TKK Fried Chicken
Bottom line
- Total investment $192K – $698K including a $38K 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.
- System growing at 50.0% CAGR over 3 years with 29 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 TKK Fried Chicken unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
24%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate quick-service fried chicken restaurants, managing food preparation, customer service, inventory, and staffing. Daily operations include managing a kitchen team to prepare chicken products, handling point-of-sale transactions, maintaining food safety standards, and driving local marketing to build customer traffic in their protected territory.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 21 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
TKK Fried Chicken presents elevated risk due to franchisor financial concerns, complete absence of performance data disclosure, small system size, and unclear unit economics across a wide investment range.
Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial distress or structural issues with franchisor
- 02MEDAverage revenue and net income not disclosed — impossible to validate ROI on $192k-$698k investment
- 03MEDSmall unit count (29 locations) with modest 12.5% YoY growth — limited scale and unclear market validation
- 04MINORWide investment range ($506k spread) suggests inconsistent unit economics or undefined build-out standards
- 05MINORNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) — franchisees cannot benchmark expected returns
- 06MINORHigh initial franchise fee ($37,500) relative to total unit count suggests heavy reliance on recruitment over unit profitability
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
TKK Fried Chicken · FDD (2025) PDF