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Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites franchise — is it worth it?

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What Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document says about the money, the litigation, and the franchisee churn — before you wire a five- or six-figure franchise fee.

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Figures above are as disclosed in Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites's most recent FDD (registered 2023). Source: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce — CARDS franchise registrations · filing 28483-202305-01 — check it yourself. See every other Minnesota-registered franchise.

Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites franchise profit — what the FDD discloses

Plainly: Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites 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 Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing; the fees, litigation and outlet churn Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Other franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.

Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2023) 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.

Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites 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 Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a franchise 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. Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 0%. Net franchised outlets moved +4 to 113 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites?

Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites's franchise is offered by COBBLESTONE HOTELS, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2023), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at MN CARDS; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it. The same franchisor files separate FDDs for other brands, which is worth knowing — sibling brands share a franchise-support organization but disclose their own numbers:

Other franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites 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.

Hotel & Suites, Cobblestone Inn & Suites franchise — frequently asked