Own a Jack in the Box Burger Franchise in Chicago, Illinois 

Due to the cost of opening a restaurant with Jack in the Box, we have three minimum financial requirements all potential franchisees must meet.

• Minimum Liquidity: $750,000

• Minimum Net Worth: $1,500,000

• Franchise Fee: $50,000 per Location

If you’re unable to meet these requirements, there are many potential sources of liquidity that may be overlooked. For example:

• Business Partners

• Local Banks & Credit Unions

• Stocks & Bonds

• 401k Rollovers

These are just a few of the options you may like to consider in order to meet our financial requirements.

The estimated initial investment for a Jack in the Box Franchise is $1,909,500 to $4,041,500 excluding land, financing, and certain other costs. We provide a breakdown of this number in our Item 7 found in our Franchise Disclosure Document.

 Average Gross Sales. In 2025, the system-wide average gross sales for franchised Jack in the Box restaurants in the continental U.S. was $1,913,335 (FDD Item 19). This is a historical average — some locations earned more and some earned less, and your individual results will vary. See Item 19 of the FDD for the complete performance representation. 

The Jack in the Box incentive is available to multi-unit franchisees who choose to sign up for three or more stores under our Development Incentive Program.

If you open the Restaurant on or before the required date in the development schedule, we will loan you $150,000 at 0% interest to be used solely for development costs associated with that restaurant. The loan will be repaid by crediting 100% of the royalty payments for that restaurant otherwise due until the loan is paid in full (i.e., payments will be made by crediting the appropriate portion of royalty payments toward the principal balance outstanding). If the particular restaurant is sold or permanently closed and the loan has not been fully repaid, the remaining principal balance is due in full.

If you close a restaurant and then open a replacement restaurant, it will not be eligible for this incentive. The Company may discontinue or modify this Development Incentive Program at any time.

More details about this program can be found in our Franchise Disclosure Document. Need a copy of our FDD? Please reach out to our team here.

Jack in the Box Select Market Incentive Program

We offer an incentive to certain franchisees who have signed a Multi-Unit Development Agreement pursuant to which they have committed to open at least three (3) Restaurants in a ”Select Market.” For the purposes hereof, a “Select Market” is one in which food or other operating costs for franchisees are higher than average costs for other franchisees, due to supply chain conditions, as determined from time to time by us in our sole discretion. If we, in our sole discretion, determine that any Restaurants opened pursuant to such Multi-Unit Development Agreement qualify for this incentive, your Royalty for each qualifying Restaurant (which is currently 5% of Gross Sales) will be reduced to 2% of Gross Sales for the first five years after the subject qualifying Restaurant opens.