Bottom line
- Total investment $349K – $522K including a $30K 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 63/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 43 loans (below the industry average).
- System contracting at -12.9% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).
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 ORANGE LEAF unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
25%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Orange Leaf franchisees operate self-serve frozen yogurt retail locations where customers fill their own cups, select toppings, and pay by weight. Day-to-day operations include managing equipment, maintaining yogurt and topping inventory, staff scheduling, cleaning, and handling point-of-sale transactions in a fast-casual QSR environment.
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 · 30 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
HIGH RISK: Franchisor has SEC fraud history, going concern doubts, refuses to disclose financials, operates a stagnant 61-unit system, and extracted permanent securities law injunction against its leader.
Score breakdown · what drove the 63 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHFounder/key executive (Sherif Mityas) has SEC securities fraud judgment from 2010 with permanent injunction — indicates financial misrepresentation risk
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — suggests parent company or franchisor has material doubt about ability to continue operations
- 03MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed in FDD — inability/unwillingness to provide Item 19 financial performance representation is major red flag
- 04MEDOnly 61 units with unknown growth trajectory — small and potentially contracting system with no disclosed unit growth data
- 05MEDHigh total investment ($349k-$521.5k) combined with 5% royalty on undisclosed revenue creates cash flow uncertainty
- 06MINOR10-year term locks franchisee into relationship with franchisor of questionable financial stability
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
74 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
ORANGE LEAF · FDD (2025) PDF