1-800-Plumber +Air
Bottom line
- Total investment $159K – $327K including a $55K franchise fee, 4.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 44/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 55 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 38.9% CAGR over 3 years with 54 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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-Plumber +Air unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
32%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate local plumbing and HVAC service businesses under the 1-800-Plumber brand, dispatching licensed technicians to residential and commercial customers for emergency repairs, maintenance, and installations. Day-to-day operations include customer scheduling, service dispatch coordination, technician management, and local marketing to build recurring service revenue.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 30 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
Small, under-transparent plumbing franchise with high capital requirement, no revenue disclosure, and modest growth trajectory — suitable only for franchisees willing to conduct extensive validation due to missing financial benchmarks.
Score breakdown · what drove the 44 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (average unit volumes) disclosed — impossible to assess ROI or payback period against $159k-$327k investment
- 02MEDSmall system (54 units) with modest 13.6% YoY growth — limited scale, higher operational risk, reduced support infrastructure
- 03MINORHigh initial investment ($54.5k franchise fee + $159k-$327k total) relative to system size and transparency
- 04MED4-6% royalty on undisclosed revenues creates earnings uncertainty — franchisees cannot benchmark profitability
- 05HIGHNo 'going concern' status suggests potential franchisor stability questions or recent reorganization
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
62 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
1-800-Plumber +Air · FDD (2025) PDF