Bottom line
- Total investment $269K – $514K including a $63K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.9M/year (median $638K). Estimated payback in 0.5 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 39/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 45 loans (below the industry average).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one 1-800-PACKOUTS unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
46%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 1-800-PACKOUTS units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
43.4%
6.06× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.02×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$2.9M
on $11.2M purchase
Total debt
$8.4M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
1-800-PACKOUTS franchisees operate moving and packing services, managing the logistics of residential and commercial relocations. Day-to-day operations include customer acquisition, scheduling moving crews, overseeing packing/loading activities, managing inventory of supplies, and handling customer service. The business is labor-intensive and territory-dependent, requiring local market presence and operational management of multiple concurrent moves.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 14 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator — not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Moderate-to-caution risk profile with meaningful litigation exposure, unvalidated financial claims, and a competitive market where franchisee enforcement actions suggest operational friction between franchisor and operators.
Score breakdown · what drove the 39 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHActive litigation against franchisees for breach of contract and competing business operations suggests enforcement disputes and potential non-compete interpretation conflicts
- 02MINORPrior settled lawsuit (2019) involving franchisee breaches indicates historical relationship friction and possible systemic agreement compliance issues
- 03MINORNo Item 19 financial performance representations limits ability to validate the reported $730K average net income claim across the 61-unit system
- 04MINORHigh initial investment ($269K-$514K) combined with 7% royalties creates substantial fixed costs that must be covered by the claimed $1.87M average revenue
- 05HIGHModest unit growth (10.9% YoY) is solid but insufficient to offset litigation risks and validate scalability of the model
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
14 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
1-800-PACKOUTS · FDD (2026) PDF