AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening an AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts franchise takes $41,104 – $238,804 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $38,344 – $224,474. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 8% on sales. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $38,344 | $224,474 | $38,344 to $224,474 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $41,104 | $238,804 | $41,104 to $238,804 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $41,104 | $238,804 | $41,104 to $238,804 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 8% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 5 years |
See the full AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts's disclosed cost sits against the Food & Beverage category:
- Minimum startup cost of $41,104 — about 85% below the Food & Beverage median of $282,500.
- Initial franchise fee of $38,344 — about in line with the Food & Beverage median of $35,000.
Category medians are computed from the Food & Beverage brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Food & Beverage franchises
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How AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2013–2022: began the window at 3,020 units; 2,989 units opened, 3,488 closed, ending at 4,020 units. (partial records: 2018, 2019 are not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts franchise
AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts is a food & beverage franchisor with 4,020 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2013 and 2022, it began the window at 3,020 units; its filings record 2,989 unit openings and 3,488 closures, ending at 4,020 units (partial records: 2018, 2019 are not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is Advanced Fresh Concepts Franchise Corp..
No franchise-related lawsuits reported in the disclosure data we hold (FDD Item 3, as of 2026-05) — an absence in our sources, not a guarantee; confirm against the brand's current FDD.
From the franchisor's materials
Advanced Fresh Concepts Franchise Corp. (“AFC”) will grant you a franchise to use their system to offer prepared foods from one or more AFC food service counters at a grocery store, retail center or other location that someone else owns.
AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts franchise: quick answers
- How much does an AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts franchise cost?
- $41,104 – $238,804 all-in to open, per AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts units are there?
- 4,020 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have AFC | Advanced Fresh Concepts's units held up?
- 80.2% of units at risk between 2020 and 2022 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).