Church'S Fried Chicken vs El Pollo Loco
Side-by-side figures from each brand's latest FDD Item 20 as we extracted them; verdicts are our opinion under the published methodology, and the source filing and year are on each brand's profile. Green marks the more favorable metric (lower for distress), not a recommendation to buy.
Units · latest run
-1.7% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
+1.6% (2022–2024)
Weak
Exit quality
Strong
Strong
Transfer / churn
Strong
1.0× expected (21 of 100)
SBA losses vs same-year loans
0.4× expected (3 of 46)
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Distress
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$20,000
Franchise fee
$40,000
$1.3M–$2.0M
Investment range
$794K–$2.7M
5%
Royalty
5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
Church'S Fried Chicken
El Pollo Loco
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