East Coast Street Tacos
Bottom line
- Total investment $457K – $946K including a $40K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100.
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
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 East Coast Street Tacos unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
17%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate casual quick-service restaurants focused on street-style tacos and Latin American cuisine. Day-to-day operations include food preparation, inventory management, point-of-sale transactions, staffing, and customer service in a small-footprint retail environment. Franchisees are responsible for local marketing, permit compliance, and P&L management within their protected territory.
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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
East Coast Street Tacos presents CAUTION-level risk due to a micro-sized franchise system with zero financial transparency, unproven unit economics, and insufficient operating history to validate franchise model viability.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 3 units in system with unknown growth trajectory suggests nascent or stalled franchise model
- 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents ROI validation and profitability assessment
- 03MINORWide investment range ($456,900–$945,750) indicates unclear startup costs or significant variability in unit economics
- 04MED5% royalty on undisclosed revenues makes it impossible to model actual take-home profitability
- 05MEDExtremely limited franchise track record with only 3 operating units creates high execution risk
- 06MINOR10-year term is longer than industry standard (typically 5 years), locking franchisee into unproven system
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
4 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
East Coast Street Tacos · FDD (2025) PDF