Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Franchise Cost & 2025 FDD Data
68/100
Second tier
68 this brand51 Quick-Service Restaurants medianlikely 64–72 (high confidence)
Higher is better · an editorial assessment, not investment advice
#661 of 3,068 graded brands
Why a B: Helped by unit growth, scale, legal record and transparency. Held back by unit economics. See all six factors
- Total investment
- $409K – $1.1M
- Avg gross sales
- $745K
- 172 Overall AUV outlets, 2024; not profit
- SBA charge-off
- 14.3%
1 in 7 SBA 7(a) loans to Bruster’s Real Ice Cream owners charged off (2 of 14 resolved loans, approved since FY1991); Quick-Service Restaurants median 17.6%.
Data from the FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records. Analysis by FranchiseVerdict · Methodology · Website · Report an error · Franchisor? Claim this listing
Bruster's Real Ice Cream is a franchise serving fresh, made-in-store premium ice cream from walk-up and drive-thru shops. Franchisees run shops managing on-site ice-cream production, scooping, and seasonal service.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2025 FDD
Per the 2025 FDD, a Bruster’s Real Ice Cream franchise requires a total initial investment of $409K – $1.1M, including a $20K – $40K franchise fee. Once open, the ongoing royalty is 5.0%. Per the 2025 FDD, average gross sales were $745K (Item 19: 172 Overall AUV outlets, 2024; gross sales, not profit). SBA 7(a) loans show a 14.3% charge-off rate on 14 resolved loans. Verdict grade: B (Second tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice.
Sources: 2025 FDD · SBA 7(a) loan records (FOIA) · What one unit could make and lose →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium (issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file)
Evidence for the headline figures: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✓ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored8 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
Quick verdict · vs Quick-Service Restaurants median
Top edge: green = better than the Quick-Service Restaurants median by more than 10%, red = worse by more than 10%, gray = within 10% or no benchmark. Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a).
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Methodology
Bottom line
- RETURNSAverage gross sales of $745K/year (outlet median $673K; Item 19: 172 Overall AUV outlets, 2024; gross sales, not profit).
- GROWTHIn the latest Item 20 year, the number of franchised outlets grew by 12 (17 opened, 5 closed).
AT STAKEOne unit at the Item 7 midpoint: $99K a year in payments on assumed SBA 7(a)-style terms.You put in about $153K of your own cash and personally guarantee a $611K loan. Assumptions are labeled in Sales; not investment advice.See what one unit could make and lose
Things to check before you sign (4)
- The franchisor keeps the right to compete inside your territory (Item 12, territory).
- You waive a jury trial in disputes with the franchisor (Item 17, renewal, termination and disputes).
- The franchisor receives rebates or payments from suppliers you buy from (Item 8, required suppliers).
- Item 15 (owner participation) requires the owner, or a principal the franchisor approves, to run the business day to day. Ask how much of the business that principal must own.
SBA charge-off rate 14.3%, below the 17.6% category median; the score uses fixed ranges, not the median, and takes 6 points for it (see Why a B). Checked and clear: no auditor doubt that the franchisor can keep operating, no net loss of franchised outlets in the latest Item 20 years, no lawsuit naming the franchisor in Item 3 and the full filing on file, and an Item 19 average from 172 units.
What to do next
Step 1: Read the FDD itself.
Free: read the 2025 filing on this site, page by page. The franchisor must also give you its current FDD at least 14 days before you sign or pay. Or look it up in a state registry (Wisconsin, Minnesota, California). What to read first.
Step 2: Talk to current and former owners.
Free: Item 20 of the FDD lists every current owner and those who left last year, most with a phone number. Questions to ask.
Shortcut: the Bruster’s Real Ice Cream owner list as a CSV, in the Contacts section.
Step 3: Talk to an SBA lender.
Free: the SBA's Lender Match, or the lenders already lending to this brand in the SBA section. Ask what you would personally guarantee and what the monthly payment would be. If you plan to use retirement savings, ask a CPA about the rules for that first.
Step 4: Have a franchise attorney review the FDD and agreement.
Free: your state bar's lawyer referral service can name franchise lawyers, and many offer a short first consultation. Bring the checks listed above.
Research steps, not investment or legal advice.
