Bottom line
- Total investment $252K – $494K including a $45K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $888K/year (median $773K). Estimated payback in 3.5 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 49/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 7 loans (below the industry average).
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 Batteries Plus unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
19%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Batteries Plus units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$355K
on $1.8M purchase
Total debt
$1.4M
SBA $0.9M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Batteries Plus franchisees operate retail locations selling batteries, car batteries, and related power products, along with automotive maintenance services (bulbs, wiper blades, basic installation). Daily operations involve inventory management, point-of-sale transactions, customer service, and installation service delivery across a protected territory.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 9 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
Batteries Plus presents caution-level risk: a declining franchise system with active litigation, unverified financial claims, and margins that may not justify capital deployment for many franchisees.
Score breakdown · what drove the 49 / 100 rating
- 01MINORDeclining unit count (-0.5% YoY) suggests system contraction despite mature brand presence
- 02HIGHDual litigation with both franchisor suing franchisees and franchisees suing franchisor indicates relationship friction and potential operational/contractual disputes
- 03MINORNet income of $105,544 on average revenue of $887,757 yields only 11.9% net margin — tight profitability relative to $252K-$493K initial investment and 5% ongoing royalties
- 04MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — unable to verify franchisor's revenue/income claims or validate unit-level economics independently
- 05MINORHigh initial investment range ($252K-$493K) combined with modest net returns creates 2.4-4.7 year breakeven window with execution risk
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
99 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Batteries Plus · FDD (2024) PDF