Rocket Fizz Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Rocket Fizz is a retail franchise selling thousands of nostalgic candies and hundreds of craft and novelty sodas, plus gag gifts. Franchisees run colorful shops managing inventory, merchandising, and foot traffic.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Rocket Fizz franchise requires a total initial investment of $130K – $288K, including a $25K franchise fee. Per the 2026 FDD, average unit revenue was $488K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2026 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $130K – $288K
- 13th pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- $488K
- 6th pct Service Resta…
- Royalty
- N/A
- Units
- 103
- 71st pct Service Resta…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
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
- Total investment $130K – $288K including a $25K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $488K/year (median $411K).
- Verdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 90/100 (higher is better).
- System growing at 15.7% CAGR over 3 years with 103 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- RPM Summit Group, LLC
- Predecessor
- The Rocket Fizz Soda Pop Shop, LLC
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Richard Shane
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- Nevada
- HQ
- 75 McCabe Drive, #19549, Reno, Nevada 89511
- Auditor
- Suchan & Associates
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.9M
- vs $2.6M prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Richard Shane
- Headquarters
- NV
- Founded
- 2010
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 28
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 67% below the typical quick-service restaurants franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown14 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $25K | $25K | |
| Utility Deposits, Fees, and Licenses, Pre-Construction Cost (Architect, Plans, Permits)not refundable | $1K | $8K | |
| Leasehold/Constructionnot refundable | $15K | $40K | |
| Signage (interior & exterior)not refundable | $3K | $10K | |
| POS System, Computer Equipment and Softwarenot refundable | $2K | $4K | |
| Shop Fixtures and Furnishings Packagenot refundable | $30K | $30K | |
| Opening Inventory - Rocket Fizz Authorized Productsnot refundable | $33K | $73K | |
| Opening Inventory - Non-Proprietary Productsnot refundable | $2K | $4K | |
| Grand Opening Marketingnot refundable | $0 | $2K | |
| Rocket Fizz Shop Premises (3 Months' Rent & Security Deposit)not refundable | $7K | $40K | |
| Insurance - Liability & Workers Compensation (initial deposit)not refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Legal Fees/Organizational Expensesnot refundable | $1K | $5K | |
| Training Expenses (Including Travel and Living Expenses)not refundable | $1K | $5K | |
| Additional Funds (3 months)not refundable | $10K | $40K | |
| Total initial investment | $130K | $288K |
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
- $130K – $288K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $10K – $40K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $25K – $25K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- The greater of $900 or 5% of your Gross Revenue per month
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty (flat) | greater of $900 or 5% of Gross Revenue per month |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Transfer fee | $11K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Total fee load | 7.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 56% below the quick-service restaurants norm.
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$68K
14.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
29%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
3.4 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $488K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $411K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross_sales
- Sample size
- 94 units
- vs category median 28 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $159K→$1.2M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $254K→$813K
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 3 / 10 · above
Compared against 485 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 $488K/year in gross sales. Median is $411K — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 2.3x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 7.0% (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 15.7% CAGR over 3 years across 103 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 Rocket Fizz Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 103
- Opened
- 8
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 6
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 5.8%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +15.7%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +15.7%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Transfers (3yr)
- 2
- Transfer rate
- 1.9%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Continuity rate
- 94.5%
- Units that stayed open
- Ceased ops
- 5.8%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 30 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
- 21
- Loan volume
- $3.1M
- Median loan
- $150K
- average
- Charge-off rate
- N/A
- no resolved loans yet — rate needs a terminal outcome
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- N/A
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 16
- Defaults
- 2
- Typical loan rate
- 6.8%
- avg rate to borrowers
- vs industry
- N/A
- Jobs supported
- N/A
- Lender concentration
- 10%
- top lender's share
Vintage analysis
Rocket Fizz charge-off rate by loan vintage
Top lenders financing Rocket Fizz franchisees
Showing 3 of 16 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
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Premium insight
SBA Lending Report
Deep-dive into Rocket Fizz'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 12 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
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What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Clean FDD: no litigation, bankruptcy, or going-concern; audited financials and Item 19 disclosed. Positive net worth $1.10M and strong net income $1.59M across 103 franchised units with 15.7% net growth.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation required to be disclosed
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Suchan & Associates
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 90 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORNo litigation or bankruptcy
- 02MINORNet worth $1.10M, net income $1.59M
- 03MED103 units, Item 19 disclosed, audited
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 7.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · 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 | 1 |
| Territory type | Radius |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 1 mi |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 5 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 10 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Nevada |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 40 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 29 hrs
- Training location
- corporate office and on-site
- Field support
- 28 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
111 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Rocket Fizz · FDD (2026) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Rocket Fizz franchise?
The total investment to open a Rocket Fizz franchise ranges from $130K – $288K, with an initial franchise fee of $25K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Rocket Fizz franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Rocket Fizz FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $488K. The median is $411K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Rocket Fizz's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Rocket Fizz (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Rocket Fizz franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Rocket Fizz has 103 total units in the United States, including 103 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 8 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Rocket Fizz a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Rocket Fizz as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 90 out of 100 (higher is better), based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. 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.