Savannah Seafood Shack
Bottom line
- Total investment $283K – $805K including a $35K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $2.5M/year (median $2.5M). Estimated payback in 0.8 years.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 69/100.
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 Savannah Seafood Shack unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
66%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Savannah Seafood Shack units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
29.4%
3.63× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.75×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$9.1M
on $20.2M purchase
Total debt
$11.1M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate casual full-service seafood restaurants offering dine-in, takeout, and delivery services. Day-to-day responsibilities include managing kitchen and front-of-house staff, maintaining seafood quality/inventory, customer service, marketing, and compliance with franchisor operational standards and weekly 6% royalty payments.
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 · 17 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
Single-unit franchise with unproven scalability, questionable franchisor financial viability (Going Concern=False), and undisclosed Item 19 financials create substantial execution and solvency risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 69 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — franchisor may face solvency/operational viability issues
- 02MINOROnly 1 unit in system with unknown growth trajectory — no proof of scalable model or franchisee success
- 03MINORWide investment range ($283K-$804K) suggests high variability in startup costs and unclear unit economics
- 04MINORFinancial data (Avg Revenue $2.5M, Net Income $642K) cannot be validated with single unit and no Item 19 disclosure
- 05HIGHNo litigation disclosed but Going Concern status raises franchisor financial/legal stability concerns
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
17 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Savannah Seafood Shack · FDD (2022) PDF