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Casalinea

RetailFranchising since 2022Website
Investment
$143K – $583K
31st pct Retail
Avg revenue
53rd pct Retail
Royalty
2.0%
1st pct Retail
Units
0
0th pct Retail
SBA default

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

Legal entity
StonePeak Ceramics, Inc.
Parent company
GranitiFiandre S.p.A.
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
325 West Huron Street, Suite 404, Chicago, Illinois 60654
Auditor
Funaro & Co., P.C.
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$155.0M
vs $177.8M prior year

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?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: retail
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $143K–$583K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $3K–$10K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

22%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$83K
EBITDA margin
11.0%
Total invested
$370K
Payback
54 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

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.

CEO
Federica Minozzi
Founded
2001
FDD year
2022
States available
0

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$143K – $583K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$3K – $10K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$30K
Royalty
2.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
4.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
0
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
Multi-unit owners
16.7%
2020
0±0
Franchised units
2021
0
Franchised units
2022
0
Franchised units

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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 16 states
Not registered

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

79
Risk · 0-100
AVOID79 / 100

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

  1. 01HIGHGoing Concern warning indicates franchisor financial distress or operational viability issues
  2. 02MEDZero disclosed franchise units with unknown growth trajectory suggests either brand collapse, rebranding, or complete lack of franchisee network
  3. 03MINORNo Item 19 (average revenue/income disclosure) prevents ROI validation against $142k-$583k investment range
  4. 04MINORWide investment range ($440k spread) with no profitability disclosure creates inability to model break-even timeline
  5. 05MINOR5-year term with low 2% royalty may indicate franchisor struggling to attract/retain franchisees through underpricing
  6. 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

Territory
Radius
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Illinois

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
12 hrs
On-the-job training
0 hrs

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

Locked
(213) 576-••••
CA
(808) 586-••••
HI
(619) 525-••••
CA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Casalinea · FDD (2022) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above