Browns Socialhouse Cost Comparisons

About Browns Socialhouse

Browns Restaurant Group offers a variety of partnership opportunities. We are uniquely social.
Browns Socialhouse is designed to be highly competitive in smaller urban and suburban markets. We're big and aspirational enough to appeal to dedicated urbanites, yet small and "familiar" enough to ensure everyone feels welcome. We have a "secret formula" and below you'll get a sneak peek. Our main competitive advantages include: 1. Site Placement: because of our smaller footprint, Browns Socialhouses can pop up in places where many other brands simply won't fit. Being smaller, we can target "A" locations without the burden of a huge rental factor. For Guests, Browns' smaller footprint provides for a much warmer overall experience. How many people would rather see a band play in a stadium than a club? Exactly. At Browns, our Guests and team members come together and are all part of the action. This makes for a truly social eating, drinking and working experience! 2. Efficiency: building and up-keep costs stay relatively low because of Browns' smaller footprint, and Socialhouses are efficiently designed to require less staff (which lowers labour costs). 3. Kitchen + Menu: Regular menu updates keep our offerings fresh while ensuring solid margins for franchisees and excellent perceived value for Guests. Our Culinary Mission is to produce great-looking menu items with delicious, approachable flavour profiles that can be prepared consistently and cost-effectively across the system. Our Chefs embrace the role of "part menu developer" and "part quality controller," and they're constantly tasting, testing and re-evaluating current menu items for quality, consistency and Guest acceptance. 4. Bar + Lounge: Central to the Socialhouse concept is a signature bar that brings life and energy to the entire operation. Our great selection of drinks delivers great value to Guests. As with our Menu Program, drink pricing is set aggressively to enable financial targets. 5. Owner-Operator Focus: We ensure every Socialhouse we open is owned and operated by someone dedicated to the community it serves. We are able to deliver excellent product and service required to provide a "WOW Experience" to our Guests. Each and every time. Using sophisticated systems and partnering with savvy Franchisees, Browns Restaurant Group successfully competes with independent restaurants and larger chains in local markets.

Full Service Restaurant Franchise Opportunities

Below is a quick comparison of Browns Socialhouse against other Full Service Restaurant franchises and business opportunities. For an in depth comparison of Browns Socialhouse with another opportunity including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options click on the name of the company to view the detailed comparison.

