Afficient Academy
Bottom line
- Total investment $47K – $142K including a $1K franchise fee, 22.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100.
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
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 Afficient Academy unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
-14%
Negative
Overview
About
Afficient Academy is an online tutoring/education platform where franchisees recruit and manage student clients, delivering tutoring services (likely through contractor tutors) in various subjects. Franchisees handle marketing, student acquisition, tutor scheduling, and customer service while the franchisor likely manages the learning platform and receives 22% royalties per active student-subject combination monthly.
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 · 4 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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
A financially troubled franchisor with only 10 units, no earnings disclosure, unsustainable high royalties on franchisor-controlled pricing, and unprotected territories presents extreme operational and financial risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing concern status indicates franchisor financial distress or viability questions
- 02MEDNo Item 19 (average revenue/earnings) disclosed — impossible to validate ROI on $46.6k-$141.5k investment
- 03MINORExtremely high 22% royalty on 'posted, recommended pricing' creates ambiguity and potential for disputes over what constitutes billable revenue
- 04MINORMinimal unit growth (12.5% YoY on only 10 units) suggests weak franchisee recruitment and system stagnation
- 05MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk from other Afficient franchisees in same market
- 06MINORRoyalty structure tied to 'recommended pricing' rather than actual revenue is highly unusual and suggests franchisor controls pricing, limiting franchisee autonomy
- 07MINORVery low franchise fee ($1,000) relative to total investment may indicate franchisor desperate for cash flow rather than building sustainable system
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
11 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Afficient Academy · FDD (2025) PDF