Ambrosio’s Take
Pokeworks is a fast-casual franchise built around customizable poké bowls, a specialty category with no direct poké peers among the comparables in this post. Against a $270,435 to $599,661 investment range, the 52 franchised restaurants open all year averaged $1,082,563 in gross sales in 2025 (up 10.6% from 2024), producing a 2.5:1 sales-to-investment ratio that clears the 2:1 benchmark many restaurant analysts favor. Location quality drives results: the top 20% of franchised restaurants averaged $1,743,199 versus $630,723 for the bottom 20%, and the 6 company-owned restaurants averaged 28.6% more than the franchised system. Pokeworks does not disclose operating expenses or profit, so sales are the main performance data available, and build-out costs ($80,000 to $323,000) account for most of the spread in the investment range.
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Section I – Estimated initial investment (franchise costs) for a Pokeworks franchise, based on Item 7 of the company’s 2026 FDD
Section II – Initial franchise fee, royalty fee, and marketing fee for a Pokeworks franchise, based on Items 5 and 6 of the company’s 2026 FDD
Section III – Number of franchised and company-owned Pokeworks outlets at the start of the year and the end of the year for 2023, 2024, and 2025, based on Item 20 of the company’s 2026 FDD
Section IV – News updates on the Pokeworks franchise opportunity
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- 2025 average, median, highest, and lowest gross sales for the 6 company-owned Pokeworks restaurants open and operating generally according to standard procedures for 12 full months of 2025
- 2025 average, median, highest, and lowest gross sales, plus the top 20% and bottom 20% average gross sales, for the 52 franchised Pokeworks restaurants open and operating generally according to standard procedures in January through December 2025
Section VI – Key ratios, comparables, computations, and analyses for the Pokeworks franchise opportunity (exclusive content for Platinum subscribers)
Section I – Pokeworks Franchise Costs
- Pokeworks franchise costs, based on Item 7 of the company’s 2026 FDD:
- Initial Franchise Fee: $40,000
- Architectural Design and Permits: $6,700 to $17,500
- Construction and Remodeling: $80,000 to $323,000
- Initial Lease Deposit: $5,000 to $20,000
- Furniture and Fixtures: $4,000 to $9,000
- Equipment: $60,075 to $74,392
- Business Licenses and Permits: $1,000 to $4,000
- Inventory: $5,000 to $10,000
- Signs: $9,780 to $14,986
- Pre-Opening Marketing: $7,500
- Insurance: $500 to $3,000
- Computer, POS, and ERP Systems: $5,880 to $8,783
- Employee Wages: $15,000
- Legal and Accounting Fees: $2,000 to $5,000
- Additional Funds (First Three Months): $25,000 to $40,000
- Training Expenses: $3,000 to $7,500
- Total Estimated Pokeworks Franchise Costs: $270,435 to $599,661
Section II – Pokeworks’ Initial Franchise Fee, Royalty Fee, and Marketing Fee
- Pokeworks’ initial franchise fee, royalty fee, and marketing fee, based on Items 5 and 6 of the company’s 2026 FDD:
- Initial Franchise Fee: $40,000
- Royalty Fee: 6% of Gross Sales
- Marketing Fund Contribution: 1.5% of Gross Sales
- Advertising Cooperative: up to 2.0% of Gross Sales
Section III – Number of Franchised and Company-Owned Pokeworks Outlets
Franchised
2023
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 57
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 60
- Net Change: +3
2024
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 60
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 61
- Net Change: +1
2025
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- Outlets at the End of the Year: 63
- Net Change: +2
Company-Owned
2023
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 7
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 7
- Net Change: 0
2024
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 7
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 6
- Net Change: -1
2025
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 6
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 6
- Net Change: 0
Section IV – News Updates on the Pokeworks Franchise
Section V – Financial Performance Representations (Average Revenues and/or Profits) for the Pokeworks Franchise (Item 19, 2026 FDD)
- As of December 28, 2025, there were a total of 59 franchised Pokeworks Restaurants. Of these, 52 franchised Restaurants were open and operating from January 2025 to December 2025.
- The tables below show the performance of the open company-owned and franchised Restaurants for comparable periods in 2025. The tables show the number of Pokeworks Restaurants that were open and operating.
- The performance information does not present franchise fees, selling, general and administrative expenses, occupancy costs such as utilities and rent, taxes, insurance, and other expenses. Net profit is not presented.
Part 1 – Financial Performance of Certain Company-Owned Locations (December 30, 2024 to December 28, 2025)
- Part 1 includes the data for the 6 company-owned Pokeworks Restaurants open and operating generally according to standard procedures for 12 full months of 2025.
- Number of Company-Owned Restaurants: 6
- Average Gross Sales: $1,391,931
- Highest Gross Sales in Range: $2,249,548
- Lowest Gross Sales in Range: $776,697
- Median Gross Sales: $1,342,992
- Of these company-owned Restaurants, 2 company-owned Restaurants (or 33.33%) met or exceeded the average gross sales set forth in Part 1 for January to December 2025.
Part 2 – Financial Performance of Certain Franchised Locations (December 30, 2024 to December 28, 2025)
- Part 2 includes the data for the 52 franchisee-owned Pokeworks Restaurants open and operating generally according to standard procedures in January through December 2025.
- Number of Franchisee-Owned Restaurants: 52
- Top 20% Average Gross Sales: $1,743,199
- Bottom 20% Average Gross Sales: $630,723
- Average Gross Sales: $1,082,563
- Highest Gross Sales in Range: $3,033,881
- Lowest Gross Sales in Range: $527,513
- Median Gross Sales: $943,784
- Of these franchisee-owned Restaurants, 21 franchisee-owned Restaurants (or 40%) met or exceeded the average gross sales set forth in Part 2 for January to December 2025.
- From January through December of 2025, no corporate-owned Restaurants closed and 5 franchise outlets closed.
- “Average Gross Sales” is defined as total Gross Sales (all revenue generated by the Pokeworks Restaurant, not including any sales tax and tips collected).
- Pokeworks does not provide information regarding costs like store level operating expenses, Royalty Fees, and Marketing Fund Contributions. The Financial Performance Representations (Earnings Claims) figures in this Item 19 do not reflect operating expenses or other costs or expenses that must be deducted from the gross revenue or gross sales figures to obtain your net income or profit.
- Some outlets have sold the amounts stated. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance you will sell as much.
- Company-owned Pokeworks Restaurants are substantially similar to the franchised outlets offered in the Disclosure Document. However, due to factors such as quantity discounts for Pokeworks Products and services, franchisor approval costs, reduced training and labor costs, and insurance discounts, your costs of operation may be higher than the costs incurred by Pokeworks’ Affiliates which operate the company-owned Pokeworks Restaurants.
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