donuts

--Maverick's Donuts Franchise

--McDonald's

--Mega Wraps

--Menchie's Store

--Milestones Grill + Bar

--Montana's BBQ & Bar

--Mr. Goodcents Restaurant

--Mr.Sub Restaurant

--Nando's Restaurant

--Nathan's Famous Restaurant

--NATURAL CHICKEN GRILL Restaurant

--Nemos Seafood

--New York Fries

--Newk's Eatery Restaurant

--Nickels Delicatessen

--Oporto Restaurant

--Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt + Humble Donut Co.

--Osmow's

--Panera Bread Cafe

--Papaya King Restaurant

--Peterbrooke Chocolatier

--Philly Pretzel Factory Cafe

--Philly Pretzel Franchise

--Pinocchio's Original Italian Ice Cream

--Pita Land Inc

--Pita Pit Restaurant

--Pokeworks

--Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Restaurant

--Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

--Port City Java

--Potato Corner Store

--Potbelly Sandwich Shop Restaurant

--Pretzelmaker Cafe

--Quesada Burritos & Tacos

--Quiznos Restaurant

--R.J. Gator

--Radius Apollo Investments, LLC

--Rakkan Ramen Restaurant

--Randy's Donuts Cafe

--Red Mango Cafe

--Red Robin Restaurant

--Reis & Irvy's Retail outlet

--Restaurants Paramount Fine Foods Restaurant

--Ricky's All Day Grill

--Robeks - Fresh Juices & Smoothies

--Robin's Donuts

--Robin's Donuts Franchise

--Roc N Ramen Restaurant

--Rock & Brews Restaurant

--Rollacosta Restaurant

--Roly Poly Sandwiches

--Runza National, Inc.

--Saladworks Restaurant

--Schlotzsky's Restaurant

--Shipley Do-Nuts Cafe

--Silverlake Ramen Holdings, LLC

--Simply Done Donuts Franchise

--Smoothie Factory Franchise

--Southern Fried Chicken Restaurant

--Souvlaki Bar

--Steak 'n Shake

--Steak 'n Shake Restaurant

--Steers Restaurant

--strEATS Kitchen

--Strickland Brothers Service

--Sub Zero Ice Cream Store

--SUBWAY Restaurant

--Subway Subs of Canada Limited

--Sunset Grill

--Sushi Shop

--sweetFrog

--Swing Kitchen

--T.O.'s Kathi Roll Eatery | Holy Shakes

--Taco Bell Restaurant

--Taco Bell Canada

--Taco Cabana Restaurant

--Take 5 Oil Change Service

--Teddy's Bigger Burgers Franchise

--Teriyaki Madness Restaurant

--TGI Friday's Restaurant

--The Big Salad, LLC

--The Burger's Priest

--The Dapper Doughnut

--The Great Greek Restaurant

--The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill Franchise

--The Original San Francesco Foods

--The Taco Maker

--Tim Hortons Restaurant

--Togo's Restaurant

--Togo's Eateries, LLC

--Tubby's Sub Shop Inc. Restaurant

--Tutti Frutti Breakfast and Lunch Restaurant

--Twisted Indian Wraps

--UCD inc Les Moulins La Fayette

--Vitality Bowls Enterprises, LLC.

--WaBa Grill Restaurant

--Wahlburgers Restaurant

--Wayback Burgers Franchise

--Wendy's Restaurant

--Wetzel's Pretzels Restaurant

--Whataburger Restaurant

--Which Wich Sandwich Franchise

--Which Wich Superior Sandwiches Restaurant

--White Spot Restaurants

--Wild Wing Hospitality Inc.

--Wings Etc. Bar

--WingsUp! Restaurants

--Yogurtland Store

--Yuzu Sushi Franchise

--Zambrero Restaurant

--Zaxby's Restaurant

--Ziggi's Coffee Cafe

--Zoup! Restaurant

--Ap?la Greek Grill Restaurant

--Astoria Original Chilean Sandwiches Restaurant

--AZN Sandwich Bar

--Barrio-Tacos

--BBQ Masters

--Ben's Soft Pretzels Retail

--BOARDWALK Fries Burgers Shakes Franchise

--Burger Bandits Retail

--Burger Factory

--Calan Beef Noodle

--Carne Cartel by Chainsmoker Urban Barbecue

--Chuck's Roadhouse Bar and Grill

--Chutneys Indian Grill Restaurant

--Crave Hot Dogs and Barbecue Restaurant

--Crazy King Burrito, North America

--Dickey's Barbecue Restaurants, Inc. Restaurant

--DonutNV Restaurant

--Duck Donuts Restaurant

--Egg Club

--Eggs Up Grill Restaurant

--El Fresco Mexican Grill Restaurant

--Factory Donuts

--Fire Island Grill

--Fresh Burger Franchising Inc. Restaurant

--Fuzzy's Taco Shop

--Gator BBQ Restaurant

--Go Gonzalez BBQ Restaurant

--Go-Grill

--Go-Grill Franchise

--Gol's Lanzhou Noodle

--Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ Restaurant

--Hot Head Burritos Restaurant

--Killer Burger Restaurant

--Kinton Ramen Restaurant

--La Donuteria Store

--Lava Grill

--Lava Grill Franchise

--Lazeez Shawarma

--Lennys Grill & Subs Restaurant

--M4 Burritos Restaurant

--Mavericks Donuts

--Mini Donut Factory Canada

--Mister Donut

--Mito Sushi

--Mont Tacos Restaurant

--Mr. Souvlaki Retail

--Noodlebox

--Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt

--Ori'Zaba's Scratch Mexican Grill Retail

--Pattie Lou's Donuts

--Philly Pretzel Factory Restaurant

--Prairie Donair Inc Restaurant

--RAKKAN Ramen Restaurant

--Ramen Takanotsume

--Rego Restaurants (Quiznos & Taco Del Mar) Restaurant

--Reis & Irvy's Frozen Yogurt

--Roc N Ramen

--Rusty Taco

--Shawarma Press Restaurant

--SoCal Mini Donuts Restaurant

--St. Louis Bar and Grill Restaurant

--Sunnyside Grill Restaurant

--Taco Time

--The Burger's Priest Restaurant

--The WORKS Craft Burgers and Beer Restaurant

--Wetzel's Pretzels

--Yuzu Sushi

Questions worth asking in this sector

What is the cheapest way into a quick service franchise in Canada?

Generally a food court or inline unit rather than a freestanding building, and a concept with a small kitchen footprint rather than a full cook line. Mobile and kiosk formats are cheaper again. The trade-off is usually lower sales volume per unit and, in a mall, percentage rent on top of base rent.

Will a franchisor let me buy just one restaurant?

Some will and some will not. Multi-unit development agreements are common in this category and several franchisors only award territories of three units or more. Ask about single-unit availability in the first conversation rather than after you have spent money on due diligence.

What should I check about the lease before signing anything?

Whether there is percentage rent on top of base rent, who is responsible for the fit-out and for restoring the unit at the end, how long the term is relative to the franchise term, and whether the franchisor holds the head lease and sublets to you. A franchise term that outlasts your lease, or the reverse, causes real problems later.

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