DBelow average31/100FDD 2026
Beef 'O' Brady's: Litigation & Risk
Full-Service Restaurants · FDD Items 3, 4 & 5
Lower Risk
No litigation cases disclosed in FDD Items 3 and 4.
Source: FDD Items 3–5
FDD Items 3 & 4
Litigation Metrics
- Cases disclosed
- 0
- Total from FDD Items 3 and 4
- Bankruptcy (Item 4)
- None
- Franchisor or officer bankruptcy
- Verdict score
- 31 / 100
- FranchiseVerdict composite · higher is better
- Rating
- D
- A / B / C / D / F verdict grade
7(a) FOIA data · FY2020–present
SBA Loan Performance
Aggregated from public SBA 7(a) loan disclosures. Charge-off rate is the share of loans that were charged off or settled for less than the full balance.
- Total 7(a) loans
- 135
- Government-backed loans issued
- Charge-off rate
- 54.0%
- vs 16% franchise average
- 5-yr charge-off rate
- 0.0%
- Defaults
- 61 loans
- Loans charged off or defaulted
- Total loan volume
- $54.2M
- Avg loan size
- $401K
- Participating lenders
- 46
FDD Items 5, 6 & 17: What You Give Up
Contract Risk Indicators
- Mandatory arbitration
- Not required
- You retain the right to sue in court
- Jury trial waiver
- Waived
- You give up the right to a jury trial
- Non-compete
- 2 yrs
- Post-termination restriction on similar businesses
- Franchisor can compete
- Yes
- Franchisor can open competing locations in or near your territory
- Right of first refusal
- Yes
- Franchisor can match any purchase offer when you try to sell
- Governing law
- FL
- State whose law governs disputes. Relevant if you're not based there
Extracted from FDD Item 3
Litigation Detail
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
What drove the 31/100 verdict
Risk Score Breakdown
- 01MINORUnit count declining 2.9% YoY (125 units) signals system contraction and potential market saturation
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 — cannot validate actual profitability or ROI against $812K-$1.46M investment
- 03MEDHigh initial investment ($812K-$1.46M) paired with undisclosed earnings creates opacity on payback period
- 04MINORAverage revenue of $1.7M appears modest relative to QSR standards; unclear if sufficient to cover labor, COGS, occupancy, and 5% royalties
- 05HIGHNo litigation disclosed is positive, but declining unit trajectory and missing financial data suggest franchisor may not disclose full picture
Severity inferred from FDD text. Not a regulatory or legal classification
Litigation data from FDD Items 3, 4, and 5. SBA data from public 7(a) FOIA records (FY2020–present). Not legal advice. Consult a franchise attorney before signing any franchise agreement.