Black Optix Tint
Bottom line
- Total investment $246K – $348K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $632K/year.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 52/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 16 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 700.0% CAGR over 3 years with 25 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 Black Optix Tint unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
31%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Black Optix Tint units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.3M
on $6.3M purchase
Total debt
$5.1M
SBA $3.2M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Black Optix Tint franchisees operate retail/mobile window tinting services for automotive and commercial clients. Day-to-day operations include scheduling appointments, applying ceramic/protective window films, managing customer relationships, and maintaining equipment. Revenue models typically blend retail walk-in traffic, mobile services, and commercial contracts.
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 · 11 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
Window tinting franchise with undisclosed profitability, corporate litigation over disclosure practices, and insufficient data to validate investment returns.
Score breakdown · what drove the 52 / 100 rating
- 01MINORParent company and affiliates (Signarama, TGG, GCZ, UFG) have multiple consent orders and injunctive orders for franchise sales disclosure and registration violations—indicates systemic compliance failures at corporate level
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19—cannot validate actual profitability claims; average revenue of $631,769 means nothing without expense breakdown
- 03MINORHigh franchise fee ($49,500) combined with total investment requirement ($245k-$347k) creates significant sunk cost with unproven ROI
- 04HIGHLitigation history suggests franchisees may face regulatory headwinds and potential corporate legal exposure affecting business operations
- 05MINOR118% YoY unit growth in small system (25 units) is statistically volatile and masks underlying unit churn/replacement rates
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
14 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Black Optix Tint · FDD (2025) PDF