Big Blue Swim School
Bottom line
- Total investment $2.1M – $3.8M including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 54/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 48 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 228.6% CAGR over 3 years with 42 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 BIG BLUE SWIM SCHOOL unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
4%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate swim schools delivering swimming and water safety instruction to children and adults. Day-to-day operations include managing instructors, scheduling classes across multiple pool times, maintaining customer relationships, handling facility logistics, and ensuring compliance with health/safety standards.
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 · 19 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
High capital requirement combined with undisclosed unit economics, explosive growth rate, and franchisor financial concerns create substantial risk without transparent profitability data.
Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating
- 01MEDFinancial performance metrics (avg revenue and net income) not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — prevents ROI validation
- 02MEDHigh initial investment ($2.1M–$3.8M) with no disclosed average unit volumes to justify capital requirement
- 03MINORRapid unit growth of 53.3% YoY raises sustainability and quality control concerns — typical of aggressive recruitment over profitability
- 04HIGHGoing concern status is False — suggests potential financial instability or recent restructuring at franchisor level
- 05MINOR6% royalty on gross revenue (not net) is problematic for low-margin or seasonal swim school operations
- 06MED42 total units is a small system with limited track record and operational maturity
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
39 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
BIG BLUE SWIM SCHOOL · FDD (2025) PDF