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SBA-eligible · directory code S7698 since 2022

The Peach Cobbler Factory

Other · independent · est. —

The Peach Cobbler Factory is a dessert restaurant franchise serving cobblers, banana pudding, cinnamon rolls, and other sweets. A franchisee operates a storefront dessert shop serving walk-in, takeout, and delivery customers.

The Peach Cobbler Factory net unit count grew +59.7% from 20232025 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

0
STABLE

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

13.3%

fiscal 2025, per Item 20

Cost to open

$203K–$613K

Item 7 total investment range

SBA loan defaults

Too few resolved

42 loans exist; too few resolved to rate

Behind the verdict

the record, factor by factor · Item 20

hi-1.0.0
Net unit growth35%

3-yr trend · Item 20 Table 1

Strong
Exit quality25%

terminations + ceased-ops vs. all exits · Table 3

Weak
Transfer / churn15%

transfers vs. base · Table 3

Strong
Promise-keeping10%

actual vs. projected openings · Table 5

Fair
Transparency15%

Item 19 disclosure + completeness

Weak

Systemwide units

2023–2025

+59.7%
6720239120241072025

Survival record

FDD Item 20 · outlet status by year

In fiscal 2025, 12 of 90 franchised outlets left the system — a 13.3% annualized exit rate. Not every exit is a failure — but this is the measurable floor.

Show the outlet tables
Status (FTC)202320242025
Outlets at start266791
Opened403129
Transfers027
Terminations0012
Non-renewals000
Reacquired by franchisor000
Ceased — other reasons070
Outlets at end6791107
Net change+41+24+16

The lender's view

SBA 7(a)/504 loan performance · FY1991–present

Banks have made 42 SBA-backed loans to The Peach Cobbler Factory franchisees since 2023. Most are still open, so there is not yet a resolved cohort large enough to rate.

Charge-off rate

0 resolved · too thin to rate

Loss given default

avg. charged-off $ ÷ approved $

Expected loss

default rate × loss severity

Avg. loan · FY2020+

$205,688

what recent franchisees borrowed

Median time to default

approval → charge-off, defaulted loans

Lenders · FY21+ vs FY16–20

distinct banks lending

Charge-off rate by loan approval year (%)

Loan performance by state

SOURCE: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA LOAN DATA (DATA.SBA.GOV), FY1991–PRESENT · MATCHED TO THE PEACH COBBLER FACTORY BY FRANCHISE NAME · RESOLVED = CHARGED-OFF + PAID-IN-FULL

The owner's side of the deal

FDD × federal loan record

Who finances it

the Huntington National Bank

71.4% of this brand's loans

That lender charges off 10.1% of its loans to other franchise brands, vs 14.8% nationally.

Who buys it

26.8%

first-time franchise owners

The rest already owned at least one other franchise. Across the corpus, brands bought mostly by repeat operators charge off at roughly 10% versus 17% for brands sold mostly to newcomers.

Does experience help here?

Not enough resolved loans to split

Computed from 42 SBA 7(a)/504 loans to The Peach Cobbler Factory franchisees joined to the brand's own FDD. Debt service assumes level amortization at the average disclosed term and rate. A lender's rate excludes its loans to this brand, so it reads the lender, not the brand.

What it costs — and what it drags

FDD Items 5–7 · fees, investment, royalty

Buying in means a $35K franchise fee (Item 5) and a total investment of $203K–$613K (Item 7). The franchisor publishes no earnings claim (Item 19) — ask current and former franchisees for real numbers.

To open (Item 7)

$203K–$613K

all-in investment range

Franchise fee (Item 5)

$35K

upfront, one-time

Royalty (Item 6)

6%

of sales, ongoing

If a unit does this in annual sales…$1M/yr

Your figure — this brand discloses no Item 19 earnings; validate with current & former owners.

Royalty you'd pay / yr

$60K

6% of sales, before profit

Over a 10-yr term

$600K

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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Labor record

US Dept. of Labor enforcement · franchisee-level · FY2005–present

Federal investigators have concluded 1 wage case against operators of this system, recovering $1K in back wages for 0 workers, including 1 child-labor case. Some of these cases are recent, not ancient history. These cases name franchisee-owned locations, not the franchisor itself.

Concluded cases

1

Back wages owed

$1K

Employees affected

0

Since 2020

1

1 of these cases involved child-labor violations, covering 1 minors across the system's franchised locations.

Read this carefully. The employers in these cases are individual The Peach Cobbler Factory franchisees — separately owned businesses operating under the brand name — not The Peach Cobbler Factory itself. The franchisor is not the respondent and in most cases is not a party. What the record shows is how this system's operators run their payrolls, which is worth knowing before you become one of them. Counts rise with system size and with age: a 20-year-old, 10,000-unit system will out-count a young one regardless of conduct. Source: DOL Wage and Hour Division concluded compliance actions, FY2005–present, most recent finding 2024.

Modeled risk

FDD Risk Score · modeled from the public record

Lower risk

The public record puts this brand toward the safer end of the systems we score — but the evidence is thin, so treat it as a range, not a number.

Risk percentile (range)

4–28 / 100

Directional

Modeled SBA charge-off

8.2%

Observed SBA charge-off

no resolved cohort

Top drivers: Single-lender dependence (lowers) · Share financed by high-loss lenders (lowers) · Net unit growth (lowers) · System size (log units) (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 The Peach Cobbler Factory. That's a good sign — but it reflects news coverage, not a guarantee.

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The Peach Cobbler Factory franchise questions, answered from the filings

What percentage of The Peach Cobbler Factory franchises closed last year?

In The Peach Cobbler Factory's latest FDD Item 20 (fiscal 2025), 12 of 90 franchised outlets left the system — an annualized exit rate of 13.3%. 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 The Peach Cobbler Factory franchise cost?

Per The Peach Cobbler Factory's 2026 FDD, buying in requires an initial franchise fee of $35K (Item 5) and a total initial investment of $203K–$613K (Item 7).

What royalty does The Peach Cobbler Factory charge?

The Peach Cobbler Factory charges an ongoing royalty of 6.0% of gross sales, per Item 6 of its 2026 FDD.

Does The Peach Cobbler Factory disclose earnings (Item 19)?

No — The Peach Cobbler Factory's 2026 FDD makes no financial performance representation in Item 19. That is legal and common, but it means the franchisor publishes no earnings claim; ask current franchisees for real numbers.

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