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ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) is a food & beverage franchise with an initial investment ranging from $345,000 to $399,000, including a $150,000 franchise fee.
Unlock what the free page above only hints at:
- Risk & red-flag breakdown — what the missing earnings, fees and churn imply.
- How it compares — every number ranked against food & beverage peers (median & quartile).
- Litigation detail — each case, franchisee vs. corporate, with summaries.
- Outlet churn & the questions to ask — closures, terminations, transfers, and what to put to the franchisor.
Figures above are as disclosed in ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)'s most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-32177. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (many food & beverage franchisors do disclose), and the full report reads the risk signals ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)'s FDD does contain — fees, litigation, and outlet churn — against peers. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Food & beverage franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
We do not publish a litigation answer for ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master). Item 3 could not be read reliably from this particular filing, and a claim that a company has no legal history is not one to make on a failed parse — so we say we do not know instead. Item 3 of the FDD itself is the place to check; the methodology page explains what we do and do not machine-read.
ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) closures & failure rate
Before you sign, ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)'s most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a food & beverage of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) reports no franchised units open yet — there is no operating track record to churn. The actual closure and termination counts, and how ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)'s churn ranks against food & beverage peers, are in the full report.
The risk & red-flag breakdown, every figure ranked against food & beverage peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Food & beverage franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) franchise — frequently asked
How much does a ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) franchise cost?
ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)'s most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $345,000 – $399,000, with an initial franchise fee of $150,000 and a 5% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. The full report breaks down every fee line and benchmarks it against food & beverage peers.
How much profit does a ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) franchise make?
ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labour and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)'s most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing; the report focuses on the verifiable risk signals instead.
Are there lawsuits against ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)?
We do not publish a litigation answer for ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master): Item 3 could not be read reliably from this filing, and we would rather say so than assert a clean record we have not verified. Item 3 of the FDD itself is the place to check.
Is ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master) a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)'s investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against food & beverage peers — which is exactly what the full report answers. For $99 you get the risk level and what's driving it, the actual Item 19 earnings (absent from this FDD), where every figure ranks against peers, and the specific questions to ask the franchisor before you sign.
Everything the sections above point to, in one place: ABOUTEA CO., LLC (Master)'s risk level and what's driving it, what the missing Item 19 earnings imply, every figure ranked against food & beverage peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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