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Zoup! Eatery franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Significant turnover Item 19 disclosed
Zoup! Eatery is a quick-service restaurant franchise with an initial investment ranging from $509,434 to $699,050.
Everything below is free, read straight off Zoup! Eatery's registered filing, with where the numbers land against quick-service restaurant peers. Weighing Zoup! Eatery against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Zoup! Eatery's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-30325 — check it yourself. See every other California-registered franchise.
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How much does a Zoup! Eatery franchise make?
Zoup! Eatery 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 did not machine-read cleanly from this filing, so we don't print one; Item 19 of the source FDD has the tables. See every quick-service restaurant brand that discloses earnings in the Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Zoup! Eatery 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 Zoup! Eatery's 6% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Zoup! Eatery franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Zoup! Eatery franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.
Zoup! Eatery lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Zoup! Eatery'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.
Zoup! Eatery closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Zoup! Eatery 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 Zoup! Eatery's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a quick-service restaurant 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. Zoup! Eatery's latest tables show significant franchisee turnover. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 16.1%, against a quick-service restaurant median of 2.9% — worse than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -13 to 49 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Zoup! Eatery?
Zoup! Eatery's franchise is offered by Zoup Franchising Co., 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.
Quick-service restaurant franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Zoup! Eatery 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.
Zoup! Eatery franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Zoup! Eatery — who is the franchisor?
Zoup! Eatery's most recently filed FDD (2024) names Zoup Franchising Co., 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 Zoup! Eatery franchise cost?
Zoup! Eatery's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $509,434 – $699,050, 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 quick-service restaurant peers it sits in the upper quartile (median $604,609).
How much profit does a Zoup! Eatery franchise make?
Zoup! Eatery discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (6% of gross for Zoup! Eatery), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Zoup! Eatery franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate.
Does Zoup! Eatery disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Zoup! Eatery reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure did not machine-read cleanly, so check Item 19 of the source FDD for the numbers.
Are there lawsuits against Zoup! Eatery?
No — Zoup! Eatery'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 Zoup! Eatery a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Zoup! Eatery's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against quick-service restaurant 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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