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Food & beverage franchises — the FDD facts

467 brands · from each franchisor's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document

Every food & beverage franchise in our corpus, on the numbers their own FDDs put on record — what it costs to open, whether the franchisor discloses earnings, how many outlets close, and the risk signals. Not marketing copy.

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Brands tracked
467
parsed FDDs
Disclose Item 19 earnings
42%
198 of 467 brands
Median closure rate
3.3%
FDD Item 20 · 182 brands
Franchisee lawsuits
153
FDD Item 3, category total
FranchiseTotal investmentItem 19Closure rateRisk
16 Handles $242,500 – $553,000 ✓ 6.9% Medium
7 Brew $940,500 – $2,283,500 ✓ 0% Low
7 Leaves Cafe $244,000 – $490,000 — — Medium
7-Eleven — ✓ 1.1% Medium
810 Entertainment $2,941,500 – $4,967,000 ✓ 0% Medium
Abbott's Frozen Custard $439,600 – $1,778,000 ✓ 5% Medium
Aboutea Co. (Master) $345,000 – $399,000 — — Medium
Aboutea Co. (Unit) $157,000 – $314,000 — 0% Medium
Acai Republic The Brazilian Juice Bar $161,500 – $493,500 — — Medium
Ace Sushi $18,275 – $125,575 — 15.4% High
Ace Sushi $18,275 – $119,650 — 32.9% High
Ace Sushi (Non-Traditional) $18,275 – $127,650 — 48.5% High
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema $5,048,133 – $8,194,684 ✓ — Low
American Shaman Franchise System $104,300 – $192,400 — — High
Amorino $434,500 – $949,000 — 0% Medium
Amy's Wicked Slush $135,700 – $355,500 ✓ 50% Medium
Angelina Italian Bakery $439,800 – $1,732,500 — — Medium
Antioch Pizza Shop $232,650 – $756,525 ✓ 0% Low
APCF $238,000 – $434,000 — — Medium
APLUS $239,850 – $726,700 — — Medium
Apple Spice $387,440 – $473,940 ✓ — Low
Aqua Chill $113,100 – $171,800 — — Medium
Arwa Coffee $237,300 – $614,600 ✓ — Low
Asal Bee $155,380 – $507,200 — — Medium
Aunt Millie's Bakeries $36,988 – $186,494 — — Medium
Auntie Anne's — ✓ 3% Low
Azal Coffee $327,100 – $635,000 — — Medium
B Nutritious $387,700 – $768,800 — — Medium
BAA Brands $200,800 – $577,840 ✓ 37.5% Low
Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii $186,700 – $915,500 ✓ 21.9% Medium
Bambu $142,500 – $439,500 — 13.3% High
Bananas Smoothies & Frozen Yogurt $72,500 – $130,000 ✓ 0% High
Barrio Burrito Bar (Master) $128,750 – $619,000 — — Medium
Barrio Burrito Bar Master $128,750 – $1,119,000 — — Medium
Barry Bagels $105,000 – $514,000 ✓ — Low
bb.q Chicken (AR Offering) $318,650 – $1,212,500 — — Medium
Bbdotq USA (Area Rep) $318,650 – $409,450 — — Medium
Beard Papa's $200,900 – $477,000 — 21.4% High
BeaverTails® $494,200 – $1,152,000 — — Medium
Beef Jerky Outlet $191,450 – $406,900 ✓ 20% Medium
Ben & Jerry's $280,300 – $631,300 ✓ 6.6% Low
Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop $280,300 – $631,300 ✓ 6.6% Low
Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shop $280,300 – $631,300 ✓ — Medium
Ben & Jerry's Special Venue Scoop Shop Program — ✓ — Low
Ben & Jerry's" "Special Venue Scoop Shop — ✓ — Low
Ben's Soft Pretzels — ✓ — Low
Bento Sushi $1,600 – $7,000 — 1.6% Medium
