Hyatt Regency Hotel
Bottom line
- Total investment — including a $100K franchise fee, 6.0% 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.
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 Hyatt Regency Hotel unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
6%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Hyatt Regency franchisees own and operate full-service upscale hotels with rooms, restaurants, bars, meeting spaces, and guest amenities. Day-to-day responsibilities include managing 24/7 hotel operations, staff scheduling, revenue optimization, guest services, F&B operations, housekeeping, and maintaining brand standards across all property touchpoints.
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 · 22 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
Missing financial disclosures, stagnant unit growth, above-market royalties, and unclear capital requirements create significant due diligence gaps for this luxury hotel franchise.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MEDInvestment range listed as $0–$0 indicates missing or incomplete FDD disclosure of initial capital requirements
- 02MEDNo average unit volume (Item 19) or financial performance data disclosed, preventing ROI analysis
- 03MEDMinimal unit growth of 2.6% YoY suggests mature/stagnant system with limited expansion opportunity
- 04MINORDual royalty structure (6% rooms + 3% F&B) totaling up to 9% is above-market for upscale hotel brands
- 05MINOR103 units is relatively small for an established luxury brand, raising questions about franchise model viability
- 06MINOR20-year term is longer than industry standard (10-15 years), locking franchisee into extended commitment
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
45 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Hyatt Regency Hotel · FDD (2024) PDF