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BoConcept

OtherFranchising since 2003Website
Investment
$421K – $878K
83rd pct Other
Avg revenue
50th pct Other
Royalty
Units
23
51st pct Other
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

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

Legal entity
BOCONCEPT FRANCHISE, INC.
Parent company
BoConcept North America, Inc.
Incorporated in
Kansas
HQ
210 Mountain Ave # 48, Springfield, NJ 07081-2211
Auditor
Sax, LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$162K
vs $229K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2026
Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.

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?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $421K–$878K
Working capital
$
Item 7 didn't break this out — defaulted to ~10% of annual revenue

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

15%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$105K
EBITDA margin
14.0%
Total invested
$699K
Payback
80 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

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.

CEO
David Anderberg
Founded
1952
FDD year
2026
States available
6

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$421K – $878K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$0 – $100K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$30K
Royalty
n/d
Ad fund
Minimum of 8% of Annual Gross Turnover for Local Advertising
Total fee load
8.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
23
Opened
4
Last reporting year
Closed
8
Turnover rate
34.8%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
-22.2%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-33.3%
Compounded over last 3 years
2024
14-6
Franchised units
2025
18
Franchised units
2026
21
Franchised units

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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 7 states
Not registered

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.

Total loans
7
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

72
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION72 / 100

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

  1. 01MINORUnit count collapsed 22.2% YoY (23 units remaining) indicating severe system deterioration and franchisee exits
  2. 02MINORMultiple active lawsuits including allegations of franchisor scheme to eliminate franchises, suggesting hostile franchisor-franchisee relationship and potential bad faith practices
  3. 03HIGHGoing concern status is true, signaling existential viability questions about the parent company's financial stability
  4. 04MEDNo disclosed average revenue or net income data (Item 19 missing) prevents validation of franchisee profitability claims
  5. 05HIGHBankruptcy involving Florida-based stores and multi-claim litigation by southern California franchisee suggests operational/financial distress across geographies
  6. 06MINORLease guarantee dispute and wrongful termination/whistleblower suit indicate governance and HR issues that may signal broader management dysfunction
  7. 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

Territory
Specific location in a Territory
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
5
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
1 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
Denmark

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
52 hrs
On-the-job training
75 hrs
POS system
AXAPTA
Operating tech stack

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

Locked
(514) 688-••••
(657) 267-••••
CA
(860) 240-••••
CT

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

BoConcept · FDD (2026) PDF

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