Beverly Ann's Cookies $170,336 – $270,075 — — Medium
Beyond Food Mart — — — Medium
BHC USA (Master) $405,000 – $553,000 — — Medium
Big Apple Bagels $512,500 – $745,000 ✓ — Medium
Big Apple Bagels $374,000 – $591,000 ✓ — Medium
Biggby Coffee $242,200 – $973,000 ✓ — Low
Black Rifle Coffee Company $1,593,750 – $3,314,000 — 9.1% Medium
Bliss Tea Treats $97,950 – $166,650 — — Medium
Board and Brew $697,000 – $1,131,000 — 0% Medium
Boba Nation $350,000 – $495,000 — — Medium
Boba Pub $213,500 – $451,000 — — Medium
Boba Time $4,000 – $5,000 — — Medium
Bobablastic $64,000 – $122,800 — 0% Medium
Bobae Global $335,500 – $583,500 — — Medium
Body Energy $639,000 – $1,138,500 — 0% Medium
Boil Daddy $126,500 – $264,000 — 0% Medium
Born from the Lime Truck $101,320 – $204,625 ✓ — Medium
Bottoms Up Espresso $98,000 – $236,300 ✓ — Medium
Bouquet Box Flower Bar $20,550 – $75,250 — — Medium
Brandco USA, Inc. (Chichi) — — — Medium
Brandco USA, Inc. (Young Dabang) — — — Medium
Bread & Vine $431,300 – $969,333 ✓ — Low
Breadsmith $399,250 – $446,250 — — Medium
Brooklyn Dumpling Shop $373,278 – $721,778 — — Medium
Bruegger's Bagels $693,800 – $1,227,150 — 6.3% High
Bruster's Real Ice Cream $1,215,120 – $2,669,060 ✓ 2% Medium
Bubble N Tea $293,750 – $444,000 ✓ — Low
Bud's Place $590,000 – $1,170,000 — — Medium
Buns on Fire $255,000 – $462,000 — — Medium
Burattino $191,250 – $341,250 — — Medium
Cabin Coffee Co. $350,000 – $2,000,000 ✓ — Medium
Caf‚ 86 $216,500 – $454,667 ✓ — Low
Candy Cloud $389,100 – $749,350 ✓ — Low
Cannect LLC d b a Feng Cha - Area Representative $138,500 – $179,200 — — Medium
Canteen $8,350 – $41,000 ✓ — Medium
Cap't Loui $225,000 – $828,000 ✓ — Low
Caribou Coffee $281,100 – $1,515,000 ✓ 2.6% Medium
Carousel's Franchise Group $75,750 – $99,750 — — Medium
Cha Redefine Franchises — ✓ — Low
Chatime $291,100 – $499,900 ✓ 12.5% Medium
Cheong Kwan Jang — — 0% Medium
Chi Tea $230,542 – $478,667 ✓ — Low
Chicha San Chen $364,000 – $547,000 — — Medium
Chip Partners $281,950 – $699,000 — — Medium
Chocolate Bash $198,400 – $380,000 — 0% Medium
Chocolate Fish Roasters $244,200 – $435,700 ✓ — Low
Chun Yang Tea $133,900 – $299,750 — 14.3% Medium
Chunky Boss USA $318,000 – $741,500 — — Medium
Cinnabon — ✓ 0.6% Low
Circle K (Standard) $8,430,500 – $8,530,500 — 0% Medium
CJ Fresh Holdings FC $286,000 – $542,667 ✓ 0% Low
Clean Eatz $307,500 – $733,500 ✓ 6.4% Medium
Clean Juice $241,000 – $417,500 ✓ 21.7% High
Clementine's Ice Cream $4,580 – $6,100 ✓ — Low
CoCo / Doka $49,400 – $142,400 — — Medium
Cold Stone Creamery $390,675 – $680,775 — 0.1% High
Combo Kitchen — — — Medium
Cookie Advantage $92,550 – $171,250 ✓ 0% Medium
Cottage Inn $216,000 – $550,000 ✓ 0% Low
Cotti Coffee $259,170 – $608,200 — — Medium
Cousins Maine Lobster $266,600 – $965,800 ✓ 50% Medium
CRAVE $161,300 – $1,192,500 — 13.3% Medium
Crazy Delights Group $172,525 – $278,317 ✓ — Low
Creatif $39,055 – $54,475 ✓ 0% Low
Creation Coffee $195,900 – $563,000 ✓ — Low
Crepe de licious $298,250 – $977,600 — 0% Medium
Crispy Cones $373,650 – $581,900 ✓ 20% Medium
Crumbl $848,566 – $1,472,533 ✓ — Low
