Trailer Birds Hot Chicken
Bottom line
- Total investment $39K – $464K including a $20K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated AVOID with a risk score of 79/100.
- 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
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 Trailer Birds Hot Chicken unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
37%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Trailer Birds Hot Chicken franchisees operate a quick-service restaurant focused on hot chicken sandwiches and related poultry products, likely in a limited or mobile format given the trailer-based branding. Daily operations include food preparation, inventory management, customer service, and compliance with franchisor standards, though no current operating units exist to validate actual operational requirements.
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.
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
This is a high-risk investment in a pre-revenue or collapsed franchise system with a financially distressed parent company facing active litigation over customer data breaches and zero operating units to validate business model viability.
Score breakdown · what drove the 79 / 100 rating
- 01MINORZero operating franchise units with unknown growth trajectory indicates either pre-revenue system or complete unit collapse
- 02HIGHParent company has going concern warning, suggesting financial instability and potential inability to support franchisee operations
- 03MINORThree active class action lawsuits involving data security breach (April 2019–October 2020) expose franchisor to material liability and reputational damage
- 04MEDNo disclosed average revenue or net income prevents validation of investment viability and ROI projections
- 05MINORWide investment range ($38,733–$464,124) with lack of transparency suggests inconsistent site development costs or hidden expenses
- 06MED6% royalty on undisclosed sales base creates uncertainty; franchisees cannot benchmark profitability expectations
- 07MINOR20-year term is lengthy commitment to unproven brand with zero operating reference units
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
3 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Trailer Birds Hot Chicken · FDD (2021) PDF