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ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT
Other · independent · est. —
Abrakadoodle is a children's art-education company that delivers creative art classes, camps, and events. A franchisee runs a home-based operation, hiring and scheduling teachers who bring art programs to schools, community centers, and other venues in a territory.
ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT net unit count declined -2.7% from 2023–2025 per its FDD Item 20.
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A franchise is a business where you (the franchisee) pay a company (the franchisor) for the right to open and run a location using their brand and system — think a local Anytime Fitness or Taco John's owned by a small-business owner, not the corporation.
Before you can buy in, U.S. law requires the franchisor to give you a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) — a long legal filing covering its fees, finances, and history. The numbers on this page come straight from that document:
- Franchise fee — the one-time cost to buy in.
- Royalty — the ongoing cut of your sales you pay the franchisor.
- Item 20 — how many locations opened and closed, the basis for our verdict (from Proven & strong down to Distressed — or Too new to judge).
The verdict
Proven & steady
Distress
A real track record with an unremarkable region of the ledger: neither the growth nor the exits stand out, for better or worse. The main concern in the record: too many owners are failing outright rather than selling.
Exit rate · latest year
8.6%
fiscal 2025, per Item 20
Cost to open
$39K–$83K
Item 7 total investment range
SBA loan defaults
Too few resolved
6 loans exist; too few resolved to rate
Behind the verdict
the record, factor by factor · Item 20
3-yr trend · Item 20 Table 1
terminations + ceased-ops vs. all exits · Table 3
transfers vs. base · Table 3
actual vs. projected openings · Table 5
Item 19 disclosure + completeness
Systemwide units
2023–2025
Survival record
FDD Item 20 · outlet status by year
In fiscal 2025, 3 of 35 franchised outlets left the system — a 8.6% annualized exit rate. Not every exit is a failure — but this is the measurable floor.
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| Status (FTC) | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlets at start | 36 | 37 | 37 |
| Opened | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Transfers | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Terminations | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Non-renewals | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased — other reasons | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Outlets at end | 37 | 37 | 36 |
| Net change | +1 | 0 | -1 |
The lender's view
SBA 7(a)/504 loan performance · FY1991–present
Banks have made 6 SBA-backed loans to ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT franchisees since 2015. Most are still open, so there is not yet a resolved cohort large enough to rate.
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4 resolved · too thin to rate
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avg. charged-off $ ÷ approved $
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default rate × loss severity
$150,000
what recent franchisees borrowed
39 mo
approval → charge-off, defaulted loans
0 vs 2
distinct banks — pulling back
Charge-off rate by loan approval year (%)
SOURCE: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA LOAN DATA (DATA.SBA.GOV), FY1991–PRESENT · MATCHED TO ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BY FRANCHISE NAME · RESOLVED = CHARGED-OFF + PAID-IN-FULL
What it costs — and what it drags
FDD Items 5–7 · fees, investment, royalty
Buying in means a $25K franchise fee (Item 5) and a total investment of $39K–$83K (Item 7). The franchisor publishes an earnings claim (Item 19) — read its methodology closely.
To open (Item 7)
$39K–$83K
all-in investment range
Franchise fee (Item 5)
$25K
upfront, one-time
Royalty (Item 6)
8%
of sales, ongoing
Your figure — cross-check against this brand's Item 19 and current-owner validation.
Royalty you'd pay / yr
$80K
8% of sales, before profit
Over a 10-yr term
$800K
royalties alone, excl. ad fund
This is not profit. It's the only money the FDD actually pins down — what you put in, and the royalty you owe on every dollar of sales. Your real take-home depends on labor, rent, food cost, and ramp-to-breakeven, none of which any FDD discloses.
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FDD Risk Score · modeled from the public record
The public record puts this brand toward the riskier end of the systems we score — but the evidence is thin, so treat it as a range, not a number.
Risk percentile (range)
78–100 / 100
Directional
Modeled SBA charge-off
19.9%
Observed SBA charge-off
no resolved cohort
Top drivers: System size (log units) (raises) · Investment ceiling (log) (raises) · Item 3 litigation (log) (raises) · Net unit growth (raises). Thin loan history — treat this as a range, not a number. A linear scorecard built from this brand's own disclosure figures plus the federal loan record behind its franchisees; full spec and cross-validated accuracy on the methodology page. A score is context, not a verdict.
Distress signals
news-sourced · bankruptcies, closures, lawsuits
No recent closures, bankruptcies, or major lawsuits found in the news for ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT. That's a good sign — but it reflects news coverage, not a guarantee.
A broker is paid by the franchisor to place you. An independent CPA is paid by you — and the job is pressure-testing ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT's numbers, including talking you out of a bad deal.
Talk to an independent CPA before you buy →ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT franchise questions, answered from the filings
What percentage of ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT franchises closed last year?
In ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT's latest FDD Item 20 (fiscal 2025), 3 of 35 franchised outlets left the system — an annualized exit rate of 8.6%. That counts terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons." There is no official failure rate, and not every exit is a failure, but this is the measurable floor.
How much does a ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT franchise cost?
Per ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT's 2026 FDD, buying in requires an initial franchise fee of $25K (Item 5) and a total initial investment of $39K–$83K (Item 7).
What royalty does ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT charge?
ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT charges an ongoing royalty of 8.0% of gross sales, per Item 6 of its 2026 FDD.
Does ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT disclose earnings (Item 19)?
Yes — ABRAKADOODLE INC FRANCHISE AGREEMENT makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2026 FDD, reporting a median unit volume of $97K. Read it closely: franchisors choose which units and which metrics to include.