The Bunny Hive
Bottom line
- Total investment $127K – $331K including a $42K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $317K/year (median $317K).
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 62/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 4 loans (below the industry average).
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
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 The Bunny Hive unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
16%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 The Bunny Hive units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$381K
on $1.9M purchase
Total debt
$1.5M
SBA $1.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
The Bunny Hive appears to operate as a children's experience or entertainment venue (likely play centers, birthday party hosting, or educational activities). Franchisees manage daily operations including customer service, staff scheduling, facility maintenance, event coordination, and revenue generation through memberships, classes, or party bookings.
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 · 22 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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Early-stage franchise with explosive but unvalidated growth, missing critical profitability data, and high fees relative to system maturity.
Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating
- 01MINORExplosive unit growth (1300% YoY) suggests either aggressive expansion or unreliable baseline data; 16 units is extremely small and difficult to validate
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — impossible to assess actual profitability despite $317k average revenue claim
- 03MEDHigh investment range ($126k-$331k) with 7% royalty on undisclosed net margins creates significant break-even uncertainty
- 04MINORFranchise fee of $42,000 represents 33% of minimum investment, indicating front-loaded franchisor revenue model
- 05MINORExtremely young/small franchise system (16 units) lacks historical data to predict sustainability or franchisee success rates
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
43 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
The Bunny Hive · FDD (2025) PDF