Shah's Halal Food franchise
Shah's Halal Food: $197,000–$405,000 total investment, $30,000 franchise fee, 7% total ongoing fee. Read out of the filings.
Compiled from public filings and operator sites Reviewed 2026-08-15
7%
Total ongoing fee
$197,000–$405,000
Total investment
58
Units, 2023
2005
Founded
—
Franchising since
NY
Amityville
1,200–2,000
Typical size, sq ft
No
Item 19
Forty-four of the 58 outlets operate under a license agreement rather than a franchise. Item 20 states that no franchises were operating as of the filing.
Fees
| Initial franchise fee | $30,000 |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5% |
| Brand fund | 1% |
| Local advertising | 1% |
| Total ongoing | 7% of gross sales |
| Grand opening | $1,000–$5,000 |
| Transfer fee | 50% of the then-current franchise fee |
Opening one
| Total investment | $197,000–$405,000 |
|---|---|
| Typical size | 1,200–2,000 sq ft |
| Training | 19 hours classroom, 85 on the job |
| Territory | Up to five miles by driving distance, smaller in cities. Non-traditional sites are excluded. |
| Initial term | 10 years |
| Renewal | One additional ten-year term |
The system
| Format | New York-area chicken and rice |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Amityville, NY |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Units | 58, of which 0 franchised and 14 company-owned |
| Item 19 | No financial performance representation. The filing states that no financial performance representation is made. |
Figures from FDD issued 10 April 2024 · dataset year 2024.
Brand footprint is not franchise footprint
Shah’s Halal Food is a New York-area chicken-and-rice system founded in 2005 and based in Amityville. The FDD issued 10 April 2024 records 58 outlets at year-end 2023. Fourteen were company-owned and 44 operated under license agreements; Item 20 says no franchised outlets were operating.
That distinction prevents a common overstatement. The row is a 58-outlet brand footprint, not evidence of 58 franchisees operating under the agreement being offered. Shah’s current company history claims a much larger international footprint in 2026. It is a later operator-reported count with different geography and possibly different agreement types, so it does not replace the 2023 FDD snapshot.
Certification, arithmetic and economics
Shah’s publishes dated halal certificates on its official site. Those documents support the operator’s certification claim; the FDD separately governs the franchise comparison. Keeping the two source types distinct avoids treating “halal” as either a cuisine synonym or a financial credential.
The comparable fee stack is 7%: 5% royalty, 1% brand fund and 1% local advertising. The 2024 franchise fee is $30,000. Item 7 prints a total range of $197,000 to $405,000 for 1,200 to 2,000 square feet. Its fifteen high-column line items sum to $410,000. This directory preserves the filing’s printed $405,000 total and reports the $5,000 discrepancy instead of silently correcting an issued document.
There is no Item 19 financial performance representation. Training is 19 classroom hours and 85 on the job. Territory extends up to five miles by driving distance and shrinks in dense cities; non-traditional sites are excluded. The combination of licensed growth, no operating franchises in the source year and no Item 19 makes the current franchise agreement more important than the visibility of the consumer brand.