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost (the Item 7 midpoint) is 57% above the Quick-Service Restaurants median ($487K).
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7 (fees and startup costs)
Do you qualify? The filing states no minimum net worth or liquid capital. Ask Bruster's Limited Partnership (Item 1: 730 Mulberry Street, Bridgewater, PA 15009) and your lender what they require, and keep living costs for the first year outside the deal.
Full Item 7 breakdown16 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $20K | $40K | |
| Lease | $5.33K | $16K | |
| Utility Deposit | $500 | $1K | |
| Architect Fees | $7.5K | $17K | |
| Construction Costs | $267.2K | $633.6K | |
| Expenses for Initial Training | $3K | $6K | |
| Business Licenses and Permits | $500 | $2.5K | |
| Business Insurance | $5K | $7.5K | |
| Initial Inventory | $12.5K | $18K | |
| Computer Hardware & Software | $26K | $68K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures, & Eqpt | $25K | $216K | |
| Signage | $7K | $30K | |
| Grand Opening Marketing Program | $7K | $10K | |
| Professional Fees | $2.5K | $10K | |
| Post-Opening Support | $0 | $2.5K | |
| Additional Funds (3 months) | $20K | $40K | |
| Total initial investment | $409K | $1.1M |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. The total row is the total as printed in Item 7. Actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 6 · what you pay once you are open
Ongoing fees
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Technology feesNo technology fee currently; franchisor reserves right to charge up to $150/month with no more than 5% annual increase | See the list |
| Training feeAdditional training charge listed in Item 6 | $3,000 |
| Transfer fee | $20,000 |
| Total fee loadabove the Quick-Service Restaurants median of 7.0% (heavy) | 8.0% of sales |
What do units actually make?
Average gross sales are 22% below the Quick-Service Restaurants median ($950K).
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19 (sales and earnings)
Items 6 (other fees), 7 (startup costs) and 19 (sales and earnings) · assumptions labeled
What you could make and lose: one unit
What one Bruster’s Real Ice Cream unit would ask of you, from the filing's Item 7 total and labeled assumptions.
Average gross sales are $745K (FDD Item 19, p.54), and the royalty and ad fund take about $60K of that a year (Item 6). This brand's Item 19 does not print cost lines. Enter your own from a lease quote, a payroll plan and calls with current owners. So this box does not estimate a profit. To cover the loan payment alone, one unit has to clear $99K a year after its food, labor, rent and other costs and the franchisor's fees.
How these figures are worked out
- Loan (assumption): 80% of the $764K Item 7 midpoint is a $611K loan, paid over 10 years at 10.5%: $99K a year. SBA 7(a)-style terms on a long-term rate; your lender sets yours. Bruster’s Real Ice Cream's past SBA 7(a) loans averaged 7.9% at approval; 7(a) rates move with the prime rate, so 10.5% is a current-rate assumption, not this brand's history.
What you put at risk
Your own cash in: about $153K Assumption (the part the loan does not cover of the $764K Item 7 midpoint), plus whatever anything Item 7 leaves out (its notes say what). The loan is $611K.
Personal guarantee. SBA 7(a) loans require a personal guarantee from anyone who owns 20% or more of the business. If the unit cannot pay, the lender can collect from you personally, which can include your savings and your home. The worst case is losing the cash you put in and still owing the rest of the loan.
Gross sales are not profit, and none of these figures is take-home pay until tax and every operating cost are paid. The assumptions are ours, not the filing's. Not investment advice.
Returns modelOne unit · several units · editable
One unit
One unit: what is left after the loan payment
Gross sales, minus the franchisor's fees and the operating costs, is the unit's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). Minus an assumed loan payment, that is what is left for you, before tax. Gross sales are not profit.
This brand's Item 19 does not print cost lines. Enter your own from a lease quote, a payroll plan and calls with current owners. Invested capital is the Item 7 total, which already includes its working-capital (additional funds) line.
Returns model · one unit
What would one Bruster’s Real Ice Cream unit leave you each year after the loan payment?
Item 19: $745,019 average for 172 outlets (Overall AUV 2024). Use a figure for outlets like yours if yours differ.
Gross sales, not profit: the costs below decide what is left.
