After Glow Tanning & Beauty Bar
Bottom line
- Total investment $75K – $150K including a $25K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $150K/year.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 2 years of franchising with 1 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 After Glow Tanning & Beauty Bar unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
25%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 After Glow Tanning & Beauty Bar units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$465K
on $2.3M purchase
Total debt
$1.9M
SBA $1.2M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
After Glow Tanning & Beauty Bar franchisees operate retail locations offering spray tanning, UV tanning beds, and beauty services (likely nails, facials, waxing). Daily operations include managing tanning equipment, scheduling client appointments, staffing the salon floor, cleaning/maintaining beds, inventory management, and handling POS transactions.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
No multi-year history disclosed and no opening/closing activity in the last reporting year.
Item 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
Extreme caution warranted: single-unit system with going concern issues, undisclosed profitability, and high operating costs relative to claimed revenues.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status indicates financial instability or potential insolvency of franchisor
- 02MEDOnly 1 disclosed unit with unknown growth trajectory suggests system is not scaling or may be contracting
- 03MEDNet income not disclosed despite $150k average revenue claim — suggests profitability concerns or selective reporting
- 04MINORHigh royalty rate (7%) on modest $150k average revenue leaves only ~$139.5k before royalties, rent, staff, and supplies
- 05MINORNo Item 19 financial performance representations limits ability to validate earnings claims
- 06MINORSignificant investment range ($75k-$150k) with vague cost breakdown indicates unpredictable startup expenses
- 07MINOR10-year term is lengthy commitment given franchisor's unstable financial position
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
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
1 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
After Glow Tanning & Beauty Bar · FDD (2025) PDF