Game Show Studio vs iSmash
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 → 9 units (2023–2025)
Net unit change
4 → 10 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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$50,000
Franchise fee
$59,950
$230K–$501K
Investment range
$350K–$780K
10%
Royalty
6%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
Game Show Studio
iSmash
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