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7 BREW vs SCOOTER'S COFFEE

Side-by-side figures from each brand's latest FDD Item 20 as we extracted them; verdicts are our opinion under the published methodology, and the source filing and year are on each brand's profile. Green marks the more favorable metric (lower for distress), not a recommendation to buy.

7 BREW
Too little disclosed history
SCOOTER'S COFFEE
Strong disclosed record
Verdict
Units · latest run
+234.4% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
+53.0% (2022–2024)
Too little history
Exit quality
Strong
Too little history
Transfer / churn
Strong
Too few seasoned loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
0.3× expected (2 of 41)
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Distress
—
$35,000
Franchise fee
$40,000
$941K–$2.3M
Investment range
$692K–$1.5M
4.5%
Royalty
6%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed

7 BREW

SCOOTER'S COFFEE

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