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Be Local franchise — is it worth it?

Medium risk Shrinking network Item 19 disclosed

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Figures above are as disclosed in Be Local's most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-33230 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.

How much does a Be Local franchise make?

Be Local is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The headline figure is $22,363 in average unit revenue — read it alongside what Item 19 says about which units it covers (often only mature or top-performing locations). See every other brand that discloses earnings in the Other franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Be Local franchise profit vs. revenue

Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Be Local's 15% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Be Local franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Be Local franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $22,363 of revenue, a 15% royalty alone is about $3,354 a year before any other cost.

Be Local lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Be Local's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) does disclose 1 legal proceeding in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Be Local itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.

Be Local closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Be Local will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Be Local's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a other of this kind.

The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Be Local's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 7%. Net franchised outlets moved -14 to 143 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Be Local?

Be Local's franchise is offered by N2 Franchising, Inc. (BeLocal) — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.

Other franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Be Local is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.

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