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JDog Carpet Cleaning & Floor Care

Cleaning - Commercial & JanitorialFranchising since 2019Website
Investment
$43K – $206K
13th pct Commercial & …
Avg revenue
65th pct Commercial & …
Royalty
Units
22
33rd pct Commercial & …
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $43K – $206K including a $35K franchise fee.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 49/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 12 loans (below the industry average).
  • Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
JDog Carpet Franchising, LLC
Parent company
JDog Carpet Services, LLC
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
1021 Old Cassatt Road, Suite 100, Berwyn, PA 19312
Auditor
Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$479K
vs $273K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2026
Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.

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 JDog Carpet Cleaning & Floor Care 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: $43K–$206K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $9K–$30K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

52%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$75K
EBITDA margin
10.0%
Total invested
$144K
Payback
23 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

JDog franchisees operate carpet cleaning and floor care services, likely handling residential and/or commercial client acquisition, scheduling, technician management, and service delivery. Day-to-day operations involve customer booking management, quality control of cleaning teams, equipment maintenance, and sales/marketing to grow the local customer base within a protected territory.

CEO
Gerald “Jerry” Flanagan
Founded
2019
FDD year
2026
States available
8

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$43K – $206K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$9K – $30K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$35K
Royalty
Tier 1: $800-$2000 per month; Tier 2: $400-$1000 per mont…
Ad fund
n/d

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
22
Opened
9
Last reporting year
Closed
4
Turnover rate
18.2%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+29.4%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+83.3%
Compounded over last 3 years
2024
22+5
Franchised units
2025
17
Franchised units
2026
12
Franchised units

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).

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 · 17 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.

Total loans
12
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

49
Risk · 0-100
STRONG49 / 100

Small, rapidly growing carpet cleaning franchise with undisclosed financials, pending litigation against executives, going concern status, and no Item 19 data—critical metrics needed before investment consideration.

Score breakdown · what drove the 49 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure (average revenue and net income not disclosed) makes ROI assessment impossible
  2. 02MINORPending ERISA class action lawsuit against multiple executives suggests potential wage/benefits violations affecting franchisee operations
  3. 03MINORRapid 29.4% YoY growth (22 units) is positive but system is still very small and may indicate unsustainable expansion or high churn masked by new openings
  4. 04MINORWide royalty tier range ($400-$2,000/month) suggests inconsistent profitability across franchisees or unclear performance metrics
  5. 05HIGHHigh going concern flag despite growth indicates potential balance sheet or operational stress at franchisor level
  6. 06MEDFranchise fee of $35,000 plus initial investment up to $206,447 represents significant capital requirement with no disclosed average earnings to justify risk

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Zip code based
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
15 years
Renewal term
15 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
2
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
Pennsylvania

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
46 hrs
On-the-job training
0 hrs
POS system
Workiz
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

19 numbers

Locked
(860) 240-••••
CT
(803) 734-••••
SC
(518) 473-••••
NY

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

JDog Carpet Cleaning & Floor Care · FDD (2026) PDF

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