Woof Gang Bakery
Bottom line
- Total investment $184K – $507K including a $50K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $741K/year (median $680K). Estimated payback in 3.3 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 37/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 216 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 44.8% CAGR over 3 years with 236 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 Woof Gang Bakery unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
32%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Woof Gang Bakery units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.3M
on $6.7M purchase
Total debt
$5.3M
SBA $3.3M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Woof Gang Bakery franchisees operate pet treat and specialty food retail locations focused on dog-friendly baked goods and natural pet nutrition products. Day-to-day operations include inventory management, customer service, point-of-sale transactions, product preparation/sourcing, and brand-standard compliance audits conducted by franchisor.
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 · 9 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
Woof Gang presents moderate-to-caution risk due to active litigation over franchisee compliance, absence of audited financial disclosures, and unclear unit growth sustainability despite strong headline growth rate.
Score breakdown · what drove the 37 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHActive litigation (Jan 2024) involving franchisor enforcement action signals operational compliance issues within the system
- 02HIGHNo Item 19 financial performance representation (Going Concern: False) limits ability to validate the $103,730 average net income claim independently
- 03HIGH19.8% YoY unit growth appears strong but requires verification — unclear if growth is organic, rebrands, or offset by closures; litigation suggests quality control problems
- 04MINORHigh initial investment ($184K-$506K) combined with 7% royalty creates thin margin for error given modest average net income of $103,730
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
99 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Woof Gang Bakery · FDD (2025) PDF