Crepe House

The vendor opportunity at Crepe House

Crepe House is a quick-service restaurant brand headquartered in New York, operating 4 company-owned locations. The most recent Franchise Disclosure Document, filed in 2026, reports an average unit volume of $1,089,335.76. The brand charges a 6.0% royalty and offers an initial franchise term of 10 years. Year-over-year unit growth is not disclosed in the available data.

The total addressable market for software vendors is 4 units, all company-owned. The number of franchised locations is not disclosed, which means the current software purchasing footprint is entirely controlled by the parent entity. For a vendor, this is a concentrated, single-buyer opportunity rather than a distributed franchise network sale.

Who controls software purchasing

According to Item 1 of the 2026 FDD, the sole executive on file is CEO Bashar Ali. No other officers, technology leaders, or procurement personnel are named. In a 4-unit, company-owned system, the CEO is the presumptive decision-maker for all software purchases. Vendors should prepare to engage directly with Bashar Ali at the New York headquarters.

There is no parent company on file; Crepe House appears to be independently owned. No operator footprint is mapped in our corpus, reinforcing that all purchasing authority sits at the HQ level.

Mandated and current tech stack

Crepe House mandates two specific financial systems: QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online, both by Intuit Inc. These are the only named technology vendors in the FDD. No point-of-sale, payroll, inventory, or other operational systems are disclosed as mandated or recommended.

For a software vendor, this signals that the brand has standardized on Intuit for accounting but may have open needs across other categories. Any pitch should acknowledge the existing QuickBooks investment and position complementary or replacement solutions accordingly.

Procurement, renewals, and timing

The FDD does not include an Item 8 extract, so Crepe House’s procurement model—whether designated supplier, approved supplier, or open—is not publicly disclosed. Vendors will need to clarify purchasing rules and approval processes during initial conversations with the CEO.

Item 17 outlines renewal conditions: franchisees who have substantially complied with their agreement may renew for additional 10-year terms. Renewal requires written notice, signing a new franchise agreement and release, paying a renewal fee, and refurbishing or remodeling the premises and replacing equipment to meet then-current standards. The new agreement may contain materially different terms, including fee requirements and territorial rights. These renewal events create natural windows for technology evaluation and vendor switching.

How to read the Crepe House FDD

The 2026 Crepe House FDD is embedded below for full review. It was filed with state franchise regulators and contains the complete legal and operational disclosures for the brand. Key sections for software vendors include Item 1 (executives and ownership), Item 11 (mandated systems and suppliers), Item 8 (procurement restrictions), and Item 17 (renewal and transfer terms).

For vendors evaluating whether Crepe House fits their ideal customer profile, the combination of a single HQ decision-maker, a small but high-AUV unit base, and a narrow mandated tech stack makes this a straightforward but limited opportunity. Talk to FranCloud for a ranked target list of franchise brands that match your software category and sales capacity.