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Taco Pros

Food & Beverage - Full ServiceFranchising since 2022Website
Investment
$467K – $594K
62nd pct Full Service
Avg revenue
57th pct Full Service
Royalty
6.0%
54th pct Full Service
Units
6
29th pct Full Service
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $467K – $594K including a $45K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 69/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 12 loans (below the industry average).
  • 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
Taco Pros International LLC
Incorporated in
Illinois
HQ
2200 Stonington Ave, Suite 260, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169-2067
Auditor
Amit Patel, CPA
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$38K
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 Taco Pros 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: $467K–$594K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $20K–$40K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

19%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$105K
EBITDA margin
14.0%
Total invested
$560K
Payback
64 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 taco restaurants, likely managing food prep, counter service, inventory, staffing, and local marketing. Day-to-day involves food handling, point-of-sale operations, customer service, and compliance with franchisor brand standards across a protected territory.

CEO
Bhagyesh Patel
Founded
2022
FDD year
2023
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$467K – $594K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$20K – $40K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$45K
Royalty
6.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
3.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
9.0%
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
6
Opened
1
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
5
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
17%
vs corporate-owned
2021
1+1
Franchised units
2022
0
Franchised units
2023
0
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 7 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 7 states
Not registered

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.

Total loans
12
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

69
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION69 / 100

Taco Pros presents HIGH RISK: a micro-franchise (6 units) with going concern status, zero financial transparency, and no demonstrated unit economics or system growth.

Score breakdown · what drove the 69 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHGoing Concern status indicates franchisor financial distress or viability questions
  2. 02MINOROnly 6 units systemwide suggests minimal scale, network effects, or market validation
  3. 03MEDNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure (Avg Revenue and Net Income not disclosed) prevents ROI analysis
  4. 04MEDHigh initial investment ($466.5K-$593.6K) with no disclosed profitability benchmarks creates unknown payback period
  5. 05MINORMinimal unit growth trajectory unknown; 6-unit system shows no proven expansion momentum
  6. 06MED6% royalty on undisclosed sales makes true cost structure impossible to evaluate

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius based on area density
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 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
Optional
Governing law
Illinois

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
31 hrs
On-the-job training
230 hrs

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

7 numbers

Locked
(803) 699-••••
National Data Access Corp.
SC
(317) 232-••••
IN
(212) 416-••••
NY

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Taco Pros · FDD (2023) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above