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Intelligent Assistant

OtherFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$168K – $395K
57th pct Other
Avg revenue
$551K
19th pct Other
Royalty
Units
0
0th pct Other
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $168K – $395K including a $50K franchise fee.
  • Average unit revenue of $551K/year.
  • Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 73/100.
  • Emerging franchise — only 1 year of franchising with 0 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
IA Franchising, LLC
Parent company
IO Franchising, LLC
Incorporated in
Florida
HQ
2121 Vista Parkway, West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Auditor
Milbery & Kesselman, CPAs, LLC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
Most recent fiscal year

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 Intelligent Assistant unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $551,219
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: $168K–$395K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $10K–$50K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

25%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$77K
EBITDA margin
14.0%
Total invested
$312K
Payback
48 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.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 Intelligent Assistant units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

49.9%

7.57× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

1.88×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$772K

on $3.9M purchase

Total debt

$3.1M

SBA $1.9M + senior + seller note

Overview

About

Franchisees appear to operate intelligent assistant/AI-related service businesses, though the specific service delivery model, customer acquisition method, and day-to-day operations are not detailed in available materials. The vague business model combined with zero disclosed operating units raises serious questions about whether the concept has proven commercial viability.

CEO
Ray Titus
Founded
2025
FDD year
2025
States available
0

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$168K – $395K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$10K – $50K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
Greater of 6% of Gross Revenues or Monthly Minimum ($500/…
Ad fund
$2,500
Total fee load
6.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$551K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
Item 19 type
Affiliate-owned outlets (Intelligent Office Centers)
Sample size
36 units
vs category median 20
Range (low → high)
$115K$2.5M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
3 / 5
vs category median 3 / 5 · typical
Revenue rank19th
vs Other peers
Investment cost rank57th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank70th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank0th
vs Other peers
Risk score rank87th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
0
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
Multi-unit owners
1.0%
2023
0±0
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 · 10 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 10 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

73
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION73 / 100

This franchise presents extreme risk due to going concern status, 29-year litigation history involving FTC and state regulators, zero disclosed units, missing profitability data, and a franchisor with apparent chronic compliance failures in sales practices.

Score breakdown · what drove the 73 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHGoing concern status is FALSE — indicates the franchisor itself may be financially unstable or operationally uncertain
  2. 02HIGHExtensive litigation history spanning 29 years (1993 FTC injunction, Maryland 1996, California 2021 & 2022) suggests chronic compliance issues with franchise sales practices and potential predatory patterns
  3. 03MEDZero disclosed franchise units with unknown growth trajectory — impossible to validate system health, franchisee success rates, or market viability
  4. 04MINORNo average net income disclosure violates Item 19 transparency standards and prevents ROI validation on $168k-$395k investment
  5. 05MEDHigh royalty burden (greater of 6% or $500-$1,000/month minimum) with undisclosed average revenues makes profitability unpredictable
  6. 06HIGH35-year term is unusually long and locks franchisees into relationship with litigation-prone franchisor for over 3 decades
  7. 07MINORFranchise fee ($49,500) represents 29-30% of minimum investment, suggesting franchisor revenue-dependent on recruitment rather than franchisee success

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
35 years
Renewal term
35 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
4
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Florida

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
32 hrs
On-the-job training
40 hrs
POS system
Yardi Kube
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

10 numbers

Locked
(561) 640-••••
The Franchisor is
FL
(217) 782-••••
IL
(804) 371-••••
VA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Intelligent Assistant · FDD (2025) PDF

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