Bottom line
- Total investment $131K – $189K including a $40K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $507K/year (median $464K).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 54/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 93 loans (below the industry average).
- System contracting at -22.4% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).
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 FOOT SOLUTIONS unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
15%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate retail foot care clinics offering orthopedic footwear, custom orthotics, and foot health consultations. Day-to-day operations include fitting customers, performing foot assessments, managing inventory of specialized shoes and inserts, and handling clinical referrals. The model relies on foot traffic, local marketing, and repeat customer relationships in a niche health/wellness category.
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 · 14 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
Foot Solutions presents elevated risk due to accelerating franchisee attrition, missing profitability data, and franchisor going concern issues that undermine investment thesis.
Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating
- 01MINORUnit count collapsed 19.1% YoY (46 units remaining) — indicates severe system contraction and franchisee exits
- 02MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 — impossible to validate actual profitability claims against $506k average revenue
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status is False — suggests franchisor may have financial/operational viability concerns
- 04MINORHigh initial investment ($130.8k-$189.3k) paired with declining unit count creates survivorship risk
- 05MINORModest 5% royalty does not offset customer acquisition costs typical in specialty retail foot care services
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
14 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
FOOT SOLUTIONS · FDD (2023) PDF