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King Coffee USA franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk No franchised units open yet
King Coffee USA LLC is a food & beverage franchise with an initial investment ranging from $1,176,500 to $1,517,000.
Everything below is free, read straight off King Coffee USA's registered filing, with where the numbers land against food & beverage peers. Weighing King Coffee USA against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in King Coffee USA's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-27766 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.
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King Coffee USA franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: King Coffee USA 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 King Coffee USA — 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 King Coffee USA's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Food & beverage franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
King Coffee USA lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
King Coffee USA's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) 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.
King Coffee USA closures & failure rate
Before you sign, King Coffee USA 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 King Coffee USA'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. King Coffee USA reports no franchised units open yet — there is no operating track record to churn.
Who owns King Coffee USA?
King Coffee USA's franchise is offered by King Coffee USA LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), 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 King Coffee USA 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.
King Coffee USA franchise — frequently asked
Who owns King Coffee USA — who is the franchisor?
King Coffee USA's most recently filed FDD (2024) names King Coffee USA 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 King Coffee USA franchise cost?
King Coffee USA's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $1,176,500 – $1,517,000, with an initial franchise fee of $30,000 and a 5% 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 bottom quartile (median $379,725).
How much profit does a King Coffee USA franchise make?
King Coffee USA makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for King Coffee USA 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 King Coffee USA disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — King Coffee USA'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 King Coffee USA?
No — King Coffee USA's most recently filed FDD (2024) 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 King Coffee USA a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from King Coffee USA'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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