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Cloudbound

OtherFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$1.8M – $3.6M
94th pct Other
Avg revenue
50th pct Other
Royalty
6.0%
17th pct Other
Units
0
0th pct Other
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $1.8M – $3.6M including a $60K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 75/100.
  • 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

Legal entity
Cloudbound Franchise Group, LLC
Parent company
Cloudbound Holdings, LLC
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
86 N. University Avenue, Suite 350, Provo, Utah 84601
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audited financials

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 Cloudbound unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $1.8M–$3.6M
Working capital
$
FDD reports $137K–$197K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

4%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$105K
EBITDA margin
14.0%
Total invested
$2.9M
Payback
330 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.

Overview

About

Cloudbound franchisees likely operate cloud infrastructure, managed services, or IT solutions businesses, providing customers with data management, migration, security, or compliance services. Day-to-day operations would involve client onboarding, technical service delivery, account management, and leveraging the franchisor's cloud technology platform or proprietary methodologies.

CEO
David Hoffmann
Founded
2025
FDD year
2025
States available
0

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$1.8M – $3.6M
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$137K – $197K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$60K
Royalty
6.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
3.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
9.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
0
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
2023
0±0
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 19 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 19 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

75
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION75 / 100

A pre-revenue franchise system with zero operating units, undisclosed financials, going concern status, and a $1.8M–$3.6M investment requirement presents extreme execution risk and unvalidated unit economics.

Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHGoing Concern status indicates financial viability questions at corporate level
  2. 02MINORZero existing franchise units — no operating track record or proof of concept in franchise model
  3. 03MEDFinancial performance metrics (revenue/net income) completely undisclosed — unable to validate ROI claims
  4. 04MEDExtremely high investment range ($1.8M–$3.6M) with no corresponding disclosed average unit economics
  5. 05MINORUnknown unit growth trajectory prevents assessment of system momentum or market demand
  6. 06MED6% royalty on undisclosed revenue streams creates hidden cost exposure
  7. 07HIGHNo litigation disclosed but Going Concern status suggests potential unresolved disputes or structural issues

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
zip codes or metes and bounds
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
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
Utah

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
16 hrs
On-the-job training
26 hrs
POS system
web-hosted point-of-sale platform application
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

25 numbers

Locked
(512) 475-••••
TX
(605) 773-••••
SD
(801) 530-••••
UT

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Cloudbound · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above