Mochiholic Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $155K – $265K
- Disclosed sales
- $812K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Mochiholic is a dessert franchise serving Japanese-style mochi donuts and boba drinks. Franchisees run the shops, managing dessert and drink prep, inventory, and counter service.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Mochiholic franchise requires a total initial investment of $155K – $265K, including a $40K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.5% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $812K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored6 of 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $155K – $265K
- 12th pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- $812K
- Company-owned only1 outlet
- Royalty
- 5.5%
- 44th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 1
- 3rd pct Service Resta…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Quick-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Quick-Service Restaurants median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $155K – $265K including a $40K franchise fee, 5.5% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $812K/year (company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance).
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 43/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHFlat: no net change in franchised outlets in the latest year (1 opened, 0 closed) (Item 20).
- FLAGRevenue data based on only 1 outlet. Treat as directional, not definitive. Ask franchisees directly for current unit economics.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Mochiholic Franchising L.L.C.
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Michael Chang
- CEO experience
- 7 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- CA
- HQ
- 6201 Quartz Place, Newark, California 94560
- Auditor
- Metwally CPA PLLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $37K
- Most recent fiscal year
Affiliated brands
- Superchang
- is the owner of the Licensed Marks
- maintains a pr
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Michael Chang
- Headquarters
- CA
- Founded
- 2022
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 57% below the typical quick-service restaurants franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
The filing's Item 7 TOTAL row prints $155,000 to $265,000. Its own line items add to $155,000 to $255,000. The total is shown as the franchisor printed it; the lines are listed as printed. Filing arithmetic: lows add to the printed $155,000 exactly; highs add to $255,000 while the table prints Total Estimate (Note 16) $155,000 – $265,000 and the cover repeats $265,000.
Full Item 7 breakdown15 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee (Note 1) | $40K | $40K | |
| Diamond Package Fee (Note 2) | $0 | $12K | |
| Construction and Leasehold Improvements (Note 3) | $40K | $80K | |
| Lease Deposits and Rent – Three Months (Note 4) | $15K | $20K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment (Note 5) | $15K | $25K | |
| Signage (Note 6) | $1K | $3K | |
| Computer, Software and Point of Sale System (Note 7) | $2K | $3K | |
| Grand Opening Marketing (Note 8) | $4K | $6K | |
| Initial Inventory (Note 9) | $15K | $20K | |
| Utility Deposits (Note 10) | $500 | $2K | |
| Insurance Deposits – Three Months (Note 11) | $1K | $3K | |
| Travel for Initial Training (Note 12) | $500 | $4K | |
| Professional Fees (Note 13) | $1K | $2K | |
| Licenses and Permits (Note 14) | $500 | $2K | |
| Additional Funds – Three Months (Note 15) | $20K | $35K | |
| Total initial investment | $155K | $255K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $155K – $265K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $20K – $35K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $40K – $40K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 5.5%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 0.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.5%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.5% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 0.0% |
| Technology fee | $500 |
| Training fee | $300 |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $20K |
| Inventory (initial) | $15K – $20K |
| Total fee load | 7.5% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 17% below the quick-service restaurants norm.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
Based on a single outlet - not a system average
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Mochiholic until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$238K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Mochiholic unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
Based on a single outlet - not a system average
- Avg gross sales
- $812K
- Per unit, per year
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales and gross profit
- Sample size
- 1 outlet
- vs category median 19 · small
- Reported figure
- $812KCited, not corroborated — printed on page 48 of the 2025 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- A single outlet — not a range
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 8 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 781 Quick-Service Restaurants brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $812K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 3.9x. Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 7.5% (near the Quick-Service Restaurants median).
Disclosure
Transparency score 8/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence. Sample size of 1 outlet — treat as directional only.
Multi-unit rate
50% of franchisees own multiple units, a moderate multi-unit rate.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Quick-Service Restaurants medians
How Mochiholic Compares
Category median of published Quick-Service Restaurants brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 1
- Opened
- 1
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 1
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 100.0%
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 50.0%
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 1
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Mochiholic presents caution-level risk due to a pre-scaling single-unit system with unverified financials and insufficient franchisee references.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
Item 3 states no litigation is required to be disclosed. State addenda contain only negative confirmations.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Metwally CPA PLLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
The provided page images (p216-p220) are Exhibit H (lists of current/not-yet-open/departed franchisees) and Exhibit I (state-specific addenda, including the California FDD Amendment) of the Mochiholic FDD dated April 21, 2025. No audited financial statements (Item 21) — no balance sheet, income statement, or Independent Auditor's Report — appear in this folder, so no financial figures could be extracted.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 43 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDOnly 1 unit in system with unknown growth trajectory — extremely limited proof of concept and inability to validate multi-unit success
- 02MINORHigh initial investment range ($155k-$265k) relative to single-unit performance creates elevated risk if that one location underperforms
- 03MED5-year term is shorter than industry standard (typically 10 years) — suggests either franchisor caution or limited confidence in long-term model
- 04MEDExtremely limited franchisee network (1 unit) makes authentic due diligence and peer validation nearly impossible
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 7.5% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 5 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 2 mi |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Alameda County, California |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | CA |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
Item 3 states no litigation is required to be disclosed. State addenda contain only negative confirmations.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 20 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 80 hrs
- Training location
- Online and Pleasanton, California (affiliate Shop), plus franchisee's Shop Location
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 9 mo
- From signing to launch
- POS system
- Revi
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Revi
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
5 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Mochiholic franchise?
The total investment to open a Mochiholic franchise ranges from $155K – $265K, with an initial franchise fee of $40K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Mochiholic franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Mochiholic FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $812K. Important context: Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance; Based on a single outlet - not a system average. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns Mochiholic?
Mochiholic is franchised by Mochiholic Franchising L.L.C.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Mochiholic FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Mochiholic FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Mochiholic's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Mochiholic (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Mochiholic franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Mochiholic has 1 total units in the United States. 1 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Mochiholic a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Mochiholic as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 43 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.