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Ding Tea franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network
DING TEA is a food and beverage brand with an initial investment ranging from $195,240 to $324,170.
Everything below is free, read straight off Ding Tea's registered filing, with where the numbers land against food & beverage peers. Weighing Ding Tea against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Ding Tea's most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce — CARDS franchise registrations · filing 35679-202603-08 — check it yourself. See every other Minnesota-registered franchise.
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Ding Tea franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Ding Tea 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 Ding Tea — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (41% of food & beverage franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Ding Tea's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Food & beverage franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Ding Tea lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Ding Tea's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) does disclose 7 legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Ding Tea itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.
Ding Tea closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Ding Tea 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 Ding Tea'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. Ding Tea's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 4.2%, against a food & beverage median of 3.3% — worse than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -19 to 101 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Ding Tea?
Ding Tea's franchise is offered by DING TEA CORPORATION — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at MN CARDS; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Compare Ding Tea head-to-head
Food & beverage franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Ding Tea 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.
Ding Tea franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Ding Tea — who is the franchisor?
Ding Tea's most recently filed FDD (2025) names DING TEA CORPORATION 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 Ding Tea franchise cost?
Ding Tea's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $195,240 – $324,170, with an initial franchise fee of $30,000. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against food & beverage peers it sits in the upper quartile (median $373,609).
How much profit does a Ding Tea franchise make?
Ding Tea makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Ding Tea at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Ding Tea disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Ding Tea's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 41% of food & beverage franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Ding Tea?
Ding Tea's most recently filed FDD (2025) discloses 7 legal proceedings in Item 3. Item 3 covers the franchisor, its predecessors, parents and affiliates — so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Ding Tea itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Is Ding Tea a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Ding Tea's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against food & beverage peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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