Owning fast food restaurants can be pretty lucrative, but to get into the game, you're going to need some pretty substantial preexisting wealth.

How substantial? Well, every single major fast-food chain listed below requires you to be a millionaire to even franchise it. Wendy’s in particular requires $2 million in liquid assets to even be considered for a franchise.

One happy exception? Chick-fil-A, which requires no startup costs. But don’t get too excited, because the chicken giant takes a bigger bite out of gross sales than anyone else mentioned here.

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Before moving forward with franchising a major fast-food chain, it’s important to not only understand the start-up costs but what percentages and royalty fees you will be paying ongoing.

Rather than scouring the interwebs to find out, we made an easily-accessible list that includes the following:

• Total startup costs
• Minimum net worth
• Minimum liquid assets
• Franchise fee
• Royalty fee
• Advertising fee (if applicable)
• Any additional fees

There’s a corresponding link to each franchise site to make it easy to apply -- after you pick your jaw up off the floor, that is.

Burger King

Total startup costs: $1.9 million to $3.3 million

• Minimum net worth: $1.5 million
• Minimum liquid assets: $500,000
• Franchise fee: $50,000
• Royalty fee: 4.5% of gross sales
• Advertising fee: 4% of gross sales

Chick-fil-A

Total startup costs: None

• Minimum net worth: No requirement
• Minimum liquid assets: No requirement
• Franchise fee: $10,000
• Service fee: 15% of gross sales (plus 50% of the remaining pretax profit)

Note: While not across the board, Chick-fil-A tends to stick to a one-location-per franchisee rule, which can limit overall profit margins.

Hardee's

Total startup costs: $1,600,000 to $2,120,000

• Minimum net worth: $1 million
• Minimum liquid assets: $300,000
• Franchise fee: $35,000 (includes a $10,000 development fee)
• Royalty fee: 4% of gross sales
• Advertising fee: Up to 7% of gross sales

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Kentucky Fried Chicken

Total startup costs: $1.4 million to $2.8 million

• Minimum net worth: $1.5 million
• Minimum liquid assets: $750,000
• Franchise fee: $45,000
• Royalty fee: 5% of gross sales
• Advertising fee: 5% of gross sales

McDonald’s

Total startup costs: $1 million to $2.2 million

• Minimum liquid assets: $500,000
• Franchise fee: $45,000
• Royalty fee: 4% of gross sales

Additional fees: According to Business Insider, franchisees must also pay a percentage of monthly sales to account for rent.

Sonic

Total startup costs: $1.24 million to $3.53 million

• Minimum net worth: $1 million
• Minimum liquid assets: $500,000
• Franchise fee: $45,000 ($25,000 for non-traditonal)
• Royalty fee: 5% of gross sales

Taco Bell

Total startup costs: $570,000 to $3 million

• Minimum net worth: $1.5 million
• Minimum liquid assets: $750,000
• Franchise fee: $45,000
• Royalty fee: 5.5% of gross sales
• Sales + marketing fee: 4.25% of gross sales

Wendy’s

Total startup costs: $2 million to $3.7 million

• Minimum net worth: $5 million
• Minimum liquid assets: $2 million
• Franchise fee: $50,000
• Royalty fee: 4% of gross sales
• Advertising fee: 3.5% of gross sales

Additional fees: A $5,000 application fee, which is higher than many others on this list.

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