McDonalds restaurants are one of the most popular and fastest growing fast food franchises in the world. Every kid wants to go to McDonalds, which is an acknowledgement of there great marketing and advertising campaigns. For a new restaurant, an initial fee of $45.000 needs to be paid to the corporation. Set up costs will be around $1,000,000. The normal franchise term will be 20 years. Monthly fees payable to the corporation are currently 4%. For first time franchisees, there are also established existing restaurants that are also up for sale. These can be located by doing a search on their website.