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ANGRY CRAB SHACK

ANGRY CRAB SHACK

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food and beverage · Mesa, Arizona · Founded 2013 · Franchising since 2017
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Total to open · Item 7
$422K–$1.2M
Costs more than 53% of food and beverage brands →
Franchise fee · Item 5
$50,000
Included in the total above
Owner turnover
—
Awaiting Item 20 extraction
Factbook Score
Pending
not enough data yet
✓ No bankruptcy disclosures✓ No litigation disclosed✓ Shares earnings data · Item 19Why these flags?

Beyond the filing

Everything else on this page is quoted from ANGRY CRAB SHACK's franchise disclosure document. This is not — it is measured off the open web, it is not verified by the franchisor, and it never affects the Factbook Score.

Customer rating
4.3 / 5
22,444 Google reviews across 14 locations
Best to worst location
3.9 – 4.5
Where this brand's locations sit on the same scale — the gap is what varies between franchisees
Website health
10 / 10
Basic checks: HTTPS, mobile viewport, speed, metadata. Most sites clear them
Google returns at most twenty locations for a search, so the rating is a sample of ANGRY CRAB SHACK's outlets rather than all of them. The site on file for ANGRY CRAB SHACK is its franchise-recruitment site rather than its consumer site, so locator and app checks would say nothing about the brand and are not shown. Measured Sep 11, 2026.
Costs about the same
Capriotti's Sandwich Shop$422KTPTEA$425KBP Smokehouse$418K
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Opening a ANGRY CRAB SHACK: $422K–$1.2M
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Royalty
5%
+ 1% brand fund
Franchised units
38
As of 2025
3-yr unit growth
—
CAGR from Item 20

What it really costs

Every cost figure this brand's filing discloses — not just the headline range

Total initial investment · Item 7$422K–$1.2M
$0$1.5M
ExpenseLowHigh
Initial franchise fee$50,000$50,000
Total initial investment$421,800$1,203,800

Item 7 reports a total range, not a full line-item breakdown, in this brand's filing excerpt — the franchise fee is the only cost we can show separately today.

Costs more to open than 53% of food and beverage franchises on this site with a disclosed Item 7 range (372 compared). Computed from total investment, not a figure from the filing itself.

Earnings disclosure

Does the franchisor share performance data? Yes

Average revenue—
Median revenue—
Sample size—

Legal history

CLEAR
No bankruptcy disclosures for the franchisor or its officers.
CLEAR
No litigation disclosed under Item 3.
NOT EXCLUSIVE
Item 12 does not grant an exclusive territory.
NOT DISCLOSED
Non-compete term/radius wasn't separately quantified in the filing excerpt we have on file.

Openings, closures & reacquisitions

The numbers ranking sites don't show — straight from the brand's filings

OpenedClosed / terminated / not renewedReacquired
8002022400202340220242002025

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Common questions

Answered from this brand's own FDD filing. Where the filing is silent, the question is left out rather than answered with a guess.

How much does a ANGRY CRAB SHACK franchise cost?

ANGRY CRAB SHACK's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document puts the total estimated initial investment at $422K–$1.2M. That is Item 7, which covers everything needed to open — the franchise fee, build-out, equipment, opening inventory and initial working capital. The initial franchise fee itself is $50,000, and is included in that range.

What royalty does ANGRY CRAB SHACK charge?

ANGRY CRAB SHACK charges a continuing royalty of 5% of gross sales, disclosed in Item 6. A separate brand or advertising fund contribution of 1% applies on top. Royalties are charged on revenue, not profit, so they are owed whether or not the outlet is profitable.

Does ANGRY CRAB SHACK disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes. ANGRY CRAB SHACK makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is optional under the FTC Franchise Rule, and gross revenue is not profit — it is stated before royalties, rent, staff and every other cost.

How many ANGRY CRAB SHACK locations closed?

In its most recent reported year (2025), ANGRY CRAB SHACK opened 2, closed 0, terminated 0 franchised outlets, ending the year with 38. These counts come from Item 20, which every franchisor must file.

Does ANGRY CRAB SHACK give a protected territory?

No. ANGRY CRAB SHACK's Item 12 does not grant an exclusive or protected territory, which means the franchisor may place another outlet nearby.

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Facts on this page are sourced from ANGRY CRAB SHACK's Franchise Disclosure Document.

The franchisepayback.com source self-contradicts on Item 19: it cites an AUV of $2,592,000 and 7.8% EBITDA in one place while stating elsewhere that 'Angry Crab Shack does not disclose the average unit volume in its FDD' — treated as the site's own estimate and excluded from facts per the no-estimate rule. Page cites 24 total units as of a 2026 snapshot (19 franchised, 5 company-owned, +19% YoY growth), undated relative to a fiscal year, so not entered into item20_by_year.