KPOT Hot Pot & Barbecue
Formerly known as KPOT Korean BBQ & Hot Pot
Bottom line
- Total investment $733K – $1.9M including a $50K 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 62/100.
- System growing at 1000.0% CAGR over 3 years with 54 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
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The model · Yale framework
What would one KPOT Hot Pot & Barbecue unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
8%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate full-service hot pot and Korean BBQ table-cooking restaurants where customers cook meat, seafood, and vegetables in individual broths/grills at their tables. Day-to-day operations include managing 80-150+ seat dining rooms, hiring/training servers experienced in guiding table-cooking experiences, maintaining ingredient freshness, handling specialty supply chains, managing peak dinner crowds, and balancing labor-intensive service models with food cost controls.
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 · 14 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
KPOT's explosive 457% unit growth, absence of financial disclosures, questionable going concern status, and high capital requirements create meaningful profitability uncertainty despite the protected territory advantage.
Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — impossible to validate ROI claims or average unit economics
- 02MINORHypergrowth of 457% YoY unit expansion suggests potential market saturation risk and quality control challenges
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial instability at corporate level despite rapid growth
- 04MEDHigh initial investment range ($733K-$1.9M) with no disclosed average revenue creates opacity on breakeven timeline
- 05MINORWide investment spread ($1.18M variance) suggests inconsistent build-out costs or unstandardized operations
- 06MED54 total units is still a nascent system — limited historical data on franchisee long-term profitability
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
16 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
KPOT Hot Pot & Barbecue · FDD (2024) PDF