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Applebee's Franchises for Sale
A full-service casual dining restaurant with a bar, serving moderately priced American food and alcohol. Large, purpose-built boxes run by a layered management team rather than a hands-on owner.
Brand Performance Snapshot
Franchised and company-owned unit counts for 2023 through 2025, as reported in the franchisor's FDD.
Existing Applebee's Franchises for Sale
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Applebee's Franchise Model Overview
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar is a sit-down, table-service restaurant serving uniform, moderately priced food and alcoholic beverages in a casual setting, backed by Dine Brands, which also owns IHOP. This is a heavy build: a freestanding prototype with a full kitchen, bar, dining room and liquor license, putting a new unit well into seven figures before land. Franchising runs through a Development Agreement, so operators are expected to build and run several restaurants in a territory. The franchisor does not require personal supervision, but each restaurant must have a full-time General Manager and Kitchen Manager plus assistant coverage for the bar and off-premise business, and the franchisee must employ a full-time Leader of Operations living in the market. Management must complete the franchisor's operations training. The system is large and mature but contracting, with franchised traditional units declining each of the last three years while the franchisor's affiliate took on a company-owned base of several dozen restaurants. Item 19 reports average and median sales by region.
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