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FV-01408·MODERATEExcellent81

Kid’s Haven

Formerly known as Haven Group

Education - Children's ProgramsFranchising since 2019Website
Investment
$324K – $6.4M
62nd pct Children's Pr…
Avg revenue
69th pct Children's Pr…
Royalty
3.0%
1st pct Children's Pr…
Units
1
6th pct Children's Pr…
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

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

Legal entity
Kid’s Haven Group LLC
Incorporated in
Minnesota
HQ
302 12th Avenue South, Buffalo, Minnesota 55313
Auditor
Assurance Dimensions, LLC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
vs $0 prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2024
Status as of 2024; may have been resolved in a later filing we don't yet have.

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?

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: education
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $324K–$6.4M
Working capital
$
FDD reports $75K–$125K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

4%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$143K
EBITDA margin
19.0%
Total invested
$3.5M
Payback
292 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

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.

CEO
Terry Peterson
Founded
2018
FDD year
2024
States available
1

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$324K – $6.4M
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$75K – $125K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
3.0%
Percentage of Gross Revenue · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
4.0%
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
1
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
0%
vs corporate-owned
2022
0±0
Franchised units
2023
0
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units

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).

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 · 23 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
2
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

65
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE65 / 100

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

  1. 01MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed (Item 19) — impossible to assess ROI or profitability benchmarks
  2. 02MINORMassive investment range ($323.5K–$6.4M) with no clarity on what drives 19x difference
  3. 03MINOROnly 1 existing unit — no proven multi-unit system, no franchisee track record to validate
  4. 04MINORTiered royalty structure (3% then 6%) incentivizes early underreporting of revenue
  5. 05MINORProtected territory language is vague — unclear enforcement mechanisms and size definitions
  6. 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

Territory
Geographic
Protected territory
Yes
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
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
3 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Minnesota

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
49 hrs
On-the-job training
41 hrs
POS system
Procare Software
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

28 numbers

Locked
(808) 586-••••
HI
(605) 773-••••
SD
(502) 696-••••
KY

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

KID’S HAVEN · FDD (2024) PDF

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