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Christian Brothers Automotive

retail other · HQ Houston, TX
Full FDD dataUnclaimed profile
Factbook Score: pending
Brand has 0 year(s) of Item 20 history in our current extraction; needs 3+ to compute a Factbook Score. Per methodology, this shows as 'Score pending — insufficient history', never a penalized score. See the methodology — this score can never be bought.
Data-integrity flags on this profile
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Total initial investment
$373K–$450K
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$125,000
FDD Item 5
Royalty
Franchised units
3-yr unit growth
CAGR from Item 20
Owner turnover
3-yr average, Item 20

What it really costs

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

ExpenseLowHigh
Initial franchise fee$125,000$125,000
Total initial investment$373,100$449,600

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.

Earnings disclosure

Does the franchisor share performance data? No

This brand's filing does not include an Item 19 financial performance representation. That's common — a large share of franchisors disclose nothing here — but it means you should ask for unit-level economics directly during discovery calls.

Legal history

CLEAR
No bankruptcy disclosures for the franchisor or its officers.
CLEAR
Document states: 'There is no litigation, arbitration or other dispute that must be disclosed in this Disclosure Document.'
NOTED
Non-compete: 3 year(s) / ? mile(s) after leaving the system.

Profile changelog

Jul 30 Initial FDD data extracted (full fdd) — M0 pipeline batch

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Facts on this page are sourced from Christian Brothers Automotive's Franchise Disclosure Document. Source: https://fddexchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Christian-Brothers-Automotive-2014-FDD-.pdf

Item 6 royalty is unusual: rather than a flat % of gross sales, the document describes a 50% share of monthly 'Split Profits' paid to the franchisor, so item6_royalty_pct is left null (not a simple revenue-based percentage) rather than mis-recorded as 50%. Brand/marketing fund is a flat $3,500/year (up to $10,000 authorized) rather than a percentage, so item6_brand_fund_pct is left null. Tech fee shown is the ~$8,400 initial software/tech cost; ~$1,150/year maintenance also applies. Item 12: territory IS protected - document describes an 'exclusive geographic area' of approximately a 3-mile radius. Item 17: non-compete term is 3 years post-termination; the document does not specify an exact mileage radius for the covenant (applies broadly to 'similar businesses'), so item17_noncompete_miles is left null. Item 19: document states no financial performance representation (earnings claims/revenue averages) is made. Item 20 numeric outlet table was referenced ('Outlets and Franchisee Information') but not captured in the fetched excerpt and is left null.