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Cuppa Yo franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Growing network
Cuppa Yo is a food & beverage franchise with a relatively low initial investment range of $151,500 to $334,000.
Everything below is free, read straight off Cuppa Yo's registered filing, with where the numbers land against food & beverage peers. Weighing Cuppa Yo against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Cuppa Yo's most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-31561 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.
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Cuppa Yo franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Cuppa Yo does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Cuppa Yo — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (42% of food & beverage franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Cuppa Yo's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Food & beverage franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Cuppa Yo lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Cuppa Yo's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
Cuppa Yo closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Cuppa Yo 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 Cuppa Yo's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a food & beverage 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. Cuppa Yo's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Net franchised outlets moved +3 to 3 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Cuppa Yo?
Cuppa Yo's franchise is offered by Cuppa Yo Franchising, LLC — 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.
Food & beverage franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Cuppa Yo 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.
Cuppa Yo franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Cuppa Yo — who is the franchisor?
Cuppa Yo's most recently filed FDD (2025) names Cuppa Yo Franchising, LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Cuppa Yo franchise cost?
Cuppa Yo's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $151,500 – $334,000, with an initial franchise fee of $35,000 and a 6% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against food & beverage peers it sits in the upper quartile (median $379,725).
How much profit does a Cuppa Yo franchise make?
Cuppa Yo makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Cuppa Yo at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Cuppa Yo disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Cuppa Yo's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 42% of food & beverage franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Cuppa Yo?
No — Cuppa Yo's most recently filed FDD (2025) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is Cuppa Yo a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Cuppa Yo's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against food & beverage peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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