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Combo Brands

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2020Website
Investment
$49K – $353K
2nd pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
7.0%
87th pct Full Service
Units
13
47th pct Full Service
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $49K – $353K including a $35K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 62/100.
  • No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Combo Kitchen, LLC
Parent company
Franchise Creator, Inc.
Incorporated in
Florida
HQ
7300 N. Kendall Drive, Suite 340, Miami, FL. 33156
Auditor
Smith, Buzzi & Associates, LLC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.2M
vs $1.7M prior year

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 Combo Brands 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: $49K–$353K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $2K–$35K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

51%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$113K
EBITDA margin
15.0%
Total invested
$219K
Payback
23 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

Combo Brands franchisees operate [specific business model not provided in data]. Day-to-day operations likely include [retail/service/food service] delivery, customer management, inventory control, and local marketing within their protected territory. Success depends heavily on franchisor support systems and unit-level execution.

CEO
Hossein Kasmai
Founded
2020
FDD year
2024
States available
7

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$49K – $353K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$2K – $35K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$35K
Royalty
7.0%
Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
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
13
Opened
2
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Multi-unit owners
7.7%
Net growth (yr3)
+18.2%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
Outlier (see FDD)
Likely small-sample artifact
2022
13+2
Franchised units
2023
11
Franchised units
2024
3
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 10 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 · 10 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.

No SBA loan data available for this brand.

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

Risk & Legal

62
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE62 / 100

Early-stage, undisclosed-financials franchise with franchisor going concern issues and insufficient unit performance data to justify investment risk.

Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed in FDD Item 19 — impossible to assess unit economics or ROI
  2. 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial instability at franchisor level
  3. 03MINOROnly 13 units system-wide with 18.2% YoY growth shows early-stage/unproven concept with minimal track record
  4. 04MEDTiered royalty structure up to 8% is aggressive given lack of disclosed profitability data
  5. 05MINORExtremely wide investment range ($48,900–$353,000) suggests inconsistent unit models or unclear cost structure
  6. 06MINORSmall unit count limits ability to validate franchisee success or identify systemic problems

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius and Population
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
7 years
Renewal term
7 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
Florida

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
28 hrs
On-the-job training
20 hrs
POS system
Clover POS
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

19 numbers

Locked
(305) 592-••••
The franchisor is Combo Kitchen, LLC, located at
FL
(201) 360-••••
NJ
(517) 373-••••
MI

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Combo Brands · FDD (2024) PDF

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