Bottom line
- Total investment $250K – $600K including a $25K franchise fee, 3.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 50/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 18 loans (below the industry average).
- 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 Lovely Bride unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
18%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Lovely Bride franchisees operate bridal retail boutiques specializing in wedding dresses and related attire. Day-to-day operations include inventory management, client consultations for dress selection and fittings, alterations coordination, and event sales. The business model depends on capturing local wedding market share and managing seasonal demand fluctuations.
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 · 5 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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Lovely Bride presents moderate-to-cautionary risk due to complete lack of financial performance transparency (no Item 19), unclear unit economics across a 2.4x investment range, and anemic unit growth that may indicate market challenges or franchisee satisfaction issues.
Score breakdown · what drove the 50 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed (Item 19 missing) — impossible to validate ROI on $250k-$600k investment
- 02MEDSlow unit growth of 7.1% YoY with only 19 locations suggests limited brand momentum or market saturation concerns
- 03MINORRoyalty structure escalates to 5% by year 3, reducing profitability for mature locations while franchisor extracts increasing value
- 04MINORWide investment range ($250k-$600k) without corresponding revenue data creates uncertainty about unit economics and payback period
- 05HIGHGoing Concern designation is FALSE but absence of financial performance metrics raises questions about financial health disclosure
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
5 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Lovely Bride · FDD (2022) PDF