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Bar Louie vs BEEF O' BRADY'S FAMILY SPORTS PUBS

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.

Bar Louie
Too little disclosed history
BEEF O' BRADY'S FAMILY SPORTS PUBS
Weaker disclosed record
Verdict
Units · latest run
-5.7% (2021–2023)
Net unit change
-7.4% (2023–2025)
Too little history
Exit quality
Strong
Too little history
Transfer / churn
Fair
Too few seasoned loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
2.3× expected (62 of 126)
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Distress
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$50,000
Franchise fee
$25,000
$1.1M–$3.9M
Investment range
$526K–$1.7M
5%
Royalty
5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed

Bar Louie

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