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JBL Roofing & Construction

Home Services - OtherFranchising since 2024Website
Investment
$34K – $71K
4th pct Other
Avg revenue
64th pct Other
Royalty
23.0%
53rd pct Other
Units
7
21st pct Other
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $34K – $71K including a $25K franchise fee, 23.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100.
  • 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
JBL ROOFING FRANCHISE LLC
Parent company
JBL Holdings, LLC
Incorporated in
Ohio
HQ
7285 St Rt 43, Kent, Ohio 44240
Auditor
Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$483K
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 JBL Roofing & Construction 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: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $34K–$71K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $5K–$20K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

-69%

Negative

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$-45K
EBITDA margin
-6.0%
Total invested
$65K
Payback
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

Franchisees operate roofing and construction service businesses, managing residential and/or commercial roofing projects, repairs, and installations. Day-to-day operations include customer acquisition, project estimation, crew management, quality control, and either managing their own projects or paying higher royalties (23% vs 20%) for the franchisor to provide project management oversight.

CEO
William A. Lewis, Jr.
Founded
2024
FDD year
2025
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$34K – $71K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$5K – $20K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$25K
Royalty
23.0%
Percentage of Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
25.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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
7
Opened
4
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
3
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
57%
vs corporate-owned
2023
4+4
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).

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 · 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

65
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE65 / 100

JBL Roofing presents HIGH CAUTION risk due to missing financial disclosures (Item 19), minimal system size (7 units), extreme royalty rates (20-23%), no territory protection, and unresolved going concern status.

Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed (Item 19 missing) — impossible to validate ROI on $34-71K investment
  2. 02MINORExtremely high royalty rate (20-23%) with only 7 units — suggests franchisor relies on royalties rather than franchise growth strategy
  3. 03MINOROnly 7 franchised units with unknown growth trajectory — very small system with unclear viability
  4. 04MINORNo territory protection — franchisees compete directly with each other and franchisor in same markets
  5. 05HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — potential financial instability at franchisor level
  6. 06MINORHigh franchise fee ($25K) relative to total investment ($34-71K) — 36-73% of minimum investment goes to franchisor upfront
  7. 07MED10-year term with no disclosed renewal rate — difficult to assess long-term viability commitment

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Geographic area
Protected territory
No
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 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
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Ohio

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
20 hrs
On-the-job training
24 hrs
POS system
Rooflink, Quickbooks
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

5 numbers

Locked
(360) 902-••••
WA
(804) 371-••••
VA
(804) 371-••••
VA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

JBL Roofing & Construction · FDD (2025) PDF

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