Best Restaurant Franchises of 2021

The restaurant industry had a rough year in 2020, but franchise brands outperformed their indie counterparts, and everyone still needs to eat. The pandemic forced restaurants to innovate away from traditional dine-in settings and come up with offerings that translate well off-premise.

Now is an especially interesting time to invest in restaurants, as the big brands of tomorrow are probably just getting going today. Below, 1851 Franchise has compiled a list of some of the best restaurants to invest in right now.

• Startup costs: $252,700-$776,750

• Units: 16

• Startup costs: $254,000-$1,431,000

• Units: 820+

• Startup costs: $915,900-$1,714,000

• Units: 121+

• Units: 200+

• Startup costs: $806,825-$1,288,350

• Units: 150

• Startup costs: $601,500-$1,029,500

• Units: 25+

• Startup costs: $315,550-$528,500

• Units: 83

• Startup costs: $482,000-$4,200,000

• Units: 120+

• Startup costs: $738,488-$896,334

• Units: 7

• Startup costs: $1,455,000-$1,757,500

• Units: 37

• Startup costs: $403,750-$639,100

• Startup costs: $463,500-$746,500

• Units: 42

• Startup costs: $170,400-$377,355

• Units: 21

• Startup costs: $221,000-$654,000

• Units: 5,463

• Startup costs: $250,000

• Units: 90+

• Startup costs: $1,280,000-$2,412,000

• Units: 80+

• Startup costs: $611,500-$1,009,000

• Units: 65+

• Startup costs: $570,600-$3,049,100

• Units: 7,100+

• Startup costs: $97,500-$1,717,103

• Units: 12,960

• Startup costs: $383,500-$2,620,800

• Units: 3,315

• Startup costs: $2,349,000-$5,356,000

• Units: 735

• Startup costs: $169,001-$804,045

• Units: 1,870+

• Startup costs: $1,008,000-$2,214,080

• Units: 38,695

• Startup costs: $198,500-$543,500

• Units: 830+

• Startup costs: $374,089-$782,442

• Units: 30

• Startup costs: $1,300,000-$2,500,000

• Units: 22,621

• Startup costs: $361,900-$978,700

• Units: 3,496

• Startup costs: $640,552-$1,131,726

• Units: 380