Balance Pan-Asian Grille
Bottom line
- Total investment $768K – $1.2M including a $35K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.6M/year (median $1.6M). Estimated payback in 4.6 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 53/100.
- 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 Balance Pan-Asian Grille unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
21%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Balance Pan-Asian Grille units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
43.0%
5.98× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.03×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$2.9M
on $11.3M purchase
Total debt
$8.4M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate casual-dining pan-Asian restaurants featuring diverse cuisines (likely Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Japanese fusion concepts). Day-to-day operations include kitchen management, food cost control, front-of-house service, staffing oversight, and inventory management across a menu-heavy concept requiring skilled execution.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 3 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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Micro-franchise system with high capital requirements, unproven growth model, and limited financial transparency presents meaningful risk despite absence of litigation.
Score breakdown · what drove the 53 / 100 rating
- 01MEDOnly 5 units operating with unknown growth trajectory suggests limited system maturity and scale
- 02MINORHigh investment range ($768K-$1.2M) against modest average net income ($216K) yields ROI of only 18-28% annually with extended payback period
- 03MINORExtremely small franchise system creates survivability concerns and limits corporate support infrastructure
- 04MEDNo disclosed Item 19 financial performance data prevents independent verification of averages claimed
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
9 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Balance Pan-Asian Grille · FDD (2024) PDF