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Organic Bronze Bar

Personal Services - Beauty & SalonFranchising since 2017Website
Investment
$107K – $308K
16th pct Beauty & Salon
Avg revenue
70th pct Beauty & Salon
Royalty
8.0%
68th pct Beauty & Salon
Units
12
26th pct Beauty & Salon
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $107K – $308K including a $32K franchise fee, 8.0% 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. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 2 loans (below the industry average).
  • Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
OBB Franchising LLC
Parent company
None
Incorporated in
Oregon
HQ
7365 SW Barnes Road, Suite B, Portland, Oregon 97225
Auditor
Kezos & Dunlavy
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$104K
vs $186K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2024
Status as of 2024; may have been resolved in a later filing we don't yet have.

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 Organic Bronze Bar unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: personal services
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $107K–$308K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $40K–$60K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

61%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$158K
EBITDA margin
21.0%
Total invested
$257K
Payback
20 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate spray tan and organic beauty bar locations, providing UV-free tanning services, skincare treatments, and cosmetic products. Daily operations include client appointments, equipment maintenance, inventory management of organic/clean beauty products, and staff scheduling. Revenue depends on service pricing, client retention, and retail product sales.

CEO
Danielle Van Auken
Founded
2017
FDD year
2024
States available
6

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$107K – $308K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$40K – $60K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$32K
Royalty
8.0%
Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
9.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
12
Opened
5
Last reporting year
Closed
1
Turnover rate
8.3%
Company-owned
2
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
83%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+66.7%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+100.0%
Compounded over last 3 years
2022
10+3
Franchised units
2023
6
Franchised units
2024
5
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 7 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
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WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 7 states
Not registered

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.

Total loans
2
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

62
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE62 / 100

Small, rapidly expanding system with regulatory history, no financial performance disclosure, and unclear unit economics creates elevated risk despite 5-year term and protected territory.

Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) — impossible to validate ROI on $106.6k-$307.9k investment
  2. 02MED2017 regulatory violation: franchise sold without registration and missing required disclosures to Washington State — suggests compliance gaps or aggressive sales practices
  3. 03MINORRapid growth (66.7% YoY) with only 12 units is unsustainable trajectory and may indicate aggressive recruitment over unit profitability
  4. 04MINOR8% royalty on gross (not net) revenues begins day 91 — franchisees pay even if unprofitable, creating cash flow risk
  5. 05MEDOnly 12 franchise units total — extremely small system with limited peer benchmarking and high failure impact per unit
  6. 06MINORNo disclosure of average unit volume, payback period, or break-even timeline — financial viability is opaque

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius/Population
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
1
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
Oregon

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
18 hrs
On-the-job training
24 hrs
POS system
MINDBODY
Operating tech stack

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

18 numbers

Locked
(503) 372-••••
OR
(503) 222-••••
OR
(704) 714-••••
NC

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Organic Bronze Bar · FDD (2024) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above