Hop & Grape Taproom
Bottom line
- Total investment $215K – $415K including a $35K franchise fee, 4.0% 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.
- 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 Hop & Grape Taproom unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
39%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Hop & Grape Taproom franchisees operate casual beverage-focused venues serving craft beer, wine, and likely food offerings. Daily operations include managing inventory, staffing hospitality teams, handling point-of-sale transactions, maintaining tap systems/wine programs, and executing marketing 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
Last reporting year only, multi-year history not disclosed in this brand's FDD.
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
Pre-revenue or failing franchisor with zero operating units, non-disclosure of financial metrics, and going concern issues presents extreme execution risk for franchisees.
Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating
- 01MEDZero existing franchise units indicates brand has never successfully scaled or all units have failed/closed
- 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents ROI analysis and suggests poor unit economics
- 03HIGHGoing concern status is FALSE, indicating financial instability at franchisor level
- 04MINORHigh investment range ($215k-$415k) with no performance benchmarks creates significant capital risk
- 05MINORMinimal $35k franchise fee relative to total investment suggests franchisor lacks capital and may underfund support
- 06MED4% royalty on undisclosed revenues means franchisee cannot forecast ongoing costs or franchisor sustainability
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
1 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Hop & Grape Taproom · FDD (2025) PDF