Bottom line
- Total investment $129K – $215K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $313K/year (median $221K). Estimated payback in 0.9 years.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 63/100.
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 Gorilla Property Services® unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
24%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Gorilla Property Services® units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$439K
on $2.2M purchase
Total debt
$1.8M
SBA $1.1M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Gorilla Property Services® franchisees provide commercial and/or residential property maintenance, cleaning, and janitorial services to building owners and property managers. Day-to-day operations involve scheduling and managing service crews, maintaining client relationships, handling billing and collections, and ensuring service quality standards across assigned territories.
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 · 23 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
Single-unit system with undisclosed growth, no financial performance data validation, and franchisor going concern issues present substantial risk despite reasonable unit-level economics.
Score breakdown · what drove the 63 / 100 rating
- 01MEDOnly 1 unit disclosed with unknown growth trajectory — impossible to validate system viability or scalability
- 02MINORNo Item 19 financial performance representations — cannot verify if $313k average revenue and $180k net income are typical or outliers
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — suggests potential financial instability or uncertainty about franchisor's long-term viability
- 04MINORHigh franchise fee ($49,500) relative to single operating unit creates validation concerns
- 05MINORRoyalty structure includes $500 minimum even at startup — meaningful burden before reaching profitability threshold
- 06MINOR5-year term is shorter than industry standard (10 years typical) — may indicate franchisor risk mitigation rather than partner confidence
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
67 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Gorilla Property Services® · FDD (2025) PDF