Cold Stone Creamery vs MARBLE SLAB CREAMERY
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
+17.9% (2021–2025)
Net unit change
-0.4% (2022–2024)
Strong
Exit quality
Fair
Fair
Transfer / churn
Fair
1.4× expected (285 of 912)
SBA losses vs same-year loans
1.4× expected (63 of 216)
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Distress
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$27,000
Franchise fee
$25,000
$391K–$681K
Investment range
$355K–$477K
6%
Royalty
6%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
Cold Stone Creamery
MARBLE SLAB CREAMERY
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