Bonchon
본촌치킨Korean fried chicken franchise · 498 stores · 9 countries
Investment & fees
Figures shown for market: KR
| Total investment (low) | ₩125,730,000 |
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Figures shown for market: US
| Total investment (low) (as of 2025) | $591,436 |
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| Total investment (high) (as of 2025) | $1,312,626 |
| Initial franchise fee (as of 2025) | $35,000 |
| Royalty (as of 2025) | 5% |
| Marketing fee (as of 2025) | up to 4% (currently 1.5%) + local ad minimums |
| Liquid capital required (as of 2025) | $500,000 |
Figures are historical, come from the named source, and are not a promise or projection of your results. Costs and outcomes vary by market, site and operator.
Brand facts
- Founded
- 2002
- Franchising since
- 2011
- Total units
- 498
- Overseas units
- 498
- Countries
- 9
- Headquarters
- Dallas, Texas, USA (founded Busan, South Korea)
- Overseas model
- mixed
Source: www.globenewswire.com
Territory availability
- EuropeOpen
- Southeast AsiaOpen
About the brand
Bonchon is a Korean fried chicken brand founded in Busan in 2002, known for double-fried chicken hand-brushed with soy-garlic and gochujang-based sauces. Now headquartered in Dallas, Texas, it operates roughly 498 locations across nine countries, including 151+ in the United States, with the Philippines and Thailand as its other largest markets. In the US it franchises through single-unit and area-development agreements; outside the US it expands through country-level master franchise partnerships and is actively recruiting new partners.
Minor International master franchise (Thailand, 110+ units); Scotland Food Group master franchise (Philippines, ~180 units); one master franchisor per country outside the US
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