Bottom line
- Total investment $23K – $78K including a $29K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $206K/year (median $99K). Estimated payback in 0.3 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 51/100.
- 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
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 bioPURE unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
55%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 bioPURE units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$330K
on $1.6M purchase
Total debt
$1.3M
SBA $0.8M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
bioPURE franchisees operate retail/wellness locations focused on pure/natural health products, likely including water purification systems, supplements, or biometric testing services. Daily operations involve customer consultations, product sales, equipment maintenance, and client education on health optimization.
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 · 27 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
Contracting franchise system with high fees relative to revenue, missing financial transparency, and declining unit count raises concerns about market viability and franchisee ROI sustainability.
Score breakdown · what drove the 51 / 100 rating
- 01MEDUnit count declined 4.4% year-over-year (46 units), indicating system contraction and potential market saturation or franchisee dissatisfaction
- 02MINORHigh initial investment ($22.5K-$78K) relative to average net income ($193.9K), yielding only 2.5-8.6x annual payback, with unclear path to profitability in early years
- 03MINORWide variance in initial investment costs suggests inconsistent territory valuations or significant ancillary costs not clearly itemized in FDD Item 7
- 04MINORRoyalty structure up to 8% of gross sales is aggressive given modest average revenue of $206K; at max royalty, franchisees pay $16.5K annually just in fees
- 05MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed—cannot independently verify if $206K average revenue and $193.9K net income are median, mean, or based on subset of franchisees
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
60 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
bioPURE · FDD (2022) PDF