This brand's Item 19 does not print cost lines. Enter your own from a lease quote, a payroll plan and calls with current owners.
Illustrative category typicals, not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Item 7 midpoint of $409K to $1.1M
Item 7's $20K to $40K additional funds are already in the total
Left after the loan payment · per year
The unit's EBITDA minus the assumed loan payment. Before tax, depreciation and any cost your inputs leave out (insurance, accounting and legal, licenses, technology fees): not take-home pay.
Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies COGS, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.
Loan of $611K at 10.5% over 10 years, an assumption, not a quote. Return and payback are before tax, depreciation and the costs above. The loan usually needs your personal guarantee.
Buying several existing units? The acquisition scenario
Buying several units
What buying a few existing units could return
Prices an existing operator of a few units off the single-unit EBITDA above, after shared services, and finances it with an SBA 7(a) loan, a conventional loan and a seller note. It shows the yearly return on your cash (IRR), whether year-1 earnings cover the loan payments (DSCR) and how the price is paid for. It starts at 5 units; every deal term is an assumption you can change, and none is from the FDD.
Not modelled yet
Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies COGS, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.
This scenario starts from a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in the one-unit model above and it runs on that figure, or take it to the full ROI workbench, where the multi-unit and acquisition models accept your own per-unit economics.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD · filed by Bruster's Limited Partnership
Financial performance
- Range (low → high)
- $190K→$2.3M2025 FDD p.54
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Top and bottom 33%
- $462K→$1.1M
- Bottom group → top group: the top and bottom 33% as the filing reports them
- Transparency
- 6 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 (more detail than most)
Percentile ranks within Quick-Service Restaurants
Each rank is among the Quick-Service Restaurants brands that report that figure (the count is under each bar).
Average gross sales are only 1.0x the investment midpoint, so recouping the initial outlay is likely to take years even at strong margins. Gross sales are not profit.
vs Quick-Service Restaurants medians
How Bruster’s Real Ice Cream compares
Category median of published Quick-Service Restaurants brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Who are you contracting with?
Bruster's Limited Partnership.
Item 1 (the franchisor) · who you're contracting with
The franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Bruster's Limited Partnership
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Jim Sahene
- Incorporated in
- PA
- HQ
- 730 Mulberry Street, Bridgewater, PA 15009
- Auditor
- H2R CPA
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $9.8M
- latest fiscal year in the 2025 FDD; $9.2M the year before
Affiliated brands
- BICI
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Jim Sahene
- Franchised outlets in
- 23 states and territories
- Item 20 Table 3, at year end
- States and territories listed
- 23
- registered or offered in, as the filing lists them (DC and territories included); not where units may open
Is the system healthy?
+19 franchised outlets over the two years to 2024 (186 to 205, +10.2% in total, +5.0% a year compounded).
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20 (outlets opened, closed and transferred)
Item 20 (outlet counts) · unit dynamics
The growth chart
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 rates and pipeline
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 127
- 0.62 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 4
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Item 20 · franchised units at year end
Franchised units rose from 186 in 2022 to 205 in 2024
Axis does not start at zero.
Source and method
Item 20 (outlet counts) Table 3 · franchised outlets at year end
Where current outlets are
Franchised outlets at year end by state, as the filing's Item 20 Table 3 counts them. Not a list of where the franchisor may sell new units.
Current outlets (count on the tile) · 23 statesNo current outlet
205 franchised outlets at year end in 23 states (Item 20 Table 3).
Registration-law states
States whose laws require the FDD to be filed, as the filing lists them; not where units may open.
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Michigan
- New York
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
The states this FDD names in its state registration list or state addenda. It is not a count of where units operate.
Government records
SBA loan data
Lenders charged off 14.3% of 14 resolved SBA 7(a) loans, below the 17.6% category median. 7(a) is the SBA's main small-business loan; a resolved loan was paid in full or charged off.
