East Coast Wings + Grill vs Wingstop
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
+3.0% (2021–2023)
Net unit change
+34.3% (2023–2025)
Too little history
Exit quality
Strong
Too little history
Transfer / churn
Strong
Too few seasoned loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
0.5× expected (32 of 386)
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Distress
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$40,000
Franchise fee
$25,000
$368K–$1.2M
Investment range
$310K–$1.0M
5%
Royalty
6%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
East Coast Wings + Grill
Wingstop
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