Bottom line
- Total investment $536K – $1.0M including a $45K franchise fee.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 54/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 213 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 32.8% CAGR over 3 years with 170 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 D-BAT unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
13%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
D-BAT franchisees operate indoor baseball and softball training facilities offering batting cage rentals, lessons, lessons, camps, and leagues. Day-to-day operations include managing facility maintenance, scheduling instructors, processing membership payments, managing youth/adult customer relationships, and overseeing coach staff.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 12 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
D-BAT presents elevated risk due to lack of financial transparency (no Item 19), an unusually aggressive 40% membership royalty, modest growth, and going concern issues at the franchisor level.
Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed - impossible to assess ROI or validate 40% royalty burden
- 02MINORExceptionally high royalty rate of 40% on membership fees severely limits net profitability
- 03MINORModest unit growth of 11.1% YoY suggests slowing expansion or market saturation concerns
- 04MINORHigh initial investment range ($536K-$1M+) paired with unknown revenue creates significant capital-at-risk scenario
- 05HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE - potential financial instability at franchisor level raises sustainability questions
- 06MINORProtected territory provided but with opaque financials, territorial advantage may be insufficient to offset 40% royalty drag
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
21 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
D-BAT · FDD (2025) PDF