A&W Restaurants Franchise Disclosure Documents
Available A&W Restaurants franchise disclosure document(s) (FDD's) are listed below. The A&W Restaurants FDD is a federally mandated document that requires A&W Restaurants to disclose 23 key items in easy-to-understand language. The FDD typically runs hundreds of pages long and contains critical information you should consider when researching a franchise. Multi-year analysis reports track how these disclosures change across consecutive FDD filings.
“The franchisee will operate a quick-service restaurant featuring A&W® Root Beer and other approved items in a new or converted freestanding building with drive-thru (a “Freestanding Restaurant”), a new or converted space occupying one of the far ends of an in-line shopping or strip-mall and…” — 2026 A&W Restaurants FDD
FDDs and Analysis Reports
Instant download after purchaseMulti-Year Analysis Packages
Year-over-year comparison of consecutive filings. Every figure cited to its filing, Item, and PDF page. Source FDDs included.
A&W Restaurants 5-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2021–FY2025)
Analysis report (38 pages) • 4 year-over-year transitions • 5 source FDDs (2022–2026 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 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.
Individual FDD Filings
Complete filings as submitted, including exhibits and financial statements.
A&W Restaurants
2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2026
A&W Restaurants
2025 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2025
A&W Restaurants
2024 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2024
A&W Restaurants
2023 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2023
A&W Restaurants
2022 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2022
A&W Restaurants
2021 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2021
A&W Restaurants
2020 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2020
A&W Restaurants
2019 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2019
A&W Restaurants
2018 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
March 2018
A&W Restaurants
2017 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2017
A&W Restaurants
2016 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2016
A&W Restaurants
2015 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD)
April 2015
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