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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Focus by buyer type

Brand
TREND Transformations / GRANITE Transformations logoFWeakest tier
TREND Transformations / GRANITE Transformations
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Three Dog Bakery logoAStrongest tier
Three Dog Bakery
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Puffy Cotton Candy logoCAverage
Puffy Cotton Candy
Quick-Service Restaurants
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Vitals
Investment range
$176K – $316K
$181K – $314K
$178K – $323K
Liquid capital
$30K – $50K
$25K – $50K
$15K – $50K
Franchise fee
$45K
$25K
$40K
Royalty rate
5.0%
5.5%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
3.0%
1.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
N/A
$518K
$464K
Median gross sales
N/A
$437K
N/A
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
$142K
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
P&L Bottom Line
Risk
Rating
FWeakest tier
AStrongest tier
CAverage
Verdict score
23 / 100
78 / 100
41 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
N/A
9.1%
N/A
SBA loans on record
22
19
N/A
Scale
Total units
34
43
2
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
67.7%
0.0%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
5
10
Initial training (hrs)
84
162
118
Contacts
Franchisee phones
25
68
24

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