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Junbi

Food & Beverage - Coffee & TeaFranchising since 2019Website
Investment
$274K – $581K
47th pct Coffee & Tea
Avg revenue
49th pct Coffee & Tea
Royalty
6.0%
50th pct Coffee & Tea
Units
8
47th pct Coffee & Tea
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $274K – $581K including a $35K 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.
  • 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

Legal entity
Junbi Franchising, LLC
Incorporated in
California
HQ
45 South Arroyo Parkway, Pasadena, California 91105
Auditor
Metwally CPA PLLC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$368K
vs $416K 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 Junbi 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: restaurant
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $274K–$581K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $25K–$50K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

18%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$83K
EBITDA margin
11.0%
Total invested
$465K
Payback
68 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

Junbi appears to be a specialized food service or prepared meal concept (likely meal prep, sushi, or Japanese cuisine based on the name meaning 'preparation'). Franchisees likely manage day-to-day operations including food preparation, inventory management, customer service, and adherence to franchisor standards in a small-footprint retail or ghost kitchen model.

Founded
2019
FDD year
2025
States available
5

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$274K – $581K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$25K – $50K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$35K
Royalty
6.0%
percentage · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
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
8
Opened
1
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
2
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
75%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+20.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+100.0%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
6+1
Franchised units
2024
5
Franchised units
2025
3
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 3 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 · 3 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

65
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE65 / 100

Junbi presents meaningful caution-level risk due to absence of financial performance data, questionable franchisor going concern status, and micro-scale system size that limits validation of franchisee profitability claims.

Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo Item 19 financial disclosure (average unit revenue and net income not disclosed) — impossible to assess profitability or ROI
  2. 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial distress or operational uncertainty at franchisor level
  3. 03MEDOnly 8 units system-wide with modest 20% YoY growth — extremely small, early-stage system with limited track record
  4. 04MINORHigh initial investment range ($273.75K–$581.25K) relative to system maturity and revenue transparency
  5. 05HIGHNo litigation disclosed, but lack of financial data makes it difficult to validate franchisor stability and franchisee success

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 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
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
California

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
18 hrs
On-the-job training
28 hrs
POS system
Toast
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

4 numbers

Locked
(701) 328-••••
NC
(212) 416-••••
NY
(214) 200-••••
UT

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Junbi · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above