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Haloheat Sauna Studios

OtherFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$504K – $796K
84th pct Other
Avg revenue
50th pct Other
Royalty
5.5%
16th pct Other
Units
1
7th pct Other
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $504K – $796K including a $43K franchise fee, 5.5% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Insufficient data to generate a risk assessment.
  • No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
HaloHeat Franchising, LLC
Parent company
WellZen, Corp.
Incorporated in
Illinois
HQ
3015 East New York Street, Ste A2-214, Aurora, IL 60504

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 Haloheat Sauna Studios unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $504K–$796K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $35K–$55K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

17%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$116K
EBITDA margin
15.5%
Total invested
$695K
Payback
72 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

Establishment and operation of a HALOHEAT SAUNA STUDIOS location which is a revitalizing salt+sauna studio designed to create a holistic rejuvenation of the mind, body and spirit with suites that offer a unique wellness experience, self-directed fitness routines, slipper and towel service, in-suite entertainment, in-suite fitness tools, a cooling and recovery lounge with zero-gravity massage chairs, vibroacoustic loungers for sound bath relaxation, and tea service with proprietary tea blends in a state-of-the-art, personal sauna setting, complemented by the therapeutic benefits of halotherapy, red-light, chromotherapy, and aromatherapy

CEO
Donna Jolly
Founded
2025
FDD year
2025
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$504K – $796K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$35K – $55K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$43K
Royalty
5.5%
Weekly percentage of Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%

Item 19

Financial Performance

This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
1
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
Multi-unit owners
1.0%
2023
0+1
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 4 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).

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FL
HI
Registered · 4 states
Not registered

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

Risk · 0-100

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Negotiated/Demographics
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Illinois

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
16 hrs
On-the-job training
24 hrs
POS system
Glofox
Operating tech stack

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

4 numbers

Locked
(213) 576-••••
STATE AGENCY PROCESS,
CA
(401) 462-••••
RI
(317) 232-••••
IN

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Haloheat Sauna Studios · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above

Includes AI-generated validation questions · CSV download