Miscellaneous Recreation Businesses

National Football League

New York, NY · Founded 1920 · NFLX

Read the 2016 FDD ↗https://www.nfl.com ↗

2026 Franchise 500

Unranked

units (2025)

0.0%

year over year

Units by Year

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment

$5,250,000,000 – $9,612,000,000

FDD Item 7

Franchise fee

$700,000,000

FDD Item 5

Ad fund

—

FDD Item 6

Financial performance

Yes

FDD Item 19 disclosure

Royalty

No royalty; clubs share equally in all national revenue (media, league sponsorship, NFL Ventures/licensing royalties), about $14.5B in 2025 or $453.2M per club, before the league-office assessment. Visiting-team gate share: 34% of non-premium ticket revenue goes into a pool split equally.

Leadership

Roger Goodell
Commissioner
Troy Vincent
Executive Vice President, Football Operations
Ted Ullyot
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel
Christine Dorfler
Chief Financial Officer
Renie Anderson
Chief Revenue Officer & Executive Vice President, NFL Partnerships
Hans Schroeder
Executive Vice President, Media Distribution (formerly EVP & COO, NFL Media)
Peter O'Reilly
Executive Vice President, Club Business, International & League Events
Tim Ellis
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Jeff Miller
Executive Vice President, Communications, Public Affairs & Policy
Cathy Lanier
Senior Vice President & Chief Security Officer

On File

FDD years

2016

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Franchisee records

Current roster rows

Signed, not open

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FDD Item 20, Table 5

Franchising for

106 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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Units by Year

The Investment

Leadership

On File

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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