Blo Blow Dry Bar
Bottom line
- Total investment $309K – $403K including a $45K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $378K/year (median $346K).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 39/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 89 loans (below the industry average).
- 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 Blo Blow Dry Bar unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
15%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Blo Blow Dry Bar units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$605K
on $3.0M purchase
Total debt
$2.4M
SBA $1.5M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Blo Blow Dry Bar franchisees operate a beauty services location offering professional blow-dry styling and hair treatments. Day-to-day operations include managing stylists, scheduling appointments, retail product sales, managing walk-in and appointment-based customer flow, and maintaining brand standards for service delivery and salon ambiance.
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 · 30 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
Blo presents moderate-to-caution risk due to missing profitability disclosure, moderate growth rate, and high capital requirements relative to revenue visibility.
Score breakdown · what drove the 39 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — unable to validate actual profitability claims against $378K average revenue
- 02MINOR12.4% YoY unit growth is modest for a service-based concept; mature brands typically show 15-25%+ growth or stable mature performance
- 03MEDHigh initial investment ($308.5K-$402.6K) relative to disclosed average revenue ($378K) creates thin margin for error and extended payback period
- 04MED6% royalty + undisclosed marketing fund obligations could significantly reduce net margins below break-even in early years
- 05HIGHNo litigation disclosed is positive but absence of franchisee profitability data limits ability to assess dispute potential
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
100 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Blo Blow Dry Bar · FDD (2025) PDF