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Blue Burro Restaurant franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Blue Burro Restaurant is a quick-service restaurant concept that provides an Item 19 financial performance representation based on an affiliate-owned location.
Unlock what the free page above only hints at:
- The actual Item 19 earnings — reported average unit revenue, not just “disclosed.”
- How it compares — every number ranked against quick-service restaurant 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 Blue Burro Restaurant's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-27235. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
How much does a Blue Burro Restaurant franchise make?
Blue Burro Restaurant is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The average revenue Blue Burro Restaurant reports, what that figure does and doesn't include, and where it ranks against quick-service restaurant peers are in the full report. See every quick-service restaurant brand that discloses earnings in the Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Blue Burro Restaurant franchise profit vs. revenue
Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Blue Burro Restaurant's 5% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Blue Burro Restaurant franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Blue Burro Restaurant franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. The full report sets Blue Burro Restaurant's disclosed revenue against its total ongoing fee load, so you can see what that revenue has to cover before anything reaches you.
Blue Burro Restaurant lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
We do not publish a litigation answer for Blue Burro Restaurant. 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.
Blue Burro Restaurant closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Blue Burro Restaurant 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 Blue Burro Restaurant's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a quick-service restaurant 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. Blue Burro Restaurant's outlet tables are read directly from the FDD in the full report. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Blue Burro Restaurant's churn ranks against quick-service restaurant peers, are in the full report.
The actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against quick-service restaurant peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns Blue Burro Restaurant?
Blue Burro Restaurant's franchise is offered by Blue Burro Franchise, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Other quick-service restaurant franchises
Anyone weighing Blue Burro Restaurant 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.
Blue Burro Restaurant franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Blue Burro Restaurant — who is the franchisor?
Blue Burro Restaurant's most recently filed FDD (2024) names Blue Burro Franchise, LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Blue Burro Restaurant franchise cost?
Blue Burro Restaurant's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at a range disclosed in Item 7, with an initial franchise fee of $40,000 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 quick-service restaurant peers.
How much profit does a Blue Burro Restaurant franchise make?
Blue Burro Restaurant discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (5% of gross for Blue Burro Restaurant), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Blue Burro Restaurant franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The full report shows the disclosed revenue against the full ongoing fee load it has to cover.
Does Blue Burro Restaurant disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Blue Burro Restaurant reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The full report shows the actual revenue figures and how they rank against quick-service restaurant peers.
Are there lawsuits against Blue Burro Restaurant?
We do not publish a litigation answer for Blue Burro Restaurant: 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 Blue Burro Restaurant a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Blue Burro Restaurant's investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against quick-service restaurant 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 (disclosed in 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: Blue Burro Restaurant's risk level and what's driving it, the actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against quick-service restaurant peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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