Footprints Floors
Formerly known as Branches
Bottom line
- Total investment $80K – $114K including a $68K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $814K/year (median $705K). Estimated payback in 0.1 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 42/100.
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 Footprints Floors unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
105%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Footprints Floors units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.1M
on $5.7M purchase
Total debt
$4.6M
SBA $2.8M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Footprints Floors franchisees operate retail flooring showrooms and provide installation services for residential and commercial customers. Day-to-day operations include customer consultations on flooring materials, managing inventory, coordinating installation crews, and handling warranty/service issues. The business model relies on local market presence, referral networks, and direct sales to contractors and homeowners.
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 · 11 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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Footprints Floors presents moderate-to-cautious risk: questionable financial reporting, small system size, litigation history, and cost structure warrant careful validation before investment.
Score breakdown · what drove the 42 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income ($957,065) exceeds gross revenue ($813,888) — mathematically impossible and suggests Item 19 data integrity issues or incomplete disclosure
- 02MINORMinimum monthly royalty fee structure creates fixed cost burden; clarify if 6% threshold is easily met across unit performance variance
- 03MEDModest unit growth (7.5% YoY) and only 87 total units indicates small, maturing system with limited scale benefits
- 04HIGHTwo disclosed litigations (installation defects + non-compete enforcement) suggest quality control and franchisee compliance challenges
- 05MINORHigh franchise fee ($68,000) relative to initial investment range ($79,955–$114,480) represents 59–85% of total startup costs upfront
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
95 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Footprints Floors · FDD (2025) PDF