Forever Friends Pet Funeral Home and Crematory
Bottom line
- Total investment $272K – $428K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.5% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $354K/year. Estimated payback in 1.2 years.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 55/100.
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
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 Forever Friends Pet Funeral Home and Crematory unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
16%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Forever Friends Pet Funeral Home and Crematory units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$743K
on $3.7M purchase
Total debt
$3.0M
SBA $1.9M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate pet cremation and funeral home facilities, managing end-of-life services including cremation, memorial ceremonies, urn sales, and grief counseling for pet owners. Day-to-day operations involve customer consultation, cremation equipment management, facility maintenance, memorial event coordination, and local marketing to veterinary clinics and pet owners.
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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Unproven single-unit system with exceptional profitability claims lacking third-party validation, creating high due diligence and replicability risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 55 / 100 rating
- 01MEDSingle unit franchise system with no disclosed growth trajectory or multi-unit validation
- 02MINORExceptionally high net income margin (79.9%) compared to industry norms raises sustainability and disclosure accuracy concerns
- 03MINORNo Item 19 financial performance representation published despite strong reported earnings—limits ability to validate claims independently
- 04MINORHigh initial investment ($271k–$428k) for a single-location, low-unit-count system with unproven replicability
- 05MEDNiche market with emotional decision-making (pet funeral services) may have limited addressable market and scalability constraints
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
17 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Forever Friends Pet Funeral Home and Crematory · FDD (2026) PDF