Kid’s Haven
Formerly known as Haven Group
Bottom line
- Total investment $324K – $6.4M including a $50K franchise fee, 3.0% 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. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 2 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
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 KID’S HAVEN unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
4%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Kids Haven operators run childcare, tutoring, or supervised play facilities catering to children. Franchisees manage staff, curriculum/programming, parent relations, facility maintenance, and marketing to attract families within their protected territory.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 23 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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Severely under-documented single-unit franchise with no financial performance data, extreme cost variance, and unproven scalability creates substantial uncertainty around viability and true profitability.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed (Item 19) — impossible to assess ROI or profitability benchmarks
- 02MINORMassive investment range ($323.5K–$6.4M) with no clarity on what drives 19x difference
- 03MINOROnly 1 existing unit — no proven multi-unit system, no franchisee track record to validate
- 04MINORTiered royalty structure (3% then 6%) incentivizes early underreporting of revenue
- 05MINORProtected territory language is vague — unclear enforcement mechanisms and size definitions
- 06HIGHNo disclosed litigation but only 1 unit limits lawsuit exposure (survivor bias)
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
28 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
KID’S HAVEN · FDD (2024) PDF