Criterium Engineers
Formerly known as Coast to Coast Engineering Services
Bottom line
- Total investment $75K – $174K including a $55K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $380K/year.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 59/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 8 loans (below the industry average).
- System contracting at -6.5% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).
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 Criterium Engineers 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 Criterium Engineers units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$683K
on $3.4M purchase
Total debt
$2.7M
SBA $1.7M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Criterium Engineers franchisees operate engineering consulting and inspection service businesses, likely performing structural assessments, building evaluations, and technical due diligence for commercial real estate transactions. Day-to-day work involves client site visits, technical reporting, project management, and maintaining professional engineering credentials and relationships.
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 · 21 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
Declining unit base, withheld profitability data, high relative fees, and unclear franchisor financial health create material investment risk despite protected territories.
Score breakdown · what drove the 59 / 100 rating
- 01MEDUnit count declined 6.5% year-over-year (29 units; suggests system contraction or franchisee struggles)
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 (prevents accurate ROI calculation and raises transparency concerns)
- 03MINORHigh franchise fee ($54,500) relative to average revenue ($379,720) creates breakeven pressure
- 04MINORRoyalty structure requires $5,000/month minimum ($60,000 annually) even at lower revenue levels, constraining profitability
- 05HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE (indicates potential franchisor financial instability)
- 06MINORSmall system size (29 units) means less brand recognition, shared resources, and higher vulnerability to economic downturns
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
31 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Criterium Engineers · FDD (2026) PDF