Cupbop $298,740 – $669,390 ✓ — Medium
Cuppa Yo $151,500 – $334,000 — — Medium
Curry Pizza House — ✓ 0% Low
Daboba USA — — 9.1% Medium
Daddy's Chicken Shack Franchising, LLC (Regional Developer) $168,800 – $825,900 — — Medium
Dapper Doughnut $350,000 – $643,000 — — Medium
Dave's Hot Chicken Franchise Co., LLC (Food Truck) $208,150 – $544,500 — — Medium
Decadent A Coffee and Dessert Bar — ✓ — Medium
Delah Coffee $337,300 – $494,000 ✓ — Low
Delicious Sushi $25,649 – $134,629 — — Medium
Denino's Pizzeria $873,100 – $1,848,600 ✓ — Medium
Desi District $669,200 – $1,020,500 ✓ — Medium
Dessert Mango Mango $395,450 – $596,200 ✓ 18.5% Medium
Dian Dian Food Service $389,000 – $753,000 — — Medium
Ding Tea $195,240 – $324,170 — 4.2% Medium
Ding Tea (Master) $833,000 – $895,000 — — Medium
Ding Tea (Unit) $195,240 – $324,170 — 13.9% High
Dippin' Dots $112,949 – $398,650 — 5.4% Medium
Doc Popcorn — — 1.3% Medium
Dogs & Cream — — — Medium
Dot and Dough — — — Medium
DQ® Treat $548,700 – $1,595,350 — 0.7% High
Dumont Creamery and Café $147,500 – $291,000 — — Medium
Dunn Brothers Coffee — ✓ 2.3% Medium
Egg on a Roll $416,900 – $570,668 — — Medium
Eggs Up Grill $50,000 – $125,000 — — Medium
Eiffel Waffle $208,635 – $338,076 — — Medium
Eight Turn Hospitality Group $205,850 – $397,000 ✓ — Medium
Eileen's Colossal Cookies $232,301 – $299,430 ✓ — Medium
Elite Produce — — — Medium
Endless Summer Sweets $186,267 – $354,450 — — Medium
Everbowl $208,700 – $390,950 ✓ 7.3% Medium
Everytable $305,000 – $781,000 ✓ — Low
Exotic Snack Guys $161,500 – $290,900 ✓ — Medium
Fed Up Kitchen $170,500 – $511,250 ✓ 0% Low
Feng Cha — — 0% Medium
Feng Cha — — 0% Medium
Figaro's and Nick-N-Willy's — — — Medium
FiiZ Drinks $249,500 – $774,500 ✓ 2.1% Low
Fish Things $439,100 – $642,600 ✓ — Low
Franknfurters Franchising, LLC (Frank + Furter's Restaurant) $342,150 – $815,300 — — Medium
Freddo $153,000 – $455,000 ✓ 20% Low
Freshly Go $27,523 – $132,141 — — High
Frios Gourmet Pops $64,548 – $109,917 ✓ — Low
Frutta Bowls $329,000 – $514,750 ✓ 20% Medium
Fuego Cravings $145,450 – $233,500 ✓ — Low
Fun I USA — — — Medium
Fuwa Labs $188,200 – $496,600 — — Medium
Gabi — — — Medium
GC Company Global USA, Inc. (Sorimmara) — — — Medium
Genesis Manna International $452,333 – $817,367 — — Medium
Genji Sushi Bars $42,170 – $133,500 — — Medium
Ghost Kitchens — — — Medium
Go Greek Shops $327,550 – $760,650 ✓ — Low
Gong Cha — ✓ 0.9% Medium
Gong cha USA Franchising, LLC (Unit Franchise Program) $174,500 – $619,500 ✓ 3.2% Medium
Gordo's Bubble Waffles $189,400 – $454,000 ✓ — Medium
Great American Cookies $340,500 – $462,650 ✓ 5.8% Medium
Great Harvest Bread Co. $591,742 – $871,077 ✓ 3.2% Medium
Great Steak $257,900 – $678,850 ✓ 0% High
Green Mill On The Go $50,000 – $250,000 — — Medium
Gregorys Coffee $459,150 – $946,000 ✓ — Low
Gulf C-Store $147,650 – $651,550 — — Medium
Gyushige U.sa. $377,200 – $577,230 — — Medium
Haagen-Dazs Shop $213,329 – $591,579 ✓ 1.4% Low
Handel's Homemade Ice Cream $404,500 – $1,043,700 ✓ — Medium
Happy & Healthy Products $90,970 – $186,658 — 30.4% High
