Quickway Hibachi
Bottom line
- Total investment $420K – $1.1M including a $50K franchise fee, 4.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.4M/year (median $1.3M). Estimated payback in 3.6 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 48/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 2 years of franchising with 49 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 Quickway Hibachi unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
29%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Quickway Hibachi units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
36.5%
4.74× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.26×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$4.6M
on $13.7M purchase
Total debt
$9.1M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Quickway Hibachi franchisees operate Japanese teppanyaki restaurants where chefs prepare grilled dishes tableside on large iron griddles. Day-to-day operations involve managing kitchen staff, training hibachi chefs, coordinating customer reservations, managing food costs, and maintaining the specialized cooking equipment and safety standards required for this theatrical dining format.
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 · 16 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
Quickway Hibachi presents moderate-to-caution risk due to missing financial performance disclosures, unclear unit growth, franchisor financial stability concerns, and high investment variability without verified franchisee profitability data.
Score breakdown · what drove the 48 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — cannot verify if average revenue/net income figures are achievable or representative
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is 'False' — suggests franchisor may have financial stability questions or recent restructuring
- 03MINOR49 total units with unknown growth trajectory — insufficient data to assess system momentum or franchisee success rate
- 04MINORWide investment range ($420K–$1.133M) indicates high variability in startup costs and potential ROI unpredictability
- 05MINORRoyalty escalation to 5% in year 6 increases ongoing costs just as franchisees may be establishing 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
19 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Quickway Hibachi · FDD (2026) PDF