Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café
Bottom line
- Total investment $928K – $1.5M including a $45K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $2.2M/year (median $2.1M). Estimated payback in 2.6 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 52/100.
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 Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
21%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
44.7%
6.34× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.98×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$2.6M
on $10.9M purchase
Total debt
$8.3M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café franchisees operate casual full-service restaurants specializing in French crêpes, coffee, and light fare. Day-to-day operations include managing kitchen staff, sourcing fresh ingredients for made-to-order crêpes, scheduling front-of-house service, inventory control, and marketing to drive foot traffic in protected territories.
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 · 19 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
Modest growth trajectory and lack of financial disclosure in a capital-intensive food service model create meaningful uncertainty about profit sustainability.
Score breakdown · what drove the 52 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — cannot independently verify the $473K average net income claim
- 02MINORHigh initial investment ($928K–$1.5M) with modest unit growth (14.3% YoY) across only 13 locations suggests slow system expansion and unproven scalability
- 03MINORRoyalty burden of 5% on $2.18M average revenue ($109K annually) combined with labor-intensive food service model may compress margins below stated averages
- 04MINORSmall franchisee base (13 units) limits data reliability and increases exposure to individual unit failure impact on brand reputation
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
36 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café · FDD (2024) PDF