Robeks Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Robeks is a quick-service franchise serving fresh fruit smoothies, juices, and bowls with a health focus. Franchisees run compact shops managing blending, fresh inventory, and counter service.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Robeks franchise requires a total initial investment of $298K – $512K, including a $30K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $670K[2]. SBA 7(a) loans show a 0.0% charge-off rate across 24 loans[1]. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $298K – $512K
- 49th pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- $670K
- Net sales9th pct Service Resta…
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 48th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 106
- 77th pct Service Resta…
- SBA charge-off
- 0.0%
- % of SBA 7(a) loans not repaid · median varies by category
Quick verdict · Quick-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Quick-Service Restaurants avg · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $298K – $512K including a $30K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $670K/year (median $609K).
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 98/100 (higher is better). SBA loan charge-off rate of 0.0% across 24 loans (well below the franchise average, based on all SBA 7(a) franchise lending, 2010–2025).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Robeks Franchise Corporation
- Parent company
- Robeks Corporation
- CEO title
- President and Chief Financial Officer
- David G. Rawnsley
- CEO experience
- 20 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Incorporated in
- CA
- HQ
- 5220 Pacific Concourse Drive, Suite 395, Los Angeles, CA 90045
- Auditor
- Armanino LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $5.7M
- vs $5.7M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Overview
About
- CEO
- David G. Rawnsley
- Headquarters
- CA
- Founded
- 2000
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 14
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 39% below the typical quick-service restaurants franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown14 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $30K | $30K | |
| Leasehold Improvementsnot refundable | $119K | $243K | |
| Equipmentnot refundable | $91K | $110K | |
| Fixturesnot refundable | $4K | $14K | |
| Signsnot refundable | $5K | $15K | |
| Computer System (POS, digital signage, kiosks, networking, software)not refundable | $6K | $14K | |
| Professional Feesnot refundable | $14K | $19K | |
| Security Deposits, Utility Deposits and Business Licenses | $4K | $12K | |
| Real Estate Costsnot refundable | $3K | $10K | |
| Opening Inventorynot refundable | $10K | $11K | |
| Grand Opening Advertisingnot refundable | $8K | $8K | |
| Travel for Trainingnot refundable | $0 | $7K | |
| Insurancenot refundable | $600 | $1K | |
| Additional Funds - first 3 months of operationsnot refundable | $5K | $19K | |
| Total initial investment | $298K | $512K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $298K – $512K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $19K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $30K – $30K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.5%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.5%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.5% of net sales |
| Technology fee | $158 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $10K – $11K |
| Total fee load | 8.5% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 42% below the quick-service restaurants norm.
Reported as net sales, not gross sales
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Robeks until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$417K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Robeks unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Reported as net sales, not gross sales
- Avg gross sales
- $670K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $609K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- net sales
- Sample size
- 80 outlets
- vs category median 18 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $325K→$1.7M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $445K→$928K
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 782 Quick-Service Restaurants brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $670K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 1.7x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 8.5% (near the Quick-Service Restaurants average).
Disclosure
Transparency score 4/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System expanding at 14.4% CAGR over 3 years across 106 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Quick-Service Restaurants averages
How Robeks Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 106
- Opened
- 8
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 5
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 4.7%
- Company-owned
- 3
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 97%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +14.4%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +14.4%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 8
- Closed (3yr)
- 5
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 3
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Transfer rate
- 2.8%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Ceased ops
- 4.7%
- Units that stopped operating
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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 24
- Loan volume
- $6.7M
- Median loan
- $300K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- 0.0%
- rates vary by category · see methodology
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- 100.0%
- 5-yr charge-off
- 0.0%
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 13
- Defaults
- 0
- Typical loan rate
- 8.6%
- avg rate to borrowers
- Franchised industry avg
- 10.6%
- brand beats franchise avg ↓
- Jobs supported
- 384
- 5.7 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 46%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 88% went to startups / new businesses, 12% to established operators
Franchise vs independent — in snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, franchised businesses charge off at 10.6% vs 8.9% for independents — franchising is associated with 19% higher SBA default risk in this category.
Top lenders financing Robeks franchisees
Showing 3 of 13 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
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SBA Lending Report
Deep-dive into Robeks's SBA lending history: lender network, geographic footprint, interest rates, and more.
SBA Lending Report
- Principal loss rate and NAICS industry benchmark
- 10 lenders with concentration factor
- Per-state charge-off rates across 10 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
- 9-year lending trend
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With a 0.0% charge-off rate across 24 loans, banks have historically viewed this brand favorably for lending.
What could kill this investment?
SBA loans charge off at 0.0% — 100% below the 16.0% national norm, i.e. lower lender-observed risk.
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
One concluded litigation matter (filed 2021, settled April 2024) alleging interference with prospective economic advantage. Financials are healthy: net worth $5.87M, net income $410,837, audited with Item 19. Single resolved suit on a 106-unit system is minor.
Litigation (Item 3)
DRNK Coffee + Tea, LLC and Mostafa Narimanzadeh v. Mitchell Baker, Robeks Corporation, and Robeks Franchise Corp. (Case No. 21STCV21980, Los Angeles Superior Court). Plaintiffs asserted claims for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, negligent interference with prospective economic advantage, intentional interference with contractual relations, unfair competition, defamation per se, trade libel, conversion, invasion of privacy, and violation of California Invasion of Privacy Act. Claims alleged interference with DRNK franchise lease location efforts and interference with DRNK franchisee relationship. Robeks Defendants' demurer granted on some claims, overruled on others. Matter resolved via settlement agreement executed April 10, 2024, with Robeks Defendants paying $50,000 and case dismissed with prejudice. Mutual releases of liability included.
Largest disclosed settlement: $50,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Armanino LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 98 / 100 verdict
- 01MINOROne concluded lawsuit (settled April 2024)
- 02MINORNet worth $5.87M, net income $410,837
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.5% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Radius |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 3 mi |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Los Angeles, CA |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | California |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
DRNK Coffee + Tea, LLC and Mostafa Narimanzadeh v. Mitchell Baker, Robeks Corporation, and Robeks Franchise Corp. (Case No. 21STCV21980, Los Angeles Superior Court). Plaintiffs asserted claims for intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, negligent interference with prospective economic advantage, intentional interference with contractual relations, unfair competition, defamation per se, trade libel, conversion, invasion of privacy, and violation of California Invasion of Privacy Act. Claims alleged interference with DRNK franchise lease location efforts and interference with DRNK franchisee relationship. Robeks Defendants' demurer granted on some claims, overruled on others. Matter resolved via settlement agreement executed April 10, 2024, with Robeks Defendants paying $50,000 and case dismissed with prejudice. Mutual releases of liability included.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 16 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 124 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 11 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisor_approval_franchisee_finds
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Toast, Inc.
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Toast, Inc.
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
120 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Robeks · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Robeks franchise?
The total investment to open a Robeks franchise ranges from $298K – $512K, with an initial franchise fee of $30K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Robeks franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Robeks FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $670K. The median is $609K. Important context: Reported as net sales, not gross sales. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Item 19 in the Robeks FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Robeks FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Robeks's franchise failure rate?
Based on SBA 7(a) loan data, Robeks has a charge-off rate of 0.0% across 24 loans, meaning 0.0% of franchise loans were charged off. Charge-off rates are one proxy for franchise risk, though they do not capture all closures. This data comes from FOIA-sourced SBA lending records.
How many Robeks franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Robeks has 106 total units in the United States, including 103 franchised units and 3 company-owned units. 8 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Robeks a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Robeks as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 98 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.