Happy Joe's Area Director Agreement $252,750 – $846,250 ✓ — Medium
Happy Lemon $221,000 – $483,000 ✓ 1.9% Low
Haraz Coffee House $375,450 – $584,077 ✓ — Low
Haraz Coffee House (Area Representative) $263,000 – $415,800 ✓ — Medium
Harumama — — — Medium
Health Mart $261,870 – $833,870 — 18.8% High
Heart to Home Meals $134,750 – $345,850 ✓ — Low
Hechalou International $266,000 – $471,500 — — Medium
Heuk Hwa Dang — — — Medium
Hissho Sushi $26,789 – $144,429 — — Medium
HK Heycha Limited $295,100 – $507,100 — — Medium
Holiday Stationstores — — — Medium
Honest Hospitality Group $1,507,000 – $2,334,000 — 6.5% Medium
HoneyBaked $514,200 – $829,600 ✓ — Medium
Honeymee — — 0% Medium
Hot Dog on a Stick $540,500 – $678,500 ✓ — Medium
Hot Stuff Pizza; Hott Stuff Kitchen $62,500 – $175,500 — 0.7% Medium
Hot Stuff Pizza/ $63,097 – $173,097 — — Medium
House of Bread $198,000 – $584,000 ✓ — Medium
Hurts Donut Company-Unit $504,000 – $825,000 — 16.7% High
I and S FR $262,300 – $395,350 ✓ — Medium
Identity Coffee Co. $175,300 – $345,500 ✓ — Medium
ILLY — — 0% Medium
Indarra $239,400 – $462,600 — — Medium
International Food Creations $25,270 – $221,165 — 9.2% Medium
Island Fin Poke $214,550 – $429,500 ✓ 0% Low
Jabal Coffee House $378,750 – $856,650 ✓ — Medium
Jamba — ✓ — Medium
Jazen Tea $182,600 – $389,930 — 8.3% Medium
Jeff's Bagel Run $575,722 – $997,972 ✓ — Low
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams — ✓ — Low
Jojo's Grill-A-Dog $233,500 – $468,900 — — Medium
Jomaru Korean Hot Po $349,500 – $590,000 — — Medium
Junbi $273,750 – $581,250 — 0% Medium
Just Love Coffee & Café $482,500 – $743,000 ✓ 0% Low
Kale Me Crazy — — — Medium
Kilwins $405,045 – $880,295 ✓ 1.8% Medium
King Coffee USA $1,176,500 – $1,517,000 — — Medium
Kolache Factory — ✓ — Low
Kona Ice $114,730 – $228,601 — 1.5% Medium
KongDog $162,750 – $660,500 — 18.9% High
Krak Boba $275,384 – $471,833 ✓ — Low
Kuma's Corner — — — Medium
Kung Fu Tea $169,000 – $378,000 — 6.7% Medium
LA Bakery Franchise Group — ✓ — Medium
La Cabra $197,600 – $373,000 — — Medium
LA Crawfish — — 10.5% High
La Madeleine® — ✓ 4.8% Medium
Laduree $1,694,158 – $2,167,658 — 0% Medium
Le Macaron French Pastries $91,730 – $454,000 ✓ 19% High
Lee's Sandwiches International — — — Medium
Lefab $193,000 – $441,000 ✓ 0% Low
Little Susie's Coffee & Pie $143,500 – $317,000 ✓ — Medium
Lola Beans $835,450 – $1,233,550 ✓ — Medium
Lola Beans Unit $835,450 – $1,233,550 — — Medium
Lukumades (Area Representative) $96,250 – $474,000 — — Medium
Lukumades (Unit) $197,795 – $321,530 — — Medium
Machi Machi $316,150 – $813,800 — 0% Medium
Macu International $108,000 – $165,000 — — Medium
Magnolia Bakery International $499,700 – $1,198,270 ✓ 0% Medium
Mahana Fresh (Area Representative) $94,700 – $453,775 — — Medium
Mai Franchising, LLC and Genji $26,270 – $76,700 — 5.1% Medium
Main Squeeze Juice Company and $427,050 – $656,500 ✓ — Medium
Mama's Meatball $253,300 – $415,400 — — Medium
Management M $414,356 – $580,557 — 0% Medium
Marble Slab Creamery $354,500 – $476,650 ✓ 4.8% Medium
Maui Wowi $28,900 – $279,050 — 2.5% High
