Bottom line
- Total investment $64K – $100K including a $20K franchise fee.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 64/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 32 loans (below the industry average).
- 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 AR Workshop Crafty Cruiser unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
125%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
AR Workshop Crafty Cruiser appears to be a mobile augmented reality craft experience, likely operating a mobile unit/vehicle that travels to events or locations offering interactive AR-enabled craft activities. Franchisees would manage daily operations including route planning, event logistics, equipment maintenance, customer experience delivery, and local marketing to generate per-event or subscription 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 · 18 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
Zero-unit franchise with litigation history, undisclosed financials, and franchisor going concern issues presents extreme execution and viability risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 64 / 100 rating
- 01MINORZero operating units with unknown growth trajectory indicates either brand-new concept or complete system collapse
- 02HIGHGoing Concern = False suggests potential financial instability or viability questions at franchisor level
- 03MINORNo Item 19 (Average Revenue/Net Income) disclosure prevents validation of $64k-$99k investment ROI
- 04MINORWashington Attorney General Assurance of Discontinuance for 'no-poach' violations indicates employment law compliance issues
- 05MED$500/month minimum royalty on undisclosed revenues creates unprofitable unit risk at low sales volumes
- 06MINORHigh franchise fee ($20k) relative to total investment (31%) leaves minimal working capital buffer
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
20 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
AR Workshop Crafty Cruiser · FDD (2025) PDF