Long John Silver's
Franchise Overview
Long John Silver's is a quick-service restaurant franchise specializing in affordable fried seafood, fish, and chicken, served through a streamlined fast-food format designed for efficiency and consistency across freestanding restaurant locations.
Just the Facts
For most complete information, see Franchise Disclosure Documents
Long John Silver's FDDs and Analysis Reports
These Long John Silver's 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.
Individual FDD Filings
Complete filings as submitted, including exhibits and financial statements.
Long John Silver's FDD 2026
July 2026
Long John Silver's FDD 2025
June 2025
Long John Silver's FDD 2024
September 2024
Show 9 more filings, 2015–2024
Long John Silver's FDD 2024
February 2024
Long John Silver's FDD 2022
July 2022
Long John Silver's FDD 2021
June 2021
Long John Silver's FDD 2020
July 2020
Long John Silver's FDD 2019
May 2019
Long John Silver's FDD 2018
April 2018
Long John Silver's FDD 2017
May 2017
Long John Silver's FDD 2016
April 2016
Long John Silver's FDD 2015
September 2015
Multi-Year Analysis Packages
Year-over-year comparison of consecutive filings. Every figure cited to its filing, Item, and PDF page. Source FDDs included.
Long John Silver's 3-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2023–FY2025)
22 page analysis report · 2 year-over-year transitions · 3 source FDDs (2024–2026 filings) included
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)
The report covers, in order:
- Executive summary
- Change index
- Consolidated unit summary
- Geographic summary
- Turnover, transfers & closure rates
- Franchisee investment and fees
- Financial performance representation
- Franchisor financial condition
- Franchisor entity & leadership
- Litigation & bankruptcy
- Method, limits and disclaimer
- What this report does not include
- You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 3 source FDD PDFs, 4 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.
Long John Silver's 2-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2024–FY2025)
19 page analysis report · 1 year-over-year transition · 2 source FDDs (2025–2026 filings) included
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)
The report covers, in order:
- Executive summary
- Change index
- Consolidated unit summary
- Geographic summary
- Turnover, transfers & closure rates
- Franchisee investment and fees
- Financial performance representation
- Franchisor financial condition
- Franchisor entity & leadership
- Litigation & bankruptcy
- Method, limits and disclaimer
- What this report does not include
- You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 2 source FDD PDFs, 3 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.
FDDs are reproduced as filed and are current only as of their filing dates. The FDD Document Processing Fee covers acquisition, storage, organization, and digital delivery of an individually purchased FDD.
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