Franchise Franchise Fee Royalty Advertising Fee Development Costs
5 & Diner $35,000 5% $250,000-$750,000
abc Country Restaurants $50,000 4% 2% $250,000-$700,000
Albert's Family Restaurant $25,000 $280,000-$400,000
Another Broken Egg Cafe $50,000 5% 1% $505,500-$1,175,500
Applebee's $35,000 4% initially, 5% possible after not less than 4% $2,009,038-$8,267,250
Applejack's $25,000 4% 2% $250,000-$275,000
Arthur Treacher's $30,000 5% $145,000-$268,000
Au Vieux Duluth Express $30,000-$40,000 $175,000-$500,000
Bar Louie $50,000 5% 2% local, 1%Nat'l $923,500-$3,707,333
Baton Rouge Restaurant $60,000 5% 2% $1,600,000-$1,800,000
Ben & Florentine Restaurants $35,000 6% $619,650-$817,800
Bennigan's Grill & Tavern $35,000 4% 1% $1,027,075-$3,588,244
Best of Mediterranean $20,000 4% $126,300-$574,700
Big Boy Restaurants $40,000 4% 1% local +2% Nat'l $861,800-$3,568,000
Black Bear Diners $55,000 4.5% 1% $1,133,800-$2,114,200
Black Rock Bar & Grill $50,000 4% 1% $1,519,940-$2,957,625
Bombshells Restaurant $50,000 5.5% $1,731,000-$3,086,000
Boscos N/A $827,000-$994,000
Casey's $60,000 5% 4% $500,000-$1,600,000
Chocolate Bar N/A $250,000-$500,000
Cool Hand Luke's $50,000 $373,000-$1,817,500
Cool-de-Sac $75,000 6% $858,700-$1,988,667
Cosi Inc $40,000 5% 2% $762,600-$899,800
Country Kitchen $40,000 4% 3% local + 1% Int'l $425,000-$1,685,000
Denny's $10,000-$30,000 4.5%-7% 3%-3.5% $305,000-$2,404,695
Dunn's Famous $20,000-$50,000 5% 2%Nat'l+1% Local $150,000-$800,000
Eggspectation $50,000 5% 2% Nat'l 1% local $650,000-$1,500,000
Einstein Bros. Bagels $35,000 5% 5% $138,550-$935,850
Elmer's $40,000 4% 1% $712,000-$3,209,500
Fresh To Order $30,000 $489,500-$646,500
Friendly Banners $30,000 4% 2% $450,000
Friendly's Restaurants $30,000-$35,000 4% 3.5% $498,500-$1,950,000
Gandolfo's New York Delicatessen $25,000 6% 2% local +1% Nat'l $302,450-$558,950
George Webb Restaurants $250,000 $402,000-$850,000
Giorgio Restaurants $25,000-$50,000 4.5%-7% $175,000-$500,000
Golden Corral $50,000 4% 2.4% $2,700,795-$7,037,915
Golden Griddle $25,000 5% $100,000-$450,000
Great Steak $30,000 6% $155,900-$520,300
Hard Rock Cafe $350,000-$750,000 $2,995,000-$4,910,000
Hard Times Cafe $30,000 $449,000-$1,000,000
Hooters $75,000 5% 2.5% $956,500-$4,275,000
Houlihan's $40,000 4% $1,600,000-$4,300,000
House of Jazz $75,000 5% 2% $750,000-$1,200,000
Humpty's $30,000 5% 2% $495,000-$695,000
I Dream of Falafel $25,000 5% 3% $337,811-$470,302
IHOP $40,000-$50,000 4.5% 3.5% $414,866-$3,374,043
IL FORNELLO $35,000 4% 1% $100,000-$700,000
Indigo Joe's $30,000 5% 1.5% $1,200,000-$1,300,000
Kayson's Grille $25,000 5% 1% $489,700-$618,000
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants $75,000 5% $49,789,087-$70,127,050
L and L Franchise $30,000 3%-4% 1%-2% $133,700-$535,000
La Madeleine $40,000 5% 2.5% $1,249,362-$3,088,747
La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill $25,000-$50,000 5% 3% $189,550-$992,590
Manhattan Bagel $25,000 5% 5% $481,000-$705,000
Manny's Grill $25,000 5% $171,235-$516,652
Max & Erma's $40,000 4% $622,500-$3,100,000
McAlister's Deli $15,000-$35,000 5% 3% $398,000-$2,094,200
Miami Grill $30,000 6% 3% $175,000-And Up
Naples Tomato $30,000 5% 5% $1,353,000-$1,892,500
Original Joe's $39,000 5% 2% $950,000
Palapas Restaurants $30,000 5% $750,000-$2,000,000
Pantry, The $40,000 $450,000-$600,000
Perkins $40,000 4% $1,557,975-$2,742,975
Perko's Cafe Grill $35,000 4% $292,500-$1,357,000
Quaker Steak & Lube $40,000 5% 3% $1,800,000-$3,700,000
Red Hot & Blue $45,000 5% $380,700-$1,000,000
Rhapsody's $42,500-$56,000 6% 1 - 3% $565,000-And Up
Ricky's $45,000 4.5% 3% $800,000-$950,000
Ricky's All Day Grill $45,000 5% 3% $300,000-And Up
Roy Rogers $30,000 5% 3% $767,250-$1,580,950
Ruby Tuesday $35,000 4% of gross sales 1.5% of gross sales $1,559,650-$3,877,400
Salsarita's Fresh Cantina $30,000 5% 1% Nat'l 1.5% Local $283,150-$563,900
Sam & Louie's N Y Pizza $25,000 5% $331,500-$474,700
Sammy J Peppers $50,000 $750,000-$1,500,000
Seacrets $45,000 6% and 10% from hotel 1% local $1,639,333-$3,061,667
Shingle Inn Cafes N/A $250,001-$450,000
Shoney's Restaurants $25,000-$35,000 2.5-3.5% $568,000-$2,800,000
Smitty's Restaurants $35,000 $400,000-$600,000
Soul De Cuba Cafe $65,000 6% $160,350-$487,000
Soul Fixins' Restaurant $30,000 5% $274,000-$524,000
South Philly Steak & Fries $25,000 $292,500-$464,500
Symposium Cafe $40,000 4% 1% $625,000-$675,000
T.G.I. Friday's N/A $1,000,000-$3,000,000
Taste Of Mediterranean $12,000-$20,000 $1,000. a month, Flat Fee. 2% $99,000-And Up
Tin Star Restaurant $20,000-$35,000 4% $500,000
Twin Peaks $50,000 5% 3% $1,309,800-$2,365,900
Uccello's Ristorante, Pizzeria & Sports Lounge $50,000 5% 5% $1,332,100-$1,958,333
uWink $50,000 4% + 2% Technology Fee 1% $1,645,000-$3,472,000
Village Inn Restaurants $40,000 4% 1%local +0.5%Nat'l $963,000-$2,570,000
Western Sizzlin $30,000 3% $811,000-$2,300,000
White Hen Pantry $30,000 Varies $52,400-$225,200
White Spot Restaurants $75,000 $900,000-And Up
Wimpys Diner $30,000 4% 2% $250,000-$500,000
Winger's Grill & Bar $35,000 4% $150,000-$550,000
Zaxby's $35,000 6% 2.87%-5% $343,200-$695,200