What was the median Gross Sales for Gold Star's Franchised Traditional Outlets in 2024?
Gold_Star Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
ents the information provided in this Item 19, for example, by providing information about possible performance at a particular location or under particular circumstances.
At the end of 2024 there were 47 Franchised Traditional Outlets in operation and 1 Franchised Non-Traditional Outlets in operation. A Franchised Traditional Outlet is defined as a noncompany-owned Store that is free standing or on an end cap of a strip center and has a drive thru. A Franchised Non-Traditional Outlet is defined as a noncompany-owned Store located in a mall, amusement park, fairground, sports stadium, zoo or airport. The financial performance representations in Table 1 below are historical based on information from the indicated subsets of the 47 Franchised Traditional Outlets that were open for the full fiscal year, January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. The entire set of 47 Franchised Traditional Outlets experienced average Gross Sales of $1,074,809.57 (with 21 outlets, or 44.7%, exceeding the
Source: Item 19 — Financial Performance Representations (FDD pages 46–48)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Gold Star's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the median Gross Sales for Franchised Traditional Outlets during the period from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024, was $1,057,612.66. The average Gross Sales for these 47 outlets was $1,074,809.57, with 21 outlets (44.7%) exceeding this average. The highest performing outlet in this category reached Gross Sales of $1,928,398.90, while the lowest performing outlet had Gross Sales of $345,765.49.
It is important to note that these figures are based on sales reports provided by franchisees and have not been audited or independently verified. Gold Star defines a Franchised Traditional Outlet as a non-company-owned store that is either free-standing or located on the end cap of a strip center and includes a drive-thru. These figures exclude the performance of the single Franchised Non-Traditional Outlet, which is defined as a non-company-owned store in locations such as malls, amusement parks, or airports.
Prospective franchisees should consider these figures as estimates of potential performance, but individual results may vary. Gold Star explicitly states that there is no assurance that a franchisee will achieve similar sales. It is advisable for potential franchisees to conduct their own due diligence, including reviewing the actual records of existing outlets if available, and to consider local market conditions and other factors that may impact sales performance.