Cd One Price Cleaners
Formerly known as Cleaners Depot
Bottom line
- Total investment $263K – $3.0M including a $30K franchise fee, 6.5% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.1M/year (median $1.1M).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 54/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 32 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 36.8% CAGR over 3 years with 52 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 CD ONE PRICE CLEANERS unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
6%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 CD ONE PRICE CLEANERS units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$536K
on $2.7M purchase
Total debt
$2.1M
SBA $1.3M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate dry cleaning retail locations offering standard cleaning services (garments, alterations, specialty items). Day-to-day operations include managing customer intake, quality control of cleaning/pressing, staff scheduling, inventory management of chemicals and supplies, and customer service at the point of sale.
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 12 · 4 states reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
4
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
Rapidly growing but financially opaque dry cleaning franchise with undisclosed profitability, concerning franchisor financial status, and extreme investment variability that obscures true unit economics.
Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 — impossible to validate profitability claims or ROI on $263k-$3M investment
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates franchisor may have material financial or operational uncertainties
- 03MINORWide investment range ($263k-$3M spread) suggests high variability in unit economics and unclear cost structure
- 04MINOR30% YoY unit growth with only 52 total units indicates small, rapidly expanding system with execution risk
- 05MINOR6.5% royalty on $1.07M average revenue = $69.7k annual royalty burden reduces franchisee net margins significantly
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
38 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
CD ONE PRICE CLEANERS · FDD (2025) PDF