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Funbox vs Slick City

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.

Funbox
Too new to judge
Slick City
Too new to judge
Verdict
Units · latest run
2 → 30 units (2021–2024)
Net unit change
3 → 25 units (2023–2025)
Too little history
Exit quality
Too little history
Too little history
Transfer / churn
Too little history
Too few seasoned loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
Too few seasoned loans
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Distress
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$75,000
Franchise fee
$75,000
$647K–$1.6M
Investment range
$1.5M–$4.7M
8%
Royalty
7%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed

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