Tous Les JoursFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Tous Les Jours franchise requires a total initial investment of $718K – $1.6M, including a $40K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $1.9M[2]. SBA 7(a) loans show a 8.3% charge-off rate across 76 loans[1]. Verdict grade: A. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 18, 2026 · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $718K – $1.6M
- 91st pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- $1.9M
- 52nd pct Service Resta…
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 13th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 149
- 77th pct Service Resta…
- SBA default
- 8.3%
- system-wide median varies by category
Quick verdict · Quick-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Quick-Service Restaurants avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Franchised units fell from 146 to 84 over 3 years. Investigate why operators are leaving.
Bottom line
- Total investment $718K – $1.6M including a $40K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.9M/year (median $1.7M).
- Verdict A (Top Quintile) with a risk score of 13/100. SBA loan charge-off rate of 8.3% across 76 loans (near or below the 16% franchise average, based on all SBA 7(a) franchise lending, 2010–2024).
- System growing at 105.6% CAGR over 3 years with 149 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- Tous Les Jours International Corp.
- Parent company
- CJ Foodville USA, Inc.
- CEO title
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Hun Soo Ahn
- Incorporated in
- CA
- HQ
- 6832 E. Slauson Ave., Commerce, CA 90040
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $8.8M
- vs $11.9M prior year
Overview
About
Franchisees operate artisanal bakery-café locations serving fresh-baked breads, pastries, cakes, and coffee. Day-to-day operations include early morning baking production, customer service, inventory management, and maintaining high-turnover fresh food standards across 149 mostly Korean-influenced locations.
- CEO
- Hun Soo Ahn
- Headquarters
- CA
- Founded
- 2009
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 28
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing · 12 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $40K | $40K | |
| Real Estate Security/Utility Deposits, Licenses and Prepaid Feesnot refundable | $7K | $40K | |
| Equipment, Fixtures & Furniturenot refundable | $230K | $430K | |
| Leasehold Improvementsnot refundable | $320K | $890K | |
| Opening Inventorynot refundable | $28K | $40K | |
| Insurancenot refundable | $1K | $2K | |
| Signage, Menu Boardnot refundable | $12K | $45K | |
| Grand Opening Marketing Programnot refundable | $10K | $20K | |
| POS and Cash Registers/Other Office Equipmentnot refundable | $10K | $38K | |
| Additional Funds - 3 monthsnot refundable | $60K | $80K | |
| Development Fee (Area Developer - for 3 TLJ Outlets)not refundable | $80K | $80K | |
| Professional Fees - Legal/Accounting (Area Developer)not refundable | $2K | $10K | |
| Total initial investment | $800K | $1.7M |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$272K
14.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
22%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
4.6 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $718K – $1.6M
- Below avg, review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $60K – $80K
- Below avg, review vs category
- Franchise fee
- $10K – $40K
- Below avg, review vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 3.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $150 |
| Training fee | $350 |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $20K |
| Inventory (initial) | $28K – $40K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $1.9M
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $1.7M
- Item 19 type
- gross_sales
- Sample size
- 90 units
- vs category median 28 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $361K→$6.6M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Transparency tier
- revenue_only
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Transparency
- 4 / 5
- vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Compared against 453 Quick-Service Restaurants brands
vs Quick-Service Restaurants averages
How Tous Les Jours Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 149
- Opened
- 42
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 1
- Terminated
- 1
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 0.7%
- Company-owned
- 3
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 98%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (yr3)
- +73.8%
- Net unit change last year
- 3-yr CAGR
- +105.6%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Terminated (3yr)
- 1
- Transfers (3yr)
- 2
- Transfer rate
- 1.3%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Termination rate
- 0.7%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 0.7%
- Units that stopped operating
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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 76
- Loan volume
- $54.4M
- Median loan
- $629K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- 8.3%
- rates vary by category · see methodology
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- 91.7%
- 5-yr charge-off
- 0.0%
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 36
- Defaults
- 1
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Premium insight
SBA Lending Report
Deep-dive into Tous Les Jours's SBA lending history: lender network, geographic footprint, interest rates, and more.
SBA Lending Report
- Principal loss rate and NAICS industry benchmark
- 10 lenders with concentration factor
- Per-state charge-off rates across 15 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
- 14-year lending trend
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Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Tous Les Jours presents elevated risk due to missing profitability data, unprotected territories, aggressive expansion without disclosed unit economics, and corporate going concern issues.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation required to be disclosed
Largest disclosed settlement: $283,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · KPMG LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 13 / 100 rating
- 01MINORNo net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents ROI validation despite $1.9M avg revenue
- 02MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk within same market
- 03MINORRapid unit growth (73.8% YoY) suggests possible oversaturation or aggressive recruitment masking profitability issues
- 04MEDWide investment range ($718K-$1.6M) with no disclosed average net income creates uncertainty on breakeven timeline
- 05HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential corporate financial instability
- 06MINOR5% royalty on gross sales (not net) means franchisees pay even during unprofitable periods
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Radius |
| Protected territory | No |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 1 mi |
| Territory population | 50,000 |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 15 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | California |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | California |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 38 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 192 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Site selection
- franchisee
- POS system
- Inoview, Inc.
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Inoview, Inc.
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
71 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Tous Les Jours · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Tous Les Jours franchise?
The total investment to open a Tous Les Jours franchise ranges from $718K – $1.6M, with an initial franchise fee of $40K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Tous Les Jours franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Tous Les Jours FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $1.9M. The median is $1.7M. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Tous Les Jours's franchise failure rate?
Based on SBA 7(a) loan data, Tous Les Jours has a charge-off rate of 8.3% across 76 loans, meaning 8.3% of franchise loans were charged off. Charge-off rates are one proxy for franchise risk, though they do not capture all closures. This data comes from FOIA-sourced SBA lending records.
How many Tous Les Jours franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Tous Les Jours has 149 total units in the United States, including 146 franchised units and 3 company-owned units. 42 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Tous Les Jours a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Tous Les Jours as a A-grade franchise with a risk score of 13 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.