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Robeks franchise — is it worth it?

Low risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

Robeks is a food and beverage franchise specializing in smoothies and juices, with an investment range of $325,390 to $505,742.

Everything below is free, read straight off Robeks's registered filing, with where the numbers land against food & beverage peers. Weighing Robeks against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Robeks's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-31444 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.

How much does a Robeks franchise make?

Robeks 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 $700,380 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 food & beverage brand that discloses earnings in the Food & beverage franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Robeks 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 Robeks's 6% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Robeks franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Robeks franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $700,380 of revenue, a 6% royalty alone is about $42,023 a year before any other cost.

Robeks lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Robeks's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) 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 Robeks 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.

Robeks closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Robeks 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 Robeks'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. Robeks's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 3.3%, against a food & beverage median of 3.3% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +10 to 100 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Robeks?

Robeks's franchise is offered by Robeks Franchise Corporation — 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 Robeks 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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