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Secret Burger Kitchen

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$118K – $205K
8th pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
5.0%
15th pct Full Service
Units
1
3rd pct Full Service
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $118K – $205K including a $30K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 75/100.
  • No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
SBK Burger Co, LLC
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
13036 SE Kent Kangley Road, Kent, WA 98032
Auditor
Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
Most recent fiscal year

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 Secret Burger Kitchen unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $118K–$205K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $30K–$50K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

60%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$120K
EBITDA margin
16.0%
Total invested
$202K
Payback
20 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate quick-service burger restaurant locations, handling food preparation, customer service, inventory management, and day-to-day P&L responsibility. Daily operations include staffing, food quality control, local marketing, and maintaining brand standards while remitting 5% royalties to the franchisor.

CEO
Gurpaul Sandhu
Founded
2025
FDD year
2025
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$118K – $205K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$30K – $50K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$30K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
1
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
0%
vs corporate-owned
2023
0+1
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 12 · 1 state reported

The Territory Map

FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.

1

states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)

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

75
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION75 / 100

Secret Burger Kitchen presents HIGH RISK due to going concern status, single-unit system with no financial disclosures, and inability to validate franchise model viability or franchisee profitability.

Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHGoing Concern status indicates the franchisor may be financially unstable or facing operational viability questions
  2. 02MINOROnly 1 existing unit provides zero system track record, proven model validation, or franchisee reference base
  3. 03MINORNo Item 19 financial disclosure (Avg Revenue and Net Income not provided) prevents ROI analysis and profitability verification
  4. 04MINORHigh investment range ($118k-$205k) combined with unknown earnings creates unquantifiable risk-to-reward ratio
  5. 05MEDExtremely limited franchise system size suggests minimal brand recognition, supplier leverage, and support infrastructure

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Area
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Delaware

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
8 hrs
On-the-job training
160 hrs
POS system
certain point-of-sale systems... specified in our Operations Manual
Operating tech stack

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

1 numbers

Locked
(317) 232-••••
IN

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Secret Burger Kitchen · FDD (2025) PDF

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