Bottom line
- Total investment $143K – $583K including a $30K franchise fee, 2.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated AVOID with a risk score of 79/100.
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
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 Casalinea unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
22%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Casalinea franchisees operate linen rental and hospitality textile services, managing inventory acquisition, laundry operations, and delivery logistics to hotel, restaurant, and healthcare clients. Day-to-day operations include managing washing facilities, tracking linen cycles, handling customer service complaints, and maintaining fleet/logistics for territory coverage.
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 · 16 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
Casalinea presents HIGH RISK due to going concern status, zero visible franchise units, complete absence of financial performance data, and inability to validate return on investment.
Score breakdown · what drove the 79 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern warning indicates franchisor financial distress or operational viability issues
- 02MEDZero disclosed franchise units with unknown growth trajectory suggests either brand collapse, rebranding, or complete lack of franchisee network
- 03MINORNo Item 19 (average revenue/income disclosure) prevents ROI validation against $142k-$583k investment range
- 04MINORWide investment range ($440k spread) with no profitability disclosure creates inability to model break-even timeline
- 05MINOR5-year term with low 2% royalty may indicate franchisor struggling to attract/retain franchisees through underpricing
- 06HIGHNo litigation disclosure combined with going concern status raises questions about transparency and financial stability
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
20 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Casalinea · FDD (2022) PDF