Mama’s Meatball
Bottom line
- Total investment $312K – $524K including a $35K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100.
- 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 Mama’s Meatball unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
29%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate a meatball-focused restaurant or quick-service concept, likely preparing and selling meatball dishes (signature recipes, sandwiches, bowls). Day-to-day activities include food preparation, customer service, inventory management, staffing, and point-of-sale operations within a 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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 6 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
Mama's Meatball is a pre-revenue or near-failure franchise with only one operating unit, no financial transparency, and going concern issues—representing extreme execution risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 1 unit in system indicates nascent/failing franchise with zero proven scalability or support infrastructure
- 02MINORNo Item 19 financial disclosures (avg revenue/net income) prevents validation of ROI claims and suggests franchisor may lack performance data
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial distress or operational instability at franchisor level
- 04MINORHigh investment range ($311.5K-$523.9K) relative to single-unit system creates disproportionate risk with no peer performance benchmarks
- 05MINORInability to validate if the 1 existing unit is profitable, franchisee-owned, or company-operated creates transparency gap
- 06MINOR10-year term locks franchisee into relationship with unproven business model and potential franchisor collapse
- 07MED5% royalty on undisclosed revenues means franchisee cannot model cash flow or break-even scenarios
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
8 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Mama’s Meatball · FDD (2025) PDF