D Spot Dessert Café
Bottom line
- Total investment $785K – $1.8M including a $35K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 75/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 2 loans (below the industry average).
- 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
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 D Spot Dessert Café unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
6%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
D Spot Dessert Café franchisees operate quick-service dessert retail locations, serving specialty cakes, pastries, coffee, and beverages. Daily operations include food preparation, inventory management, point-of-sale transactions, and customer service in a café setting, likely targeting foot traffic in shopping centers or high-visibility locations.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 4 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
D Spot presents extreme risk due to zero operating units, going concern warning, and complete absence of financial performance data, making this an unvalidated investment in a potentially distressed franchisor.
Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern warning indicates franchisor financial distress or viability questions
- 02MINORZero operating units reported — either brand-new (unproven) or system collapsed/dormant
- 03MINORNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure — cannot validate $785K-$1.8M investment claims
- 04MINORWide investment range ($1.058M spread) suggests undefined unit economics or inconsistent buildout costs
- 05MED5% royalty on undisclosed average revenue makes ROI impossible to model
- 06MINOR10-year term is lengthy commitment to unproven, non-operating franchise system
- 07HIGHNo disclosed litigation does not eliminate legal/operational risk given going concern status
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
59 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
D Spot Dessert Café · FDD (2026) PDF