Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream
Bottom line
- Total investment $311K – $699K including a $45K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $667K/year (median $649K). Estimated payback in 3.0 years.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 6 loans (below the industry average).
- 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
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 Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
13%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$400K
on $2.0M purchase
Total debt
$1.6M
SBA $1.0M + senior + seller note
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.
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 · 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 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
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.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 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
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
17 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Brooker’s Founding Flavors Ice Cream · FDD (2025) PDF