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Beverly Ann’s Cookie

Food & Dining · independent · est. —

Beverly Ann's Cookie is a bakery retail concept selling fresh-baked cookies and related treats. A franchisee operates a storefront cookie shop with a small baking crew serving walk-in customers, gifting orders, and catering.

Beverly Ann’s Cookie net unit count grew +1500.0% 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

Too new to judge

Distress

0
STABLE

15 franchised units over 3 disclosed years is not a track record — systems this early have realized only a fraction of their eventual failures. Judge the disclosures, not a verdict.

Exit rate · latest year

Not disclosed

Cost to open

$119K–$270K

Item 7 total investment range

SBA loan defaults

No loan record

no SBA 7(a)/504 loans found for this brand

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

Strong
Transfer / churn15%

transfers vs. base · Table 3

Fair
Promise-keeping10%

actual vs. projected openings · Table 5

Not Disc.
Transparency15%

Item 19 disclosure + completeness

Weak

Systemwide units

2023–2025

+1500.0%
1202312024162025

Survival record

FDD Item 20 · outlet status by year

In fiscal 2025, 0 of 0 franchised outlets left the system. Not every exit is a failure — but this is the measurable floor.

Show the outlet tables
Status (FTC)202320242025
Outlets at start011
Opened0015
Transfers000
Terminations000
Non-renewals000
Reacquired by franchisor000
Ceased — other reasons000
Outlets at end1116
Net change+10+15

What it costs — and what it drags

FDD Items 5–7 · fees, investment, royalty

Buying in means a $15K franchise fee (Item 5) and a total investment of $119K–$270K (Item 7). The franchisor publishes no earnings claim (Item 19) — ask current and former franchisees for real numbers.

To open (Item 7)

$119K–$270K

all-in investment range

Franchise fee (Item 5)

$15K

upfront, one-time

Royalty (Item 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

$0

0% of sales, before profit

Over a 10-yr term

$0

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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Distress signals

news-sourced · bankruptcies, closures, lawsuits

No recent closures, bankruptcies, or major lawsuits found in the news for Beverly Ann’s Cookie. That's a good sign — but it reflects news coverage, not a guarantee.

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Beverly Ann’s Cookie franchise questions, answered from the filings

How much does a Beverly Ann’s Cookie franchise cost?

Per Beverly Ann’s Cookie's 2026 FDD, buying in requires an initial franchise fee of $15K (Item 5) and a total initial investment of $119K–$270K (Item 7).

Does Beverly Ann’s Cookie disclose earnings (Item 19)?

No — Beverly Ann’s Cookie'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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