Bottom line
- Total investment $128K – $303K including a $35K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 53/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 54 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 CKO Kickboxing unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
90%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate boutique kickboxing fitness studios offering group classes, personal training, and retail (gloves, wraps). Day-to-day operations include managing instructors, scheduling classes, member retention/acquisition, facility maintenance, and sales of fitness packages and merchandise.
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 · 24 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
CKO Kickboxing presents CAUTION-level risk due to declining unit count, complete absence of financial transparency (no Item 19), and high capital requirements relative to unknown profit potential in a contracting system.
Score breakdown · what drove the 53 / 100 rating
- 01MINORUnit count declining 10.3% YoY (52 units) suggests system contraction and potential market saturation
- 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents ROI validation and profitability assessment
- 03MEDHigh initial investment ($127,962–$302,862) with 7% royalty combined with undisclosed financials creates significant downside risk
- 04MINORFitness/boutique studio sector experiencing post-COVID consolidation; kickboxing is trend-dependent with high churn risk
- 05MINOR10-year term is long given franchise system instability and no performance benchmarks provided
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
48 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
CKO Kickboxing · FDD (2025) PDF