American Kolache
Bottom line
- Total investment $233K – $371K including a $39K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 47/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 12 loans (below the industry average).
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one American Kolache unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
36%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate quick-service bakery cafés specializing in Czech pastries (kolaches) and coffee. Daily operations include food preparation, inventory management, customer service, and retail point-of-sale management in small footprint locations.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 10 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
American Kolache is a micro-franchise system with opaque unit economics and extreme scale volatility that makes financial projections unreliable.
Score breakdown · what drove the 47 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — impossible to validate ROI claims or average unit economics
- 02MINORExtremely small system (9 units) with high volatility risk — 66.7% YoY growth is mathematically unstable at this scale (likely 3-6 unit swings)
- 03MEDHigh investment-to-revenue ratio unknown — $233k-$370k initial investment with no disclosed average revenue creates blind ROI analysis
- 04MEDYoung franchise system with limited track record — cannot assess long-term viability or franchisee survival rates
- 05MED6% royalty on undisclosed sales creates uncertainty — franchisees cannot model cash flow or profitability scenarios
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
13 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
American Kolache · FDD (2024) PDF