Bottom line
- Total investment $421K – $878K including a $30K franchise fee.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 7 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 BoConcept unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
15%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
BoConcept franchisees operate contemporary furniture retail showrooms, displaying and selling Danish-designed home furnishings, lighting, and accessories. Day-to-day operations include showroom management, customer consultations, design advice, order processing, delivery coordination, and inventory management of high-end furniture pieces.
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 · 7 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
Rapidly collapsing franchise system with multiple active lawsuits, going concern status, 22% unit decline, and missing financial disclosures—extreme risk profile unsuitable for capital deployment.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01MINORUnit count collapsed 22.2% YoY (23 units remaining) indicating severe system deterioration and franchisee exits
- 02MINORMultiple active lawsuits including allegations of franchisor scheme to eliminate franchises, suggesting hostile franchisor-franchisee relationship and potential bad faith practices
- 03HIGHGoing concern status is true, signaling existential viability questions about the parent company's financial stability
- 04MEDNo disclosed average revenue or net income data (Item 19 missing) prevents validation of franchisee profitability claims
- 05HIGHBankruptcy involving Florida-based stores and multi-claim litigation by southern California franchisee suggests operational/financial distress across geographies
- 06MINORLease guarantee dispute and wrongful termination/whistleblower suit indicate governance and HR issues that may signal broader management dysfunction
- 07MINORHigh initial investment ($420,900–$877,500) paired with unknown royalty structure creates opaque cost-of-operation picture
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
18 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
BoConcept · FDD (2026) PDF