Meals of Hope $61,050 – $71,925 ✓ 14.3% Medium
Meet Fresh $758,500 – $1,141,500 — — Medium
MELTwich $263,750 – $523,400 — — Medium
Melty Way (Unit) — — — Medium
Milk Jar Cookies — ✓ 0% Low
Milkshake Factory $551,705 – $814,508 ✓ — Low
Millie's Ice Cream & Coffee $253,500 – $556,500 ✓ 0% Low
Mister Softee $297,000 – $385,000 — — Medium
Mochidoki $348,800 – $904,500 ✓ — Low
Mochiholic $150,000 – $248,000 ✓ — Medium
Mokkoji Shabu Shabu — — — Medium
Molly Tea $527,500 – $1,108,000 — — Medium
Monja Taiker $316,300 – $452,400 — — Medium
MOTW Coffee & Pastries $340,790 – $578,180 — — Medium
Mountain Man Nut + Fruit Co. $15,360 – $16,100 — 16% High
Movita Juice Bar $412,500 – $530,000 — — Medium
Mr Brews Taphouse — — — Medium
Mr. Charlie's Told Me So $244,765 – $667,100 ✓ — Low
Mr. Dewie's $160,700 – $297,900 ✓ 0% Medium
Mr. Fries Man $285,000 – $578,000 ✓ — Low
Mr. Gatti's Pizza - FEC — — — Medium
Mr. Paint and Puff — — — Medium
MSY Management, Inc. (Presotea) $212,750 – $499,000 — 11.1% Medium
Mutabak Karak Restaurant $427,900 – $699,400 — — Medium
Mystic Lobster $101,500 – $140,025 ✓ — Medium
Myungrang Korean Hot Dog Shop — — — Medium
Nan Xiang Express — — 33.3% High
Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao $1,180,000 – $1,894,000 — — Medium
Nathan's Branded Menu Program $56,510 – $202,180 — 9.3% Medium
Nathan's Famous Branded Menu Program Operations $56,510 – $202,180 — 9.3% Medium
Natural Awakenings $59,550 – $86,275 — 0% Medium
Natural Life CBD.Kratom.Kava $192,830 – $308,700 ✓ 12.5% Low
Neehee's Restaurant $1,662,000 – $2,053,000 — — Medium
Negranti $262,800 – $490,200 — — Medium
Nekter Juice Bar $229,800 – $645,372 ✓ 8.8% Medium
New York Fries — — — High
Nick and Moes $2,305,000 – $2,995,000 ✓ — Low
Nick's Roasting Company $244,800 – $465,100 — — Medium
Nite Creamery — — — Medium
Nobibi $342,000 – $485,500 — — Medium
Nothing Bundt Cakes — ✓ 0.2% Low
Nutrishop $149,000 – $255,950 ✓ 11.7% High
NuYo FROZEN YOGURT — — — Medium
Oakberry USA $100,000 – $350,000 — — Medium
Odd Burger (Area Representative) $69,600 – $355,300 — — Medium
Old Ferry Donut $215,500 – $355,000 — — Medium
Onigilly Japanese Kitchen $223,554 – $423,097 — — Medium
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt $207,000 – $553,000 ✓ — Low
Origami $544,500 – $1,681,500 — — Medium
OTH $619,260 – $1,062,000 ✓ — Low
Pacific Perks $69,568 – $99,941 ✓ — Medium
Pada Food $43,100 – $101,350 — 0% Medium
Pappalecco $343,000 – $636,500 ✓ — Medium
Paris Baguette Family $727,515 – $1,860,550 ✓ 1.1% Low
Parlay Cafe $202,950 – $459,200 — — Medium
Parlor Doughnuts $467,000 – $863,000 ✓ — Low
Paulie Gee's $255,500 – $735,000 — — Medium
Pelican's SnoBalls $81,750 – $230,800 ✓ 0.5% Medium
Pepper Palace $211,000 – $288,000 ✓ — Low
Pie Bar Franchise, LLC dba Laurie's $230,600 – $478,000 ✓ — Medium
Pindao New Jersey LTD $504,000 – $743,500 — — Medium
Pinkberry $303,440 – $684,050 ✓ 3.4% Medium
Pixiu Mala Hong Tang — — 0% Medium
Pizza Schmizza — — — Medium
Planet Smoothie $227,650 – $488,000 — 3.9% High
Play PKL $3,179,200 – $7,528,700 ✓ — Medium
Playa Bowls $281,960 – $1,055,594 — 1.5% Medium
