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Buy a The Honey Baked Ham Co. Franchise

The Honey Baked Ham Co. is a specialty food retailer best known for its spiral-sliced, honey-glazed hams, made to a proprietary recipe the company has sold since 1957. Stores also carry turkey, sides, desserts and gift items, and run a made-to-order lunch counter of sandwiches, soups and salads.

The brand operates a brick-and-mortar, territory-based model built around four revenue streams: retail, gifting, catering and year-round lunch service. Most franchisees are owner-operators. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, the company has over 400 US locations and began franchising in 1998, though the product heritage dates back more than six decades.

A defining feature of the model is that hams and other products arrive at the store fully cooked, so no on-site cooking or kitchen line is required. Stores typically run with a small team that scales up sharply for the November and December holiday peak, when much of the year’s retail demand is concentrated.

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Why buy a The Honey Baked Ham Co. Franchise?

Buying a Honey Baked Ham Co. franchise means stepping into one of America’s most recognizable specialty food brands, with a loyal customer base that returns year after year for holiday meals and gifting. The four revenue streams of retail, gifting, catering and lunch give owners more than one way to generate sales across the calendar, helping offset the brand’s natural holiday concentration.

The operating model is simpler than a typical quick-service restaurant: products arrive fully cooked, so there is no kitchen line, deep fryers or complex food prep. Outside the holidays most stores keep standard business hours with a small team, which suits owner-operators who want a hands-on but manageable schedule. Decades of brand recognition mean an established store often inherits built-in local demand rather than building awareness from scratch.

The Honey Baked Ham Co. Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      1957

    • Franchising Since

      1998

    • New Startup Cost

      $514,200 – $829,600

    • Avg. Resale Price

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  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $20,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $10,000

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      4.25%

      of Net Sales

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      448

    • New Units Opened *

      8

    • Units Transferred *

      8

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $983,538

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

The Honey Baked Ham Co. – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming franchisees complete a three-phase program: 32 hours of classroom training with corporate staff and Franchise Business Leaders, plus 120 hours of hands-on training at a Certified Franchise Training Store. Each store is assigned a field Franchise Business Leader backed by the Customer Support Center. Ongoing support covers the POS system, inventory control, labor scheduling, purchasing and supplier coordination, food safety, and national and local marketing, plus holiday training, webinars and weekly communications. Resale buyers should confirm what transfer training and system access pass to incoming owners and staff.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits hands-on owner-operators who want to work in and on the business rather than run it absentee. Strong retail and customer-service instincts matter, along with the ability to recruit, train and manage a small team that scales up sharply for the holidays. Because stores depend on local catering, corporate gifting and community ties, owners who enjoy building relationships with nearby businesses, churches and non-profits tend to do well. Food-service experience is helpful but not essential, given the no-cooking, fully prepared product model.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    The Honey Baked Ham Co. ranked #108 on Entrepreneur's 2026 Franchise 500, first in its category, after placing #135 in 2025, and has appeared on the list every year since 2013. It has also featured on the Franchise Times Top 500 and Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report, reflecting its standing in specialty food retail. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's reputation, including local reviews, catering relationships and community visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    Honey Baked Ham sits in the US prepared-foods and ready-to-eat meals category, which Market Research Future valued at about $17.6 billion in 2025 with strong projected growth as busy households lean on convenient, restaurant-quality meals. Demand is anchored by holidays and special occasions, giving the catering and gifting side a reliable seasonal base, while year-round lunch and everyday meal solutions add steadier volume. For resale buyers, a unit's mix of holiday versus non-holiday revenue and its local catering relationships are key indicators of how durable demand is in that territory.

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