Established Multi-Unit QSR Franchisee Platform

Opportunity Overview

An established franchisee of a national quick-service restaurant brand is offered for sale on a fully confidential basis. The business is a scaled, cash-generating platform run by a complete professional management team supported by a corporate office with in-house finance, human resources, real estate and facilities, supply chain, and field supervision functions.
Ownership is absentee. The management organization that runs the business today is the organization a buyer inherits at close. Key-person risk tied to the seller is limited, and the transition timeline is short. The team is expected to remain in place through and after a transaction.
All identifying information — including the brand, entity names, geographic footprint, location count, financial detail, and management biographies — is released only to pre-qualified buyers who have executed a non-disclosure agreement.

Financial Profile

The platform generates annual revenue in the $110–$150 million range with adjusted EBITDA in the $10–$15 million range. Combined financial statements are prepared at the platform level and provided under NDA. Adjusted earnings normalize for absentee-owner compensation, related-party arrangements, and non-recurring items; complete recast schedules and supporting detail are made available in diligence.

Revenue is diversified across the portfolio. No single location or market accounts for a disproportionate share of sales, and the business benefits from national brand advertising, an established supply chain, and longstanding consumer recognition in its category.
Platform Highlights

Professional management in place.

A full corporate team handles operations, finance and accounting, human resources, real estate and facilities, supply chain, and field supervision. Centralized systems for payroll, benefits, scheduling, point-of-sale, back-office reporting, and brand-standards compliance are in place and remain with the business.

Absentee ownership.

The business operates independently of the owner. A buyer acquires a going concern that does not require a hands-on operator to replace the seller.

Real estate optionality.

The platform includes real estate that can be included in the transaction, retained by the seller with a market-rate lease, or addressed separately depending on buyer preference and capital structure. Detail provided under NDA.

Growth Considerations

The QSR category is deploying automation at the drive-thru and expanded self-order channels, which are direct levers on restaurant-level margin for drive-thru-oriented operators. The franchisee base in this segment is also consolidating, creating potential for a well-capitalized buyer to add units in existing or adjacent markets and integrate them onto a corporate platform with existing management, accounting, and facility capacity. Remaining value-creation levers are operational: labor optimization, order automation, expanded self-order channels, supply-chain scale, and disciplined management of facility capital costs.

Buyer Profiles

The opportunity is well suited to:
A private equity firm or family office seeking a scaled multi-unit franchise platform with an in-place management team that does not require replacement.
An existing multi-unit franchisee or strategic operator looking to add units and footprint through a managed group with existing corporate infrastructure.
An investor group with restaurant or operations experience and access to capital seeking to own and grow a platform of this scale rather than operate a single location.

Next Steps

The transaction is being managed on a strictly confidential basis. Interested parties are invited to contact the broker to receive the confidential information memorandum after execution of a mutually acceptable non-disclosure agreement and a brief buyer pre-qualification review. Brand identification, geographic detail, financial recasts, and management biographies are released only after NDA.

Gross Revenue: $120,000,000

EBITDA: $14,000,000

Accounts Receivable Included: No

FFE Included: Yes

Inventory Included: Yes

Lender Pre-Qualified: No

Absentee Owner: Yes

Security on Lease: Yes

Real Estate Included: No

Franchise: Yes

Relocatable: No