- Loans on file
- 85
- SBA 7(a) loans matched to this brand, incl. those still being repaid
- Loan volume
- $53.0M
- Average loan
- $623K
- loan volume divided by loans
- Charge-off rate
- 14.3%
- 2 of 14 resolved loans
- Paid in full
- 85.7%
- of resolved loans
- Recent-loan charge-off
- Too early to judge
- only 9 recent loans have been resolved
- Lenders
- 37
- Average interest rate
- 7.9%
- Jobs reported
- 1,856
- Lender concentration
- 34%
- top lender's share
Cumulative: every 7(a) loan matched to this brand in the SBA’s FOIA files, approved FY1991 onward. Historical lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
Benchmark: the median Quick-Service Restaurants brand charges off 17.6% (175 brands with a published rate, same cumulative window and source). This brand is 3.4 points below it.
Borrower mix: of the 85 loans with a recorded business age, 64 (75%) went to startups or businesses under two years old and 21 (25%) to established businesses or ownership changes.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Full SBA lending reportlenders · charge-off rate · trend
Lender network · SBA 7(a)
SBA Lending Report
Lender, state and yearly detail for Bruster’s Real Ice Cream from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records.
- Average SBA guarantee
- 73%
- Average interest rate
- 7.9%
- Lender concentration
- 34%
- Jobs reported
- 1,856
Top 10 SBA lenders by loan count
| Loans | Volume | Charge-off |
|---|---|---|
| United Community Bank | ||
| 29 | $18.5M | Not on file |
| The Huntington National Bank | ||
| 7 | $3.2M | Not on file |
| Meadows Bank | ||
| 5 | $1.9M | Not on file |
| Mission Valley Bank | ||
| 3 | $2.1M | Not on file |
| Stearns Bank National Association | ||
| 2 | $294K | Not on file |
A lender’s rate counts only its resolved loans, the loans that have finished (paid in full or charged off); a 0.0% often means few of its loans have finished. Under 10 resolved loans, the rate reads “Too few”.
Charge-off rate by state (top 10 by loans)
| State | Loans | Charged off | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| GA Georgia | 12 | 0 | Too few2 resolved |
| SC South Carolina | 10 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| CA California | 7 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
| TX Texas | 7 | 1 | Too few2 resolved |
| NC North Carolina | 6 | 0 | Too few3 resolved |
| MO Missouri | 5 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| NY New York | 4 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| OH Ohio | 4 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| VA Virginia | 4 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| AZ Arizona | 3 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
Rate: charged-off loans over resolved loans (paid in full plus charged off), shown from 10 resolved loans. "Too few": under 10 resolved. The Loans column counts every approval in the window, including loans still being repaid.
SBA 7(a) loans approved per year
Borrower profile
The SBA's own business-age labels (4)
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level data, matched to the brand by FranchiseVerdict.
What are the risks?
Main risk in the grade: unit economics. The reasons are below.
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Verdict grade + FDD Items 3 (litigation), 4 (bankruptcy), 8 (required suppliers), 16 (what you may sell), 21 (audited financials)
Risk and legal
Grade B: Second tier, 68/100 (category median 51); the full grade is at the top of the page.
How the grade is built
Why a B, factor by factor
- Financial health NeutralAudited financials; no going-concern doubt; franchisor net income positive
- Unit economics Weighs on it, weakest dimensionAvg gross sales $745K on a $764K investment midpoint, 1.0x (gross sales, not profit)
- Unit growth Helps+19 franchised outlets over the two years to 2024 (186 to 205, +10.2% in total, +5.0% a year compounded); turnover 2.4%
- Scale HelpsNo outlet open yet
- Legal HelpsNo litigation naming the franchisor in Item 3
- Transparency HelpsItem 19 discloses financial performance; audited financials
- Adjustments after the six dimensions (-5 points)SBA loan record: the SBA charge-off rate (14.3% on 14 resolved loans) is between 10% and 20%, a range the score counts against a brand, so it took 6 points off. The score uses fixed ranges, not the category median, so a rate below its category median can still cost points.Rounding: the score is kept as a whole number, which moved it by 1 point.
From the six scored dimensions, an editorial assessment, not investment advice. How the score is built
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · H2R CPA
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
The revenue figures are in the Franchisor tab, under The franchisor.
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Total revenue of $9,796,422 for fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, per Item 11 (from audited financial statements). The audited balance-sheet figures in Exhibit F were not legibly extractable from the source text (encoding/mojibake), so assets, liabilities, equity, net income, and auditor name are null.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
Ask what the franchisor earns on the supplies it sells you or the rebates it takes (Item 8).
