Wienerschnitzel
The total investment to open a Wienerschnitzel franchise ranges from $299,100 to $2.5M. The initial franchise fee is $32,000. Ongoing royalties are 5% plus a 4% advertising fee.
What is the Wienerschnitzel franchise?
Wienerschnitzel is a restaurant that sells hot dogs to customers. The estimated total initial investment is $299,100 to $2,504,000, and the initial franchise fee is $32,000.
Franchisees pay a royalty of 5 percent of sales and an advertising or brand fund fee of 4 percent. The franchise agreement runs for 20 years.
Wienerschnitzel was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.
Loan Activity Score
44/100
SBA Default Rate
16.4%
Active Lenders
44
According to its Franchise Disclosure Document or public business records, Wienerschnitzel has 95 locations, all owned by franchisees. Public SBA loan records show 44 lenders made 110 loans to franchisees of Wienerschnitzel. PeerSense calculates Wienerschnitzel's score as 44 out of 100, using public SBA loan performance and recent lending activity.
Franchising since 1961 · 95 locations
$299,100 to $2.5M
$32,000
95
95 franchised
Proprietary PeerSense metric
FairDistinct lenders in public SBA records for Wienerschnitzel
110
Total SBA loans
$534K
Average loan size
Source: public SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records through December 31, 2025
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SBA Lending Activity for Wienerschnitzel
Loan Activity Score Breakdown
Major Brand (100+ 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
16.4%
vs 10.3% peer avg
SBA Loans
110
Total Volume
$58.8M
Active Lenders
44
9 selective
States
11
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 Wienerschnitzel based on SBA lending data
SBA Default Rate
16.4%
6.1% above peer avg
SBA Loan Volume
110 loans
Across 44 lenders
Lender Diversity
44 lenders
Avg 2.5 loans per lender
Investment Tier
Premium investment
$299,100 to $2,504,000 total
Payment Estimator
Estimated Monthly Payment
$3,096
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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Reviewed by Edward L. Freeman, Founder and Managing Director, PeerSense
- PeerSense is a capital advisory firm that places commercial financing with direct capital sources; it does not lend, fund, or approve loans, and 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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