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Doxa

OtherFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$80K – $121K
25th pct Other
Avg revenue
$3K
0th pct Other
Royalty
60.0% (?)
Likely extraction error
Units
1
7th pct Other
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $80K – $121K including a $60K franchise fee, 60.0% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $3K/year (median $2K).
  • Rated AVOID with a risk score of 90/100.
  • No protected territory and the franchisor reserves the right to compete in your area. Clarify territorial boundaries before signing.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
DOXA Talent Franchising LLC
Parent company
DOXA Talent, Inc.
Incorporated in
Idaho
HQ
9169 W State St., Garden City, ID 83714
Auditor
Citrin Cooperman & Company, 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 DOXA unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $2,613
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: $80K–$121K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $10K–$25K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

-1%

Negative

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$-967
EBITDA margin
-37.0%
Total invested
$118K
Payback
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

DOXA franchisees appear to operate a product/service distribution or retail model with markup-based revenue. Day-to-day activities likely involve sales, customer acquisition, inventory management, and order fulfillment. The business model depends entirely on maintaining markup margins while paying 60% of that markup to the franchisor.

CEO
David Nilssen
Founded
2024
FDD year
2025
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$80K – $121K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$10K – $25K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$60K
Royalty
60.0%
Markup Share · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
0.0%
typical 3–5%
Payback period
Effectively never
Investment too high vs revenue to recover

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$3K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$2K
Item 19 type
Average Monthly Base Rate and Markup per Seat
Sample size
709 units
vs category median 20 · large
Range (low → high)
$1K$7K
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
7 / 5
vs category median 3 / 5 · above
Revenue rank0th
vs Other peers
Investment cost rank25th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank69th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank7th
vs Other peers
Risk score rank99th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
1
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
0%
vs corporate-owned
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 · 4 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 · 4 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

90
Risk · 0-100
AVOID90 / 100

This is a high-risk investment with a collapsing or non-viable franchisor (Going Concern), unsustainable royalty structure, and a single unit generating negligible profit—avoid unless franchisor provides compelling evidence of financial recovery and unit viability.

Score breakdown · what drove the 90 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHGoing Concern status indicates the franchisor may be financially unstable or facing viability questions
  2. 02MINOROnly 1 unit in system signals either brand is brand-new, collapsing, or severely underperforming
  3. 03MINOR60% royalty on markup is extraordinarily high and leaves minimal margin for franchisee profitability
  4. 04MINORAverage net income of $520/month ($6,240/year) is far below living wage; ROI on $80k-$120k investment is negative or multi-decade payback
  5. 05MEDUnprotected territory means unlimited competition from other franchisees or direct franchisor sales in your market
  6. 06HIGHNo disclosed litigation but Going Concern status suggests potential undisclosed legal/financial exposure
  7. 07MINORFranchise fee of $60,000 combined with near-zero profitability creates immediate financial distress
  8. 08MINORUnknown unit growth trajectory with only 1 unit suggests franchisor cannot demonstrate system viability or franchisee success

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius / Zip Code Based
Protected territory
No
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Granted
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
Idaho

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
40 hrs
On-the-job training
30 hrs
POS system
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software with Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
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

4 numbers

Locked
(651) 539-••••
MN
(401) 462-••••
RI
(212) 416-••••
NY

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

DOXA · FDD (2025) PDF

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