Punjabi Chaap Corner
Bottom line
- Total investment $421K – $653K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100.
- 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
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 Punjabi Chaap Corner unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
19%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Punjabi Chaap Corner franchisees operate quick-service Indian/Punjabi restaurants specializing in grilled meat dishes (chaap). Day-to-day operations include food preparation, inventory management, customer service, and maintaining branded restaurant standards across 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 · 18 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
Ultra-early stage franchise with minimal operating units, zero financial transparency, and unproven business model makes this a speculative, high-risk investment suitable only for investors comfortable with startup-level uncertainty.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MEDOnly 2 units in system indicates extremely limited operating history and no meaningful growth trajectory to validate
- 02MEDNo Item 19 financial performance representations (revenue/net income) disclosed — impossible to assess ROI on $421k-$653k investment
- 03MINORHigh initial investment ($50k franchise fee + $421k-$653k total) with unproven unit economics and no earnings data
- 04MINOR5-year term is shorter than industry standard (10 years typical), limiting franchisee recoupment window
- 05MINORMicro-franchise system (2 units) presents survivability risk — franchisor may lack infrastructure, support systems, and 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
20 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Punjabi Chaap Corner · FDD (2025) PDF