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DDSmatch

Health & Wellness - OtherFranchising since 2015Website
Investment
$140K – $323K
37th pct Other
Avg revenue
63rd pct Other
Royalty
Units
43
69th pct Other
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $140K – $323K including a $130K franchise fee.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 64/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 1 loans (below the industry average).
  • System growing at 30.3% CAGR over 3 years with 43 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
DDSmatch Franchise, LLC
Incorporated in
Indiana
HQ
9333 N. Meridian Street, Suite 250, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260
Auditor
Pile CPAs
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$454K
vs $1.4M prior year

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 DDSmatch 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: personal services
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $140K–$323K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $5K–$10K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

66%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$158K
EBITDA margin
21.0%
Total invested
$239K
Payback
18 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

DDSmatch franchisees operate a dental services marketplace/matching platform that connects patients with dentists or dental practices. Day-to-day operations likely involve marketing the platform to local dental providers and patients, managing customer relationships, handling administrative tasks, and potentially providing account management services. The specific service delivery model (software-as-a-service, lead generation, practice management services, or direct patient care referrals) is unclear from available data.

CEO
Thad Miller
Founded
2015
FDD year
2025
States available
44

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$140K – $323K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$5K – $10K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$130K
Royalty
$1,050 per month
Ad fund
$500 per month

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
43
Opened
3
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+7.5%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+30.3%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
43+3
Franchised units
2024
40
Franchised units
2025
33
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 8 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 · 8 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.

Total loans
1
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

64
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE64 / 100

DDSmatch presents meaningful investment risk due to opaque financial performance, stagnant unit growth, and a high upfront fee with no disclosed revenue benchmarks to justify ROI expectations.

Score breakdown · what drove the 64 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORNo Item 19 financial disclosures (revenue/net income) prevents ROI validation against $140k-$322.5k investment
  2. 02MEDSlow unit growth of 7.5% YoY with only 43 units suggests limited scalability or market appeal
  3. 03MINORHigh franchise fee ($130,000) represents 93% of minimum investment with no profitability benchmarks to justify it
  4. 04HIGHGoing Concern flag is FALSE but absence of explicit affirmation is unusual and warrants clarification
  5. 05MINORFixed $1,050/month royalty ($12,600 annually) is non-negotiable regardless of unit profitability or revenue

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Counties
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
5 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
Optional
Governing law
Indiana

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
18 hrs
On-the-job training
18 hrs
POS system
Pipedrive CRM
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

30 numbers

Locked
(443) 422-••••
MI
(971) 806-••••
AZ
(603) 493-••••
MI

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

DDSmatch · FDD (2025) PDF

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