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Hissho Sushi

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2013Website
Investment
$27K – $137K
1st pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
0.0%
0th pct Full Service
Units
2,449
99th pct Full Service
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $27K – $137K including a $8K franchise fee, 0.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 59/100.
  • System growing at 16.4% CAGR over 3 years with 2449 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Hissho International, LLC
Parent company
Hissho Sushi Holdings, LLC
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
11949 Steele Creek Road, Charlotte, North Carolina 28273
Auditor
Cherry Bekaert LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$34.3M
vs $37.5M 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 Hissho Sushi 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: $27K–$137K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $5K–$25K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

163%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%
ROIC above 100% usually means the revenue figure is a system-wide aggregate or top-cohort number rather than a single-unit average. Verify the "Revenue · per unit" field against the brand's FDD Item 19 detail tables before relying on this output.

Store EBITDA · annual
$158K
EBITDA margin
21.0%
Total invested
$97K
Payback
7 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

Franchisees operate quick-service sushi restaurants, typically in high-traffic locations (malls, food courts, or standalone). Day-to-day responsibilities include food preparation (sushi rolling), inventory management, POS operations, staff scheduling, and customer service. Franchisees must adhere to Hissho's recipes and operational standards while managing local labor, rent, and cost of goods.

CEO
Daniel Beem
Founded
2017
FDD year
2025
States available
48

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$27K – $137K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$5K – $25K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$8K
Royalty
0.0%
Retained percentage of Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
2.0%
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
2,449
Opened
461
Last reporting year
Closed
107
Turnover rate
4.4%
Company-owned
60
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
98%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+9.1%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+16.4%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
2,389+143
Franchised units
2024
2,189
Franchised units
2025
2,052
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 16 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 · 16 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

59
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE59 / 100

Hissho Sushi presents caution-level risk due to complete absence of unit-level financial disclosure, variable royalty structure, unprotected territory, and modest system growth that masks unknown unit churn.

Score breakdown · what drove the 59 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORNo Item 19 financial disclosure (average revenue and net income not provided) — impossible to assess unit economics or profitability
  2. 02MINORRoyalty structure ranges 0-25% with no clarity on how/when rates increase — potential for unexpected margin compression
  3. 03MINOR2,449 units with only 9.1% YoY growth is modest for established brand; no context on unit closures or churn rate
  4. 04MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk — franchisor can award same area to competitors
  5. 05MEDShort 3-year term with no renewal information disclosed — recurring renegotiation risk and potential forced exit
  6. 06MINORWide investment range ($26,849–$136,829) suggests highly variable unit economics and unclear path to profitability
  7. 07MINORLow franchise fee ($7,500) relative to investment range indicates franchisor revenue heavily dependent on ongoing royalties

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Specific Location
Protected territory
No
Initial term
3 years
Renewal term
3 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
1 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
North Carolina

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
31 hrs
On-the-job training
50 hrs
POS system
Retail Host's POS System
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

85 numbers

Locked
(213) 576-••••
Los Angeles
CA
(415) 972-••••
San Francisco One Sansome Street, Suite
CA
(619) 610-••••
San Diego
CA

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FDD download

Hissho Sushi · FDD (2025) PDF

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