Popbar $217,000 – $458,400 — — Medium
PopUp Bagels $842,300 – $1,283,350 — — Medium
Potato Corner $400,000 – $815,000 — — Medium
Power Locker $109,700 – $115,300 — — Medium
Premium Matcha Cafe Maiko $333,300 – $470,800 — 4.3% Medium
Presotea $212,750 – $499,000 — 11.1% Medium
Presotea (Unit-CA) $190,200 – $441,000 — — Medium
Presotea (USA) Co., Ltd. (Master Franchise) $193,300 – $242,000 — — Medium
Pretzelmaker $391,500 – $573,000 ✓ 8.8% High
ProteinHouse — ✓ 0% Medium
Puffy — — — Medium
Pure Green (Unit) — — — Medium
Qahwah House — ✓ 5.6% Medium
Qargo Coffee — — 16.7% Medium
R&B Tea USA — — — Medium
Raceway $197,500 – $585,000 — — Medium
Randy's Donuts — ✓ — Medium
Reborn Coffee $140,500 – $410,000 — — Medium
Red Mango $198,500 – $382,500 ✓ 2.2% Medium
Red Straw $277,000 – $493,000 — — Medium
Rise Biscuits Donuts $634,100 – $827,000 ✓ 0% Low
Robeks $325,390 – $505,742 ✓ 3.3% Low
Rocket Fizz $130,400 – $288,000 ✓ 5.9% Low
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory $488,261 – $907,428 ✓ 2.9% Medium
Roni's Mac Bar $138,750 – $217,800 — — Medium
Roots and Rye $113,000 – $195,100 — — Medium
Rosati's Pizza $280,000 – $1,254,000 ✓ 25.2% Medium
Rose Tea Lounge $276,384 – $362,220 — — Medium
Rowda Group USA — — — Medium
Rush Bowls $200,000 – $547,000 — 8.3% Medium
San Chen $155,500 – $249,460 — — Medium
Sara's Artisan Gelato $317,300 – $437,600 ✓ — Low
Schmack $266,650 – $656,500 ✓ — Medium
Scooter's Coffee — ✓ 3.2% Low
Sculpture Hospitality $45,500 – $49,500 — 1.1% High
Sea Love $129,750 – $320,000 — 9.1% Medium
SEEDS $247,400 – $565,400 ✓ — Low
Sharetea — — 0.2% High
Shibam Coffee $346,950 – $436,750 — — Medium
Shipley Do-Nuts $516,512 – $855,147 ✓ 2% Medium
Shwe Dinga LLC (Coco) $330,050 – $772,300 — — Medium
Sidewalk Juice $255,000 – $660,000 — 0% Medium
Simple Plan $107,650 – $147,900 ✓ — Medium
Sip Fresh $233,660 – $420,760 ✓ 100% Medium
Sloan's $877,609 – $1,503,393 ✓ — Low
Smoothie Factory + Kitchen and/or $278,500 – $478,500 ✓ 14.3% High
Smoothie King $329,850 – $683,715 ✓ — Medium
Snowfruit $23,902 – $170,250 — 13.1% High
Somedays Bakery Franchising, LLC ( Somedays) $403,900 – $664,500 — — Medium
Southern Steer $1,101,169 – $2,364,529 — — Medium
Stella's Ice Cream-Franchising $273,500 – $545,100 ✓ — Medium
Sticky Icky Funnel Cakes $194,900 – $364,000 — — Medium
Street Corner $128,199 – $595,699 — — High
Suki Hana and Chicken Connection $295,000 – $1,403,500 — 0% Medium
Summer Moon Coffee $616,150 – $1,041,500 — 0% Medium
Supreme Deli $27,195 – $288,125 — 77.4% High
Supreme Produce $22,100 – $238,750 — 3.1% Medium
Surf City Squeeze $89,410 – $396,500 — 6.5% High
Sushi Avenue $18,525 – $158,470 — 7.4% High
Suspiros $117,500 – $138,650 — 0% Medium
Sweet Project $146,340 – $425,140 — — Medium
Sweet Red Peach $176,450 – $400,500 ✓ — Medium
Sweet Reserve $274,000 – $639,000 ✓ — Medium
Sweet Rolled Tacos $160,100 – $273,600 — — Medium
Sweethone Dessert $256,600 – $355,750 — 22.2% High
Takagi Coffee $385,500 – $773,000 — — Medium
Tapioca Express $217,900 – $479,100 ✓ 26.1% Medium
