To open a location, you should have $500,000 available as liquid capital. You need to have a total net worth of $1,500,000 if you want to become an owner. The ongoing royalty for Elevation Burger is 6%. The minimum you would expect to invest in a Elevation Burger location is $504,600. The high end of the total investment required to open a franchise is $1,522,800. New franchisees pay Elevation Burger a franchise fee of $50,000. Company operations commenced in 2005. Elevation Burger began awarding franchises in 2008. In total, there are 35 units of this franchise open today.