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ARCHIVE Contents Restoration

Cleaning - Commercial & JanitorialFranchising since 2024Website
Investment
$74K – $201K
27th pct Commercial & …
Avg revenue
65th pct Commercial & …
Royalty
7.0%
31st pct Commercial & …
Units
3
10th pct Commercial & …
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $74K – $201K including a $50K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100.
  • Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Archive Franchise Network, LLC
Incorporated in
Nevada
HQ
1960 East McFadden Avenue, Santa Ana, California 92705
Auditor
Muhammad Zubairy, CPA PC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
vs $0 prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2024
Status as of 2024; may have been resolved in a later filing we don't yet have.

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 ARCHIVE Contents Restoration unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $74K–$201K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $5K–$31K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

53%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$83K
EBITDA margin
11.0%
Total invested
$155K
Payback
23 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

ARCHIVE Contents Restoration franchisees manage the recovery, cleaning, and restoration of personal belongings damaged by fire, water, or other disasters. Operators coordinate with insurance companies, conduct damage assessments, perform restoration work (or subcontract specialists), and manage customer communication and project completion. Day-to-day activities include responding to emergency calls, inventory management, quality control, and marketing to insurance adjusters and restoration companies.

CEO
Eric W. Ten Eyck
Founded
2020
FDD year
2024
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$74K – $201K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$5K – $31K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
7.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
8.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
3
Opened
2
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
67%
vs corporate-owned
2022
2+2
Franchised units
2023
0
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units

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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 5 states
Not registered

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

65
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE65 / 100

Extreme early-stage franchise with minimal operating units, zero financial transparency, and unproven business model profitability—suitable only for investors with high risk tolerance and disaster/restoration industry expertise.

Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINOROnly 3 units systemwide indicates extremely early-stage or stagnant franchise system with minimal proven scalability
  2. 02MEDNo disclosed average revenue or net income (Item 19 absent) makes ROI validation impossible and prevents informed investment decision
  3. 03MINORHigh initial investment range ($73,650-$200,850) relative to system size raises questions about unit economics and franchisor support capacity
  4. 04MED5-year term is shorter than industry standard (typically 10 years), suggesting either experimental model or franchisor caution
  5. 05MEDNo disclosed growth trajectory for 3-unit system; unclear if system is expanding, stable, or contracting
  6. 06MEDNiche service market (contents restoration) has limited addressable market and may face cyclical demand tied to disasters/insurance claims

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Number of households
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Nevada

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
40 hrs
On-the-job training
16 hrs
POS system
Encircle
Operating tech stack

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

6 numbers

Locked
(844) 556-••••
Archive Contents of Riverside, LLC
CA
(804) 371-••••
VA
(317) 232-••••
IN

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

ARCHIVE Contents Restoration · FDD (2024) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above