Bottom line
- Total investment $100K – $1.4M including a $40K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.7M/year.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 47/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 39 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 20.4% CAGR over 3 years with 59 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 Dog Haus unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
32%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Dog Haus units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
36.9%
4.80× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.24×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$4.4M
on $13.5M purchase
Total debt
$9.0M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Dog Haus franchisees operate fast-casual restaurants specializing in premium hot dogs, sausages, and related comfort foods. Day-to-day operations involve food prep, customer service at counter or drive-thru, inventory management, and staff scheduling in a QSR environment similar to Wienerschnitzel or Portillo's competitors.
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 · 25 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
Dog Haus presents moderate-to-cautionary risk: small unit count with weak growth, opaque profitability metrics, and wide investment variance mask true earnings potential despite reasonable franchise fees and protected territories.
Score breakdown · what drove the 47 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed — inability to validate $1.68M revenue claim or assess true profitability
- 02MEDSlow unit growth of 3.5% YoY with only 59 units suggests limited brand momentum and market traction
- 03MINORWide investment range ($99K-$1.43M) indicates inconsistent unit economics or high variability in build-out costs
- 04MEDNet income not disclosed — franchisees cannot assess actual take-home earnings or ROI timeline
- 05MINOR6% royalty on gross sales is above average for QSR and compounds burden if net margins are thin
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
89 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Dog Haus · FDD (2025) PDF