Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice CreamFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchise requires a total initial investment of $311K – $699K, including a $45K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $667K[2]. Verdict grade: A. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 18, 2026 · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $311K – $699K
- 61st pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- $667K
- 17th pct Service Resta…
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 44th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 4
- 17th pct Service Resta…
- SBA default
- N/A
Quick verdict · Quick-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Quick-Service Restaurants avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Started franchising in 2024. Newer systems carry more uncertainty but may offer better territories.
33% cash-on-cash return (based on P&L Bottom Line). Above the 20% threshold most investors target.
Bottom line
- Total investment $311K – $699K including a $45K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $667K/year (median $649K), with an estimated 33% cash-on-cash return (based on P&L Bottom Line).
- Verdict A (Top Quintile) with a risk score of 46/100.
- Emerging franchise: only 2 years of franchising with 4 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- BROOKER’S FRANCHISING, LLC
- Parent company
- Brooker’s Holdings, LLC
- Ultimate parent
- Brooker's Holdings, LLC
- CEO title
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- Brian Brooker
- CEO experience
- 6 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 3999 W. Centennial Street, Cedar Hills, Utah, 84062
- Auditor
- Zaheer Sattaur
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $0
- Most recent fiscal year
Overview
About
Franchisees operate artisanal ice cream shops serving premium, specialty ice cream flavors inspired by classic American recipes. Day-to-day operations include production/sourcing of ice cream, customer-facing retail sales, staff management, inventory control, and local marketing to drive foot traffic in their protected territory.
- CEO
- Brian Brooker
- Founded
- 2018
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 1
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing · 17 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $45K | $45K | |
| Training Expenses | $1K | $3K | |
| Premises Deposits | $6K | $10K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $133K | $334K | |
| Signage | $9K | $27K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures & Security Cameras | $42K | $93K | |
| Equipment | $25K | $70K | |
| Computer Systems | $2K | $5K | |
| Office Supplies | $971 | $2K | |
| Initial Inventory - Ice Cream | $18K | $41K | |
| Initial Inventory - Other | $5K | $8K | |
| Grand Opening Marketing | $5K | $7K | |
| Professional Fees | $10K | $20K | |
| Licenses and Permitsnot refundable | $2K | $5K | |
| Insurance | $153 | $419 | |
| Additional Funds - 3 months | $5K | $27K | |
| Development Fee (Multi-Unit - 3 outlets) | $108K | $108K | |
| Total initial investment | $418K | $806K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$93K
14.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
18%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
5.6 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $311K – $699K
- Near category avg vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $27K
- Better than avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $45K – $45K
- Below avg, review vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
- Payback period
- 3.0 yrs
- From FDD / Item 19
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $500 |
| Transfer fee | $23K |
| Renewal fee | $14K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $667K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $649K
- Avg p&l bottom line
- $165K
- Reported as P&L Bottom Line in FDD Item 19
- Cash-on-cash
- 32.8%
- Based on P&L Bottom Line / investment midpoint
- Item 19 type
- Historical
- Sample size
- 3 units
- vs category median 28 · small
- Range (low → high)
- $627K→$725K
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Transparency
- 10 / 5
- vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Compared against 453 Quick-Service Restaurants brands
vs Quick-Service Restaurants averages
How Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 4
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 4
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
3-year detail · Item 20
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Projected new
- 24
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 17 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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA loan disclosures. This brand has only 6 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 6
- Loan volume
- N/A
- Amount data pending
- Median loan
- N/A
- Charge-off rate
- N/A
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- N/A
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 0
- Defaults
- 0
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Brooker's is a pre-revenue-stage micro-franchise (4 units) with undisclosed growth, financial uncertainty flagged by going concern status, and unverified performance claims—presenting substantial execution and franchisor viability risk.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation required to be disclosed
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Zaheer Sattaur
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 46 / 100 rating
- 01MEDOnly 4 units systemwide with unknown/stagnant growth trajectory signals extremely limited brand scale and unproven expansion model
- 02HIGHGoing Concern = False indicates franchisor may lack financial stability or has disclosed material uncertainty about continued operations
- 03MINORNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) means $666,945 avg revenue and $165,430 net income are unverified claims without substantiation
- 04MINORHigh investment range ($310k-$699k) paired with micro-unit count suggests unit economics may not justify capital outlay or franchisor is not scaling efficiently
- 05MINOR6% royalty on modest average revenue ($40k annual royalty) may indicate franchisor relies on upfront fees rather than unit success
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Population/Radius |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 2 mi |
| Territory population | 30,000 |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 5 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Utah County, Utah |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Utah |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 24 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 56 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 8 mo
- From signing to launch
- POS system
- Toast
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Toast
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
17 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchise?
The total investment to open a Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchise ranges from $311K – $699K, with an initial franchise fee of $45K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $667K. The median is $649K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream has 4 total units in the United States, including 0 franchised units and 4 company-owned units.
Is Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream as a A-grade franchise with a risk score of 46 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.