--- title: "Submit for QSR’s Best Franchise Deals" url: https://burnaze.com/article/9c7a00d5-e395-4e85-8987-97a0ae69aff2 source: "QSR Magazine" original_url: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/submit-qsr-best-franchise-deals/ category: "QSR" industry: "Restaurants" segment: "QSR" published: 2026-05-27T12:32:59.000Z modified: 2026-05-27T12:45:12.240Z image: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/freddysburger.jpg --- # Submit for QSR’s Best Franchise Deals **TL;DR:** QSR Magazine is seeking the best franchise deals in the quick-service industry, considering factors such as investment figures, sales trends, and franchisee satisfaction. The magazine is asking companies to submit their information for consideration in its September 2026 issue. *originally published in QSR Magazine on 2026-05-27. [Read the original](https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/submit-qsr-best-franchise-deals/).* ## Story It’s that time of the year again: QSR is looking for the quick-service industry’s best franchise deals . Weighing investment figures, sales trends, corporate support, and franchisee satisfaction, among other things, we’ve produced one of the industry’s annual can’t-miss franchise reports for the last 13 years. Think your brand should be considered one of the industry’s top deals and be featured in QSR ‘s September 2026 issue? Fill out the information below by end of day Monday, June 22 . You can also find out which brands made the cut last year . View Past Reports 2025 // 2024 // 2023 // 2022 // 2021 // 2020 // 2019 // 2018 // 2017 // 2016 // 2015 // 2014 // 2013 // 2012 // 2011 If you have questions, please contact Ben Coley at bcoley@wtwhmedia. com . / "function"==typeof InitializeEditor,callIfLoaded:function(o){return!(! gform.domLoaded||!gform. scriptsLoaded||!gform.themeScriptsLoaded&&! gform.isFormEditor()||(gform.isFormEditor()&&console. warn("The use of gform.initializeOnLoaded() is deprecated in the form editor context and will be removed in Gravity Forms 3.1.") ,o(),0))},initializeOnLoaded:function(o){gform.callIfLoaded(o)||(document.addEventListener("gform main scripts loaded",()= {gform. scriptsLoaded=!0,gform.callIfLoaded(o)}),document. addEventListener("gform/theme/scripts loaded",()= {gform.themeScriptsLoaded=!0,gform. callIfLoaded(o)}),window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",()= {gform.domLoaded=! 0,gform.callIfLoaded(o)}))},hooks:{action:{},filter:{}},addAction:function(o,r,e,t){gform.addHook("action",o,r,e,t)},addFilter:function(o,r,e,t){gform. addHook("filter",o,r,e,t)},doAction:function(o){gform.doHook("action",o,arguments)},applyFilters:function(o){return gform.doHook("filter",o,arguments)},removeAction:function(o,r){gform. removeHook("action",o,r)},removeFilter:function(o,r,e){gform.removeHook("filter",o,r,e)},addHook:function(o,r,e,t,n){null==gform.hooks[o][r]&&(gform. hooks[o][r]=[]);var d=gform.hooks[o][r];null==n&&(n=r+" "+d.length),gform. hooks[o][r].push({tag:n,callable:e,priority:t=null==t?10:t})},doHook:function(r,o,e){var t;if(e=Array. prototype.slice.call(e,1),null! =gform.hooks[r][o]&&((o=gform.hooks[r][o]). sort(function(o,r){return o.priority-r.priority}),o. forEach(function(o){"function"!=typeof(t=o.callable)&&(t=window[t]),"action"==r? t.apply(null,e):e[0]=t.apply(null,e)})),"filter"==r)return e[0]},removeHook:function(o,r,t,n){var e;null! =gform.hooks[o][r]&&(e=(e=gform.hooks[o][r]). filter(function(o,r,e){return!!(null!=n&&n! =o.tag||null!=t&&t! =o.priority)}),gform.hooks[o][r]=e)}}); / ]] / QSR’s Best Franchise Deals Company (Required) Company Number of U. S. total franchised units (Required) Number of U.S. total franchised units Number of U.S. total units (Required) Number of U. S. total units Total systemwide sales (Required) Total systemwide sales Franchise average unit volume (Required) Franchise average unit volume Franchise fee (Required) Franchise fee Royalty (Required) Royalty Renewal fee (Required) Renewal fee Marketing fee (Required) Marketing fee Total start-up costs (Required) Total start-up costs Franchisee incentives (Required) Franchisee incentives What makes your restaurant company a Best Franchise Deal? (Required) What makes your restaurant company a Best Franchise Deal? Latest FDD Max. file size: 50 MB. Latest FDD Imagery (store shots, food, etc.) (Required) Drop files here or Select files Max. file size: 50 MB. 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