Dinners Ready!
The total investment to open a Dinners Ready! franchise ranges from $30,000 to $550,000. The initial franchise fee is $35,000. Ongoing royalties are 6%.
What is the Dinners Ready! franchise?
Dinners Ready! helps households plan and prepare dinners at home. Estimated total initial investment is $30,000 to $550,000, and the initial franchise fee is $35,000.
The ongoing royalty is 6 percent of sales. The company is headquartered in CA and was founded in 2003.
Loan Activity Score
42/100
SBA Default Rate
0.0%
Active Lenders
8
According to its Franchise Disclosure Document or public business records, Dinners Ready! has 10 locations, all owned by franchisees. Public SBA loan records show 8 lenders made 8 loans to franchisees of Dinners Ready!. PeerSense calculates Dinners Ready!'s score as 42 out of 100, using public SBA loan performance and recent lending activity.
Franchising since 2003 · 10 locations
$30,000 to $550,000
$35,000
10
10 franchised
Proprietary PeerSense metric
FairDistinct lenders in public SBA records for Dinners Ready!
8
Total SBA loans
$297K
Average loan size
Source: public SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records through December 31, 2025
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SBA Lending Activity for Dinners Ready!
Loan Activity Score Breakdown
Emerging (3 to 9 loans)
Are lenders increasingly or decreasingly funding this brand? Growing trends score highest.
Blended default rate (recent + all time) compared to NAICS sector peers.
Quality lenders actively backing this brand, with penalty for lender pullback.
FDD availability, Item 19 disclosure, and overall data completeness.
Geographic spread of SBA funded locations across states.
SBA Lending Performance
SBA Default Rate
0.0%
vs 10.8% peer avg
SBA Loans
8
Total Volume
$2.4M
Active Lenders
8
States
6
vs. SBA Sector Average
SBA loan default rate vs. all franchises in the same NAICS sector, not limited to direct competitors
Key Highlights
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Data Insights
Key performance metrics for Dinners Ready! based on SBA lending data
SBA Default Rate
0.0%
10.8% below peer avg
SBA Loan Volume
8 loans
Across 8 lenders
Lender Diversity
8 lenders
Avg 1.0 loans per lender
Investment Tier
Mid range investment
$30,000 to $550,000 total
Dinners Ready!: Deep SBA Data
Brand specific metrics derived directly from SBA 7(a) approval records: peak lending year, leading state, average loan size, and lender concentration. PeerSense computes these per brand so capital advisors and prospective franchisees can benchmark this opportunity against the rest of the franchise universe.
Peak SBA Year
2017
3 approvals. The best year on record for Dinners Ready!.
Top SBA State
California
2 SBA financed Dinners Ready! locations, the densest operator footprint.
Average Loan Size
$245K
Median $160K. Use as a sizing anchor when modeling your own Dinners Ready! unit.
Lender Concentration
27.3%
Moderately Spread
Share of Dinners Ready! approvals captured by the top 3 SBA lenders.
Dinners Ready!'s SBA lending pipeline peaked in 2017 (3 approvals). Operator density is highest in California with 2 SBA financed locations. Average funded ticket sits at $245K, with the median at $160K. Lender mix is moderately spread: the top three SBA lenders account for 27.3% of approvals. Meaningful choice exists, but specific lenders carry the brand.
Payment Estimator
Estimated Monthly Payment
$311
Principal & Interest only
Indicative only, as of October 1, 2026. Not a quote, commitment or offer of credit. Final pricing, leverage and terms are determined by the lender at underwriting, after full transaction materials are reviewed. PeerSense sources the file. The lender sets pricing. What these terms mean.
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Dinners Ready!, unit breakdown
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Reviewed by Edward L. Freeman, Founder and Managing Director, PeerSense
- PeerSense is a capital advisory firm that places commercial financing with direct capital sources; the capital source sets final terms.
- Edward L. Freeman founded PeerSense in January 2020.
- He is a Registered Franchise Consultant with Business Alliance, Inc., a credential issued in March 2022, and worked as a franchise consultant there from March 2022 to May 2023.
- His recorded experience includes a $22 million SBA construction loan, with about $16 million funded on the deal.
- In the 12 months through September 30, 2026, PeerSense tracked 912 publicly announced financings with a disclosed size of $361.32 billion. PeerSense Capital Data Report · Methodology page
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