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Stalk Spade franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Stalk Spade Franchising LLC is a quick-service restaurant concept requiring an initial investment between $774,050 and $1,328,150.
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- Risk & red-flag breakdown — what the missing earnings, fees and churn imply.
- 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 Stalk Spade's most recent FDD (registered 2023). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-26538. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
Stalk Spade franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Stalk Spade 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 Stalk Spade — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (many quick-service restaurant franchisors do disclose), and the full report reads the risk signals Stalk Spade's FDD does contain — fees, litigation, and outlet churn — against peers. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Fast food & quick-service restaurant franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Stalk Spade lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
We do not publish a litigation answer for Stalk Spade. 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.
Stalk Spade closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Stalk Spade 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 Stalk Spade'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. Stalk Spade's outlet tables are read directly from the FDD in the full report. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Stalk Spade's churn ranks against quick-service restaurant peers, are in the full report.
The risk & red-flag breakdown, every figure ranked against quick-service restaurant peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns Stalk Spade?
Stalk Spade's franchise is offered by Stalk Spade Franchising LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2023), 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.
Quick-service restaurant franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Stalk Spade 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.
Stalk Spade franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Stalk Spade — who is the franchisor?
Stalk Spade's most recently filed FDD (2023) names Stalk Spade Franchising 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 Stalk Spade franchise cost?
Stalk Spade's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $774,050 – $1,328,150, with an initial franchise fee of $64,500 and a 7% 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 Stalk Spade franchise make?
Stalk Spade makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Stalk Spade 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 Stalk Spade disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Stalk Spade'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 Stalk Spade?
We do not publish a litigation answer for Stalk Spade: 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 Stalk Spade a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Stalk Spade'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 (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: Stalk Spade's risk level and what's driving it, what the missing Item 19 earnings imply, 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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