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Sonic Drive-In

Food & Restaurant

Sonic Drive-In operates a quick-service restaurant franchise where customers pull into individual stalls, order via intercom, and are served by carhops — a distinctive drive-in format rooted in 1950s American dining culture that sets it apart from conventional fast-food competitors.

Just the Facts

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In Business Since1950
Number of Units3,412
Total Investment$670K – $2.5Mtracked across 5 filings below

Sonic Drive-In FDDs and Analysis Reports

These Sonic Drive-In FDDs, as filed, contain 23 sections of federally mandated disclosures such as franchisee obligations, franchisor litigation, and financial performance. FDD's are typically 100+ pages long and are critical to evaluate when researching a franchise. Multi-year analysis reports track how these disclosures change across consecutive FDD filings.

Available Documents

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Multi-Year Analysis Packages

Year-over-year comparison of consecutive filings. Every figure cited to its filing, Item, and PDF page. Source FDDs included.

Sonic Drive-In 5-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2021–FY2025)

Analysis report (29 pages) • 4 year-over-year transitions • 5 source FDDs (2022–2026 filings) included

$599.00
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)

The report covers, in order:

  1. Executive summary
  2. Change index
  3. Consolidated unit summary
  4. Geographic summary
  5. Turnover, transfers & closure rates
  6. Franchisee investment and fees
  7. Financial performance representation
  8. Franchisor financial condition
  9. Franchisor entity & leadership
  10. Litigation & bankruptcy
  11. Method, limits and disclaimer
  12. What this report does not include
  • You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 5 source FDD PDFs, 6 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
  • Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
  • Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
  • Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
  • Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Note:The multi-year FDD Analysis Reports compare a brand's consecutive annual FDD filings with year-over-year changes. Every figure is machine-read from source FDDs with a cited page from the source FDD. Machine reading can misread, so verify any figure you intend to rely on against the cited page. These reports are not legal, financial or investment advice, are not a recommendation to enter into, decline, finance or exit any franchise relationship, and are not a substitute for reading the FDDs or consulting qualified advisors.

Individual FDD Filings

Complete filings as submitted, including exhibits and financial statements.

Sonic Drive-Ins FDD 2026

March 2026

$99.00

Sonic Drive-Ins FDD 2025

March 2025

$99.00

Sonic Drive-Ins FDD 2024

March 2024

$99.00

Sonic Drive-Ins FDD 2023

March 2023

$99.00

Sonic Drive-Ins FDD 2022

March 2022

$99.00
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