Bottom line
- Total investment $113K – $172K including a $60K franchise fee, 7.0% 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 Aqua Chill Drinking Water Systems unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
53%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Aqua Chill franchisees sell and distribute drinking water systems (likely water coolers or point-of-use dispensers) to residential and commercial customers. Day-to-day operations typically involve customer acquisition, system installation, maintenance/servicing, water delivery logistics, and customer retention. Franchisees likely operate as independent distributors within their assigned area.
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 · 5 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
This is a high-risk investment: a micro-system (19 units) with going concern questions, no financial disclosure, zero territory protection, and opaque revenue data that makes ROI validation impossible.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial viability concerns at corporate level
- 02MEDNo Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — cannot validate $113k-$171k investment ROI claims
- 03MINOROnly 19 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory — suggests stagnant or declining franchise
- 04MINORZero territory protection — franchisees compete directly with each other and company-owned locations
- 05MED7% royalty on undisclosed revenue creates blind spot for true cost burden on net profitability
- 06MINOR20-year term locks franchisees into long commitment with unproven business model transparency
- 07MINORHigh initial investment ($60k franchise fee alone) relative to tiny system size indicates poor scale economics
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
7 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Aqua Chill Drinking Water Systems · FDD (2024) PDF