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Gold Star Chili

Cincinnati, OH · Founded 1965 · GSCL

Gold Star Chili, Inc. owns, operates, and manages chili restaurants known as GOLD STAR and GOLD STAR CHILI Restaurants, and sells Restaurant franchises to others.

Read the 2025 FDD ↗www.goldstarchili.com ↗
2026 Franchise 500
Unranked
57
units (2024)
-3.4
year over year

Units by Year

65
2021
59
2022
59
2023
57
2024

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment
$506,117 – $1,730,950
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$50,000
FDD Item 5
Ad fund
9%
FDD Item 6
Financial performance
Yes
FDD Item 19 disclosure
Royalty

5% of weekly Gross Sales

Leadership

  • Roger David

    President and CEO

  • James Conover, CMA

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Brian Harper

    Vice President of Operations and Development

  • Jaimie Green

    Vice President of Human Resources

On File

FDD years
2025
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Franchisee records
48
Current roster rows
Signed, not open
2
FDD Item 20, Table 5
Franchising for
59 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFGold Star Chili FDD 2025Most recent · opens in a new tab

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