Bottom line
- Total investment $266K – $380K including a $45K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $737K/year.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 60/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 6 loans (below the industry average).
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 Dumpster Today unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
30%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Dumpster Today units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.2M
on $5.9M purchase
Total debt
$4.7M
SBA $2.9M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate dumpster rental services, managing logistics of placement, pickup, and disposal of residential and commercial waste. Day-to-day activities include customer acquisition, scheduling/dispatch, equipment maintenance, landfill/transfer relationships, and fleet management in a protected territory.
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 · 22 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
Dumpster Today presents caution-level risk due to missing financial disclosure (Item 19), franchisor going concern status, small fragile unit base, and high investment-to-revenue ratio with gross-based royalties.
Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Average Net Income) disclosed — unable to validate profitability claims or ROI
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — suggests potential financial instability or unresolved accounting issues with franchisor
- 03MEDSmall unit base (19 units) with modest 15.4% YoY growth — limited scale, higher systemic risk, and difficulty validating unit economics
- 04MEDHigh initial investment ($266K–$379.5K) relative to disclosed average revenue ($736.6K) yields thin margins before 7% royalty extraction
- 05MINOR7% royalty on gross sales (not net) creates cash flow pressure, especially in capital-intensive waste management business
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
30 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Dumpster Today · FDD (2025) PDF