SCOOTER'S COFFEE vs The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
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
+53.0% (2022–2024)
Net unit change
-8.2% (2023–2025)
Strong
Exit quality
Strong
Strong
Transfer / churn
Strong
0.3× expected (2 of 41)
SBA losses vs same-year loans
No SBA loans
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Distress
—
$40,000
Franchise fee
$25,000
$692K–$1.5M
Investment range
$532K–$1.5M
6%
Royalty
5.5%
Disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Disclosed
SCOOTER'S COFFEE
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
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