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FV-02585·MODERATEStandard76

Te’Amo Boba Bar

Formerly known as Teamo Tea

Food & Beverage - Quick ServiceFranchising since 2023Website
Investment
$186K – $565K
31st pct Quick Service
Avg revenue
60th pct Quick Service
Royalty
5.0%
14th pct Quick Service
Units
16
39th pct Quick Service
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $186K – $565K including a $40K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 62/100.
  • 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
Te’Amo Franchising LLC
Incorporated in
Illinois
HQ
2169 A South China Place, Chicago, Illinois 60616
Auditor
Qi Wang, CPA; Michael Golojuch, Jr. and Associates, Limited
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
vs $150K prior 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 Te’Amo Boba Bar 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: qsr
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $186K–$565K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $10K–$40K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

30%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$120K
EBITDA margin
16.0%
Total invested
$401K
Payback
40 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

Te'Amo Boba Bar franchisees operate boba tea retail locations, preparing and serving bubble tea beverages, managing point-of-sale transactions, inventory, and staffing. Day-to-day activities include ingredient sourcing, drink customization, customer service, and maintaining store cleanliness in a QSR-style environment.

CEO
Yimei (“Mia”) Wan
Founded
2022
FDD year
2025
States available
3

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$186K – $565K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$10K – $40K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$40K
Royalty
5.0%
Percentage of Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
6.0%
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
16
Opened
2
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
14
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
13%
vs corporate-owned
2023
2+7
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 12 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 · 12 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.

No SBA loan data available for this brand.

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

Risk & Legal

62
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE62 / 100

Te'Amo Boba Bar presents significant risk due to undisclosed financials, questionable franchisor viability (going concern = false), tiny unit count, and unprotected territories, making ROI validation impossible.

Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — franchisor may face viability issues
  2. 02MINORNo financial disclosure (Item 19) — cannot validate $186K-$565K investment ROI
  3. 03MINOROnly 16 units with unknown growth trajectory — potentially stagnant or declining system
  4. 04MINORUnprotected territory — franchisees may face direct competition from other brand locations
  5. 05MINORWide investment range ($379K spread) suggests inconsistent unit economics or unclear cost structure
  6. 06MEDNo disclosed average revenue or net income — unable to assess payback period or profitability

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Protected territory
No
Initial term
7 years
Renewal term
7 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
Illinois

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
7 hrs
On-the-job training
147 hrs
POS system
Chowbus
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

14 numbers

Locked
(410) 576-••••
MD
(916) 327-••••
CA
(317) 232-••••
IN

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Te’Amo Boba Bar · FDD (2025) PDF

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