Tapville Social $89,000 – $133,500 ✓ 8.8% Low
Taste Buds Kitchen $425,750 – $549,650 ✓ 0% Medium
Tastea $251,600 – $551,900 — — Medium
TCBY $485,630 – $697,467 ✓ 9.6% Medium
TeaCupFuls $129,300 – $280,500 ✓ — Low
Teapioca Lounge $306,650 – $466,200 — 0% Medium
Teaspoon $244,500 – $548,000 ✓ 7.1% Low
Teatop $140,500 – $297,500 — — Medium
Teavoli Boba — — — Medium
Teazzi USA $243,288 – $568,611 — — Medium
Ten Thousand Franchise Family $565,363 – $1,261,195 — — Medium
Teriyaki Madness — ✓ — Medium
The Alley $359,000 – $743,000 — 2.9% Medium
The Brass Tap $535,350 – $1,738,675 ✓ 9.8% Medium
The Brass Tap $535,350 – $1,738,675 ✓ 9.8% Medium
The Dolly Llama $141,360 – $502,942 — — Medium
The Empanada Maker Franchise Group $246,274 – $554,467 — — Medium
The Fresh Monkee (Area Rep) $149,100 – $447,000 — — Medium
The Fresh Monkee (Unit) $155,200 – $317,300 ✓ — Low
The Growler Guys $211,900 – $448,500 — 12.5% High
The Human Bean — ✓ 1.8% Medium
The Original Rainbow Cone $3,205,979 – $4,969,378 ✓ 50% Medium
The Outside Scoop $222,000 – $2,200,000 — — Medium
The Rush Coffee Franchise Group — ✓ 0% Low
The Spice & Tea Exchange $312,900 – $557,514 ✓ 4.3% Medium
The Story of Ramen $117,025 – $232,700 ✓ — Low
The Wee Chippy Franchise System $123,217 – $160,050 ✓ — Medium
The Wild Goose Exchange $150,450 – $316,300 — — Medium
Thirstea $182,600 – $261,222 ✓ — Low
Three Dog Bakery $3,000 – $6,000 ✓ 0% Low
Tiger Sugar — — — Medium
Tipsy Scoop $217,291 – $284,352 ✓ — Low
TKRC Franchising Company $345,900 – $706,500 ✓ — Low
Toastique $471,152 – $890,846 — 10% High
Tom N Toms Coffee $370,400 – $487,300 — 1.3% High
Topsail Steamer $201,250 – $351,100 ✓ — Low
Tous Les Jours $730,750 – $1,703,000 ✓ 2.1% Medium
TP Tea $343,210 – $596,330 — — Medium
TPTEA Tea Shop $424,800 – $446,900 — — Medium
Tram Cream Coffee $266,000 – $392,000 — — Medium
Travelin' Tom's Coffee $185,121 – $265,325 — 1.6% Medium
Tru Bowl $194,150 – $320,500 ✓ 33.3% Low
Tsaôcaa $141,850 – $375,750 — 1.9% Medium
Turquoise Wine Bar $330,400 – $805,600 ✓ — Low
Two Hands — — 2.5% Medium
Ubatuba Acai Bowls $199,500 – $436,000 — — Medium
Ulalani's Hawaiian Shave Ice $161,975 – $322,475 ✓ 0% Low
Umeteaca $160,700 – $427,100 — — Medium
Velly Pizza $280,500 – $739,500 — — Medium
Village Juice Company $491,650 – $970,600 — — Medium
Vitality Bowls $208,800 – $683,140 ✓ 16.4% High
Voodoo Brewing Co. $466,500 – $1,875,000 ✓ — Medium
Waffle Cabin $91,000 – $226,100 ✓ — Medium
Waffle Love $311,800 – $674,700 ✓ 0% Medium
Waikomo Shave Ice $36,470 – $119,150 ✓ — Medium
WANPO $197,000 – $367,500 — — Medium
WANPO $3,500 – $10,000 — — Medium
Wateria $108,199 – $153,750 — — Medium
Wateria CA — — — Medium
Watermill Express $662,616 – $962,529 — 1.6% Medium
Waters Edge Winery $25,000 – $28,000 ✓ — Low
West Coast Sourdough (Area Representative) $73,250 – $609,000 — — Medium
Wetzel's Pretzels $188,500 – $725,450 ✓ 3.6% Medium
Wiki-Licious $9,510 – $29,650 — 14.6% Medium
Wild Blue AFC Advanced Fresh Concepts Zenshi $53,704 – $149,790 — — Medium
With A Twist $54,500 – $136,000 — 0% Medium
Woops! $64,875 – $165,475 ✓ 33.3% Medium
World Famous Meats $255,000 – $307,600 — — Medium
World Traveler Coffee Roasters Cafes $429,000 – $572,000 ✓ — Medium
Wushiland Boba $392,200 – $728,200 — — Medium
Wut-A-Pickle Enterprises $69,750 – $97,700 — — Medium
Yi Fang Taiwan Fruit Tea $118,700 – $221,250 — 4% Medium
Yoga-urt $291,525 – $419,900 ✓ — Low
Yogen Fruz $285,100 – $754,700 — 5.9% High
YOGEN FRUZ U S A INC (Master Franchises) $251,950 – $1,170,950 — — High
Yogurt Mountain $274,610 – $934,000 ✓ 5.6% Medium
Yogurtland $294,900 – $637,600 ✓ — Medium
Yummi Go Gourmet — — 5.4% Medium
Yummi Sushi — — — Medium
Yung De Jeng (Master) $253,900 – $283,900 — — Medium
YUNG DE JENG INC. (Area) $320,500 – $529,600 — — Medium
Zenshi Wild Blue Advanced Fresh Concepts AFC $45,004 – $251,404 — — Medium
ZeroZero39 Pizzeria Group $339,440 – $605,300 ✓ — Low
Zesty Olives $125,000 – $348,500 — — Medium

Figures as disclosed in each brand's most recent registered FDD. “—” means the FDD does not disclose it or the table did not parse cleanly — never an estimate. Tap any brand for the full breakdown. New to the term? What is Item 19? — the earnings disclosure, in plain English.

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Food & beverage franchises — frequently asked

What is the best food & beverage franchise?

"Best" is a claim the FDD numbers have to back: we rank food & beverage brands that disclose Item 19 earnings AND beat the category's median closure rate. 7 Brew currently tops that list with a 0% franchised-outlet closure rate; 15 food & beverage brands qualify. See Best Food & beverage franchises by the FDD numbers.

How much does a food & beverage franchise cost?

The median total initial investment across the 467 food & beverage franchises we track is $379,725 (FDD Item 7); individual brands range widely — the table on this page shows each one. The lowest-cost brands are ranked in Cheapest Food & beverage franchises to open.

Which food & beverage franchises disclose earnings?

198 of 467 food & beverage franchises (42%) make an Item 19 financial performance representation in their most recent FDD — franchisor-disclosed unit earnings, not estimates. See Food & beverage franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.

What is the failure rate of food & beverage franchises?

Across the 182 food & beverage brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 3.3% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 71 of the 359 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.

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This report compiles and structures publicly filed Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) data from state franchise registrations. It is not legal, financial, or investment advice, is not affiliated with or endorsed by any franchisor, and does not replace reading the full FDD or consulting a franchise attorney or accountant. All figures are as disclosed by the franchisor in its most recent registered FDD. Item 19 financial performance representations are made at the franchisor’s option and may be absent or limited.