Turquoise Wine Bar
Bottom line
- Total investment $305K – $601K including a $40K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $962K/year. Estimated payback in 1.6 years.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 63/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 1 year of franchising with 1 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 Turquoise Wine Bar unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
31%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Turquoise Wine Bar units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.7M
on $8.7M purchase
Total debt
$6.9M
SBA $4.3M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate upscale wine bar establishments, managing inventory of wine selections, serving customers in a hospitality environment, handling point-of-sale operations, and managing staff. Day-to-day activities include wine curation, customer service, event hosting, and P&L management for the wine bar location.
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 · 10 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
Single-unit franchise with Going Concern status and unclear financials presents extreme validation risk; the claimed averages are mathematically unsupported and franchisor viability is questionable.
Score breakdown · what drove the 63 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 1 existing unit makes validation impossible and suggests either brand-new or failed expansion strategy
- 02HIGHGoing Concern = False indicates franchisor financial distress or operational viability concerns
- 03MINORWide investment range ($305k-$600k) with no clear cost breakdown suggests undefined unit economics
- 04HIGHNo disclosed litigation but Going Concern status implies undisclosed legal/financial issues
- 05MINORSingle unit cannot support claimed average revenue of $961k — statistical validity highly questionable
- 06MINOR6% royalty on $961k revenue = only $57.7k annual royalty revenue — insufficient to support franchisor operations
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
16 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Turquoise Wine Bar · FDD (2026) PDF