Ideal Automotive Services
Bottom line
- Total investment $438K – $1.1M including a $45K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 1 loans (below the industry average).
- 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
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 Ideal Automotive Services unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
15%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate automotive service centers providing maintenance, repairs, and diagnostics to retail customers. Day-to-day operations include customer acquisition, technician management, inventory control, warranty administration, and compliance with franchisor standards for service quality and brand consistency.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 17 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
Ideal Automotive Services is a micro-scale franchise with critical financial opacity, no performance benchmarks, and franchisor viability concerns—avoid until Item 19 is disclosed and unit growth is demonstrated.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 3 units in system with unknown/likely stagnant growth trajectory
- 02MEDNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure (avg revenue and net income not disclosed)
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status is False, indicating potential franchisor financial instability
- 04MINORHigh investment range ($437.5K-$1.085M) relative to tiny 3-unit system limits due diligence
- 05MINORWide investment spread suggests unclear cost structure or territory-dependent pricing
- 06MED6% royalty on undisclosed revenue makes ROI projections impossible to validate
- 07MINOR10-year term with minimal system scale creates long-term partnership risk
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
20 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Ideal Automotive Services · FDD (2024) PDF