Bottom line
- Total investment $74K – $89K including a $45K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $248K/year.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 47/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 5 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 Club SciKidz unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
39%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Club SciKidz units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$298K
on $1.5M purchase
Total debt
$1.2M
SBA $0.7M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Club SciKidz franchisees operate STEM/science education centers serving children, typically delivering after-school programs, camps, and workshops. Day-to-day operations include enrollment management, instructor scheduling, program delivery, facility maintenance, and parent/student communication.
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 · 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
Undisclosed profitability metrics and rapid expansion of a small system create meaningful uncertainty around franchisee returns; past litigation suggests franchisor-franchisee tension.
Score breakdown · what drove the 47 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — unable to validate profitability claims against $248k average revenue
- 02MINORAggressive unit growth (41.2% YoY) on small base (25 units) suggests rapid expansion without proven unit economics
- 03HIGHLitigation history shows franchisor aggressively enforced non-competes, indicating potential relationship friction and franchisee restrictions
- 04MEDHigh royalty rate (7%) combined with undisclosed net income makes true ROI calculation impossible
- 05MINORFranchise fee ($45k) plus startup costs ($74.4k–$88.5k total) represent significant capital outlay with unvalidated profit margins
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
36 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Club SciKidz · FDD (2026) PDF