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Brown's Chicken

Villa Park, IL · Founded 1964 · BSCR

Brown's Chicken operates BROWN'S Stores specializing in the preparation and sale of cooked chicken and other food products for on-premises or off-premises consumption.

Read the 2025 FDD ↗www.brownschicken.com ↗
2026 Franchise 500
Unranked
20
units (2024)
-4.8%
year over year

Units by Year

21
2021
21
2022
21
2023
20
2024

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment
$608,000 – $2,349,000
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$25,000
FDD Item 5
Ad fund
8%
FDD Item 6
Financial performance
No
FDD Item 19 disclosure
Royalty

5% of Gross Sales2 subject to modification as provided below.

Leadership

  • Timothy R. Kennefick

    President and Member of the Executive Board

  • Brian Bernard

    Chairman of the Executive Board

  • Timothy M. Falconio

    Director, Secretary, and Brand Manager and Member of the Executive Board

  • Marianne Samborski

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Thomas M. Kennefick Sr.

    Director and Consultant

  • Brian Kennefick

    Director

  • Kevin J. Kennefick

    Director

  • Colleen M. Bernard

    Director

On File

FDD years
2025
Select a year to open the FDD
Franchisee records
21
Current roster rows
Signed, not open
1
FDD Item 20, Table 5
Franchising for
60 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFBrown's Chicken FDD 2025Most recent · opens in a new tab

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Read from this brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. FDD library maintained by AskTy; figures are as filed by the franchisor.