Clear Lakes Dental
Bottom line
- Total investment $554K – $1.5M including a $62K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $5.1M/year (median $4.8M).
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 60/100.
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 Clear Lakes Dental unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
96%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Clear Lakes Dental units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
22.5%
2.76× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
4.01×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$41.7M
on $66.7M purchase
Total debt
$25.0M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Clear Lakes Dental franchisees operate dental practices providing preventive, restorative, and cosmetic dental services to patients. Day-to-day operations include patient scheduling, clinical care delivery, staff management, sterilization protocols, insurance billing, and marketing to build local patient bases within protected territories.
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 20 · 20 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
Undisclosed profitability, going concern red flag, tiny system size, and explosive growth metrics suggest Clear Lakes Dental is an early-stage or distressed franchise with material financial uncertainty.
Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 — impossible to assess actual profitability despite $512k average revenue claim
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — suggests franchisor financial instability or operational uncertainty
- 03MINORExplosive unit growth (150% YoY) is unsustainable and may indicate aggressive recruitment masking poor retention
- 04MEDWide investment range ($554k–$1.51M) suggests inconsistent unit economics or hidden costs not fully disclosed
- 05MINOR7% royalty on gross revenue is high-burden model with no profitability transparency to justify the fee structure
- 06MEDOnly 8 units total — extremely small system with limited track record and high franchisor dependency risk
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
24 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Clear Lakes Dental · FDD (2025) PDF