Jump Start Sports
Bottom line
- Total investment $65K – $72K including a $35K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $349K/year. Estimated payback in 0.6 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 50/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 3 years of franchising with 8 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 JUMP START SPORTS unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
57%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 JUMP START SPORTS units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$419K
on $2.1M purchase
Total debt
$1.7M
SBA $1.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
JUMP START SPORTS franchisees operate youth athletic coaching and training facilities, typically offering multi-sport instruction, skills camps, and team coaching services for children. Day-to-day operations include managing class schedules, coaching staff, facility maintenance, client registration, and delivering sports programming to local youth markets.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 9 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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Early-stage, micro-system franchisor with undisclosed going concern issues, minimal unit base for validation, and unsubstantiated financial claims presents elevated risk for franchisees.
Score breakdown · what drove the 50 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status = FALSE indicates potential franchisor financial distress or operational instability
- 02MEDOnly 8 units with 75% YoY growth suggests extremely small, early-stage system with unproven scalability and limited peer support network
- 03MEDNo Item 19 (financial performance representations) disclosed — cannot independently verify claimed $349,459 avg revenue or $120,405 net income figures
- 04MINORHigh royalty floor ($300/month minimum) creates cash flow pressure for underperforming locations even at startup
- 05MINORFranchise fee ($35,000) represents 54% of total investment; high proportion of capital consumed before operations begin
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
9 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
JUMP START SPORTS · FDD (2025) PDF