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Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) operates in the 'Other' category, requiring a substantial initial investment between $7.9 million and $12.3 million.
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- Risk & red-flag breakdown — what the missing earnings, fees and churn imply.
- How it compares — every number ranked against other 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 Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-28980. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) 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 Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (many other franchisors do disclose), and the full report reads the risk signals Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s FDD does contain — fees, litigation, and outlet churn — against peers. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Other franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) 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 Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a other 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. Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) reports no franchised units open yet — there is no operating track record to churn. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s churn ranks against other peers, are in the full report.
The risk & red-flag breakdown, every figure ranked against other peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Franchises at a similar investment level at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) 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.
Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) franchise — frequently asked
How much does a Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) franchise cost?
Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $7,895,000 – $12,346,000, with an initial franchise fee of $35,000 and a 20% 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 other peers.
How much profit does a Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) franchise make?
Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) 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 Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'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 Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)?
No — Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s most recently filed FDD (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional) a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against other 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: Vessel USA, LLC (Traditional)'s risk level and what's driving it, what the missing Item 19 earnings imply, every figure ranked against other peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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