Bottom line
- Total investment $85K – $179K including a $55K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 76/100.
- 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 CEILING GURU unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
79%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Ceiling Guru franchisees operate in the commercial and residential ceiling installation, repair, and renovation services industry. Day-to-day operations include managing crews for drywall and acoustic ceiling installation, coordinating client estimates and scheduling, and handling project completion and customer invoicing.
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 · 28 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
CEILING GURU presents HIGH RISK due to zero operating units, missing financial disclosures (Item 19), going concern red flag, and unproven franchise model with limited investor protection.
Score breakdown · what drove the 76 / 100 rating
- 01MINORZero existing franchise units with unknown growth trajectory indicates unproven system and market validation
- 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents realistic ROI assessment and profit benchmarking
- 03HIGHGoing concern status is FALSE, suggesting potential financial instability or operational uncertainty at franchisor level
- 04MINORHigh franchise fee ($54,900) relative to total investment and lack of unit growth creates high risk of unit failure
- 05MED7% royalty begins in month 7, but without disclosed average revenue, franchisees cannot estimate actual royalty burden or break-even timeline
- 06MINOR10-year term with protected territory is standard, but provides little comfort without proven unit economics
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
28 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
CEILING GURU · FDD (2022) PDF