Fitness Machine Technicians FMT
Bottom line
- Total investment $66K – $128K including a $45K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $467K/year. Estimated payback in 0.5 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 46/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 33 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 28.2% CAGR over 3 years with 140 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 Fitness Machine Technicians FMT unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
124%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Fitness Machine Technicians FMT units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
43.4%
6.07× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.02×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$2.8M
on $11.2M purchase
Total debt
$8.4M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate mobile fitness equipment repair and maintenance services, servicing commercial gyms, personal training studios, and corporate wellness facilities. Day-to-day work involves diagnostics, parts replacement, preventative maintenance calls, and customer support across a protected geographic territory. Revenue is transaction-based on service calls and repair billability, with no recurring subscription or membership component.
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 · 16 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
Moderate-to-high risk opportunity with regulatory compliance concerns at parent level, unverified financial claims, slow unit growth, and service-model labor dependency.
Score breakdown · what drove the 46 / 100 rating
- 01MINORPredecessor company (TMA/Mosquito Authority) has four unregistered franchise sales regulatory violations across multiple states, indicating potential compliance and disclosure issues that may persist
- 02MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — cannot independently verify the claimed $212,397.50 average net income or $466,910 average revenue figures
- 03MEDModest unit growth of only 9.1% YoY with 140 total units suggests limited brand momentum; saturation risk in service territory model
- 04MINORTiered royalty structure (6% then 5%) creates ambiguity on true take-home net income once corporate overhead is factored across declining margin tiers
- 05HIGHAffiliate litigation (Soccer Shots no-poaching settlement) indicates corporate culture issues with restrictive covenants that may impact franchisee autonomy
- 06MINORService-based franchise model highly dependent on owner involvement, labor costs, and local market saturation with minimal recurring revenue protection
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
19 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Fitness Machine Technicians FMT · FDD (2025) PDF