Bottom line
- Total investment $256K – $412K including a $35K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $464K/year.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 1 year of franchising with 2 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 P.S. I Crepe You unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
11%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 P.S. I Crepe You units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$185K
on $927K purchase
Total debt
$742K
SBA $0.5M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
P.S. I Crepe You franchisees operate a casual food service concept selling crepes and related items. Daily operations involve food preparation, customer service, inventory management, and point-of-sale transactions in a small-format retail location. The business model appears positioned as a quick-service or fast-casual dining concept.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 14 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
Underdeveloped franchise system (2 units only) with undisclosed unit economics, going concern issues, and unproven unit profitability despite moderate revenue figures.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 2 existing units with unknown growth trajectory raises serious scalability concerns
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed despite $463k average revenue—suggests profitability problems or franchisor opacity
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial distress at corporate level
- 04MEDHigh investment-to-unit ratio ($256k-$412k for a crepe concept) with limited proof of ROI
- 05MED5% royalty on gross sales with no disclosed net income creates uncertainty about actual franchisee profitability after all expenses
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
14 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
P.S. I Crepe You · FDD (2025) PDF