BFT vs Sweat440
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.
Units · latest run
2 → 49 units (2022–2024)
Net unit change
4 → 24 units (2021–2025)
Too little history
Exit quality
Too little history
Too little history
Transfer / churn
Too little history
No SBA loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
Too few seasoned loans
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Distress
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$60,000
Franchise fee
$60,000
$510K–$1.2M
Investment range
$310K–$711K
7%
Royalty
7%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
BFT
Sweat440
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