Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions
Bottom line
- Total investment $124K – $139K including a $40K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $910K/year (median $671K).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 41/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 64 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 Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
107%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.6M
on $8.2M purchase
Total debt
$6.6M
SBA $4.1M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Filta franchisees provide commercial kitchen waste management and fryer oil recycling services to restaurants, hotels, and foodservice operators. Day-to-day operations involve scheduled collection of used cooking oil, grease trap maintenance, equipment servicing, and building recurring B2B customer relationships within a protected territory. Revenue is generated through service fees, waste disposal, and oil recycling credits.
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 · 32 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
Filta presents moderate-to-cautionary risk with undisclosed profitability metrics, stagnant unit growth, litigation history over franchisee disputes, and a royalty structure that may not align franchisee success with franchisor incentives.
Score breakdown · what drove the 41 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 — unable to validate actual profitability claims against $910k average revenue
- 02MINORSlow unit growth (4.4% YoY) suggests market saturation or franchisee satisfaction issues in a 355-unit system
- 03HIGHLitigation history involving franchisee exit disputes and TCPA violations raises concerns about contract enforcement and franchisor conduct
- 04MINORHigh initial investment ($123.6k-$139.25k) combined with declining royalty floor ($650/month minimum) suggests tight unit economics
- 05MINORRoyalty structure creates ambiguity — franchisees paying either declining % or $650 minimum means low-revenue locations subsidize franchisor
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
92 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Filta Environmental Kitchen Solutions · FDD (2024) PDF