Jungle Driving School
Bottom line
- Total investment $190K – $313K including a $60K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $592K/year. Estimated payback in 2.1 years.
- Rated AVOID with a risk score of 83/100.
- 89% of franchisees own multiple units — high repeat-buyer signal suggests strong unit economics.
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 Jungle Driving School unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
28%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Jungle Driving School units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$710K
on $3.5M purchase
Total debt
$2.8M
SBA $1.8M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate driving instruction schools, offering driver training, defensive driving courses, and licensing preparation services to students. Day-to-day operations include scheduling lessons, conducting in-vehicle instruction, classroom management, and administrative/billing activities.
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 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
Avoid this opportunity: single-unit system with pending fraud litigation against CEO, negative going concern status, and unvalidated financial claims create extreme reputational, legal, and financial risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 83 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHActive litigation against CEO/affiliates involving fraud and misrepresentation charges creates existential risk to franchise system
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates auditor/financial doubts about franchisor's ability to continue operations
- 03MINOROnly 1 operating unit with unknown growth trajectory suggests system is either pre-revenue, collapsing, or never scaled beyond pilot
- 04HIGHHigh franchise fee ($59,500) + total investment ($190k-$313k) paired with single unit and litigation creates ROI uncertainty
- 05HIGHPending lawsuits alleging fraudulent inducement and business opportunity law violations directly target franchisor credibility and legal exposure for franchisees
- 06MINORNo multi-unit success story or comparable performance data available to validate the $591,547 average revenue claim
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
1 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Jungle Driving School · FDD (2025) PDF