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FV-00559·MODERATEExcellent91

Clean Your Dirty Face

Personal Services - Beauty & SalonFranchising since 2020Website
Investment
$132K – $334K
20th pct Beauty & Salon
Avg revenue
$304K
6th pct Beauty & Salon
Royalty
5.0%
7th pct Beauty & Salon
Units
32
44th pct Beauty & Salon
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $132K – $334K including a $50K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $304K/year (median $294K).
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 59/100.
  • System growing at 45.5% CAGR over 3 years with 32 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Mud Franchising, LLC
Parent company
Krishna Chicago, LLC
Incorporated in
North Carolina
HQ
2485 Penny Road, Suite 140, High Point, North Carolina 27265
Auditor
DG Perry CPAs + Advisors
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$895K
vs $1.1M 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 Clean Your Dirty Face unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $304,050
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: personal services
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $132K–$334K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $10K–$15K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

29%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$70K
EBITDA margin
23.0%
Total invested
$245K
Payback
42 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.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 Clean Your Dirty Face units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

49.9%

7.57× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

1.88×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$973K

on $4.9M purchase

Total debt

$3.9M

SBA $2.4M + senior + seller note

Overview

About

Franchisees operate facial skincare studios offering professional cleansing, extractions, and acne-treatment services. Day-to-day operations include managing client appointments, administering face treatments, maintaining sanitization protocols, and retailing skincare products. Revenue is primarily service-based with potential product upsells.

CEO
Shama Patel
Founded
2015
FDD year
2026
States available
11

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$132K – $334K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$10K – $15K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$304K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$294K
Item 19 type
Gross Sales
Sample size
26 units
vs category median 34
Range (low → high)
$100K$595K
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
4 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Revenue rank6th
vs Personal Services - Beauty & Salon peers
Investment cost rank20th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank7th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank44th
vs Personal Services - Beauty & Salon peers
Risk score rank43th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
32
Opened
7
Last reporting year
Closed
1
Turnover rate
3.1%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+23.1%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+45.5%
Compounded over last 3 years
2024
32+5
Franchised units
2025
26
Franchised units
2026
22
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 11 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).

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VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 11 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

59
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE59 / 100

Moderate-to-high risk: opaque profitability, past trademark litigation, territorial vulnerability, and short franchise term warrant caution despite modest growth.

Score breakdown · what drove the 59 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORNo net income disclosure (Item 19) despite $304k average revenue — profitability opaque
  2. 02HIGHTrademark infringement litigation (2017) shows IP vulnerabilities and reputational risk
  3. 03MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk from same-brand locations
  4. 04MEDHigh initial investment ($131k–$333k) relative to disclosed revenue with unknown margins
  5. 05MINOR5-year term is shorter than industry standard (typically 10 years), increasing renewal risk
  6. 06MEDModest unit growth (23.1% YoY) with only 32 franchises suggests limited brand momentum

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Protected territory
No
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
1
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
North Carolina

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
20 hrs
On-the-job training
40 hrs
POS system
Proprietary Software
Operating tech stack

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

37 numbers

Locked
(773) 524-••••
IL
(813) 260-••••
FL
(704) 962-••••
NC

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Clean Your Dirty Face · FDD (2026) PDF

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