Lemon Fresh Cleaners
Bottom line
- Total investment $43K – $67K including a $36K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 75/100.
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
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 Lemon Fresh Cleaners unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
112%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate commercial and residential cleaning services, likely managing crews or performