El Pollo Loco vs Lee's Famous Recipe
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
+1.6% (2022–2024)
Net unit change
+3.3% (2023–2025)
Strong
Exit quality
Strong
Strong
Transfer / churn
Strong
0.4× expected (3 of 46)
SBA losses vs same-year loans
Too few seasoned loans
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Distress
—
$40,000
Franchise fee
$35,000
$794K–$2.7M
Investment range
$641K–$2.6M
5%
Royalty
5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
El Pollo Loco
Lee's Famous Recipe
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