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Franchisor takes supplier rebates: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Notes from the filing review · not the score inputs
- 01MINORSlow unit growth of 6.2% YoY indicates market saturation or franchisee struggles in a mature system of 206 units
- 02MINORModest 5% royalty may mask franchisor's financial weakness or indicate underfunding of support services
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before your own operating costs.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12 (territory), 15 (owner participation) and 17 (renewal, termination and disputes)
Contract and territory detail
| Allowed renewals | 2 |
|---|---|
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territory | No |
| Territory radius | 6 mi |
| Territory population | 75,000 |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Who runs it (Item 15) | The owner, or a principal the franchisor approves, must run it |
| Non-compete (years) | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles) | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusal | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Arbitration location | Beaver County, Pennsylvania |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | PA |
Items 10 (financing), 11 (training and support)
Training and operations
- Classroom training
- 19 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 62 hrs
- Training location
- Bridgewater, Pennsylvania (franchisor offices) and in-store
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 10–12 mo
- From signing to launch (FDD p.33)
- Site selection
- Franchisee with franchisor approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- NCR Aloha Cloud (NCR Voyix)
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 (initial fees) & 11 (training and support)
Franchisor support
Item 20 (outlet counts) · call current owners
Franchisee contacts
Who can you call before you sign?
205 current outlets listed
Records carry the franchisee (company or owner name as the filing prints it), phone number, city and state (franchisee name on 217 of 220, city on 213 of 220, state on 217 of 220). 220 records: 205 current outlets + 15 former owners (terminated, transferred, not renewed or otherwise left). From the filing's Item 20 (the outlet list); the FDD itself is the free source.
For your own due-diligence calls only. Not for telemarketing, marketing lists, or automated or prerecorded calls or texts.
One-time · CSV download · full refund within 7 days if the data does not match the FDD. Some numbers, especially for former owners, may be outdated.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to open a Bruster’s Real Ice Cream franchise?
Per the 2025 FDD, the total investment to open a Bruster’s Real Ice Cream franchise ranges from $409K to $1.1M, with an initial franchise fee of $20K – $40K. This is the Item 7 total in the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD): the startup costs the franchisor lists, such as build-out, equipment, inventory and working capital. It usually leaves out buying land or a building; Item 7's notes say what is excluded.
What do Bruster’s Real Ice Cream franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Bruster’s Real Ice Cream FDD, average gross sales were $745K (172 Overall AUV outlets, 2024; gross sales, not profit). The median is $673K. What an owner keeps depends on location, operating costs and management.
Who owns Bruster’s Real Ice Cream?
Bruster’s Real Ice Cream is franchised by Bruster's Limited Partnership. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Bruster’s Real Ice Cream FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Bruster’s Real Ice Cream FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Bruster’s Real Ice Cream's franchise failure rate?
There is no published franchise failure rate. What is measurable is Bruster’s Real Ice Cream's SBA charge-off rate: 14.3% on 14 resolved loans. Put plainly: 1 in 7 SBA 7(a) loans to Bruster’s Real Ice Cream owners charged off (2 of 14 resolved loans, approved since FY1991). The SBA charge-off rate is the share of a brand's resolved SBA 7(a) loans to its franchisees that the SBA wrote off, including purchased guarantees. Resolved means paid in full or charged off; active loans are excluded because their outcome is not yet known. It is a lending outcome, not a count of closed businesses. A franchisee can repay and close, or default and keep trading.
How many Bruster’s Real Ice Cream franchise locations are there?
Per the 2025 FDD, Bruster’s Real Ice Cream has 205 franchised units and 1 company-owned (206 in all). In the latest year, the number of franchised outlets grew by 12 (17 opened, 5 closed).
Is Bruster’s Real Ice Cream a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict gives Bruster’s Real Ice Cream a B Verdict grade (Second tier) with a verdict score of 68 out of 100 (higher is better), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Helped by unit growth, scale, legal record and transparency. Held back by unit economics (avg gross sales $745K on a $764K investment midpoint, 1.0x: gross sales, not profit). The “Why a B” section on this page lists all six dimensions and any adjustment. Speak with current franchisees before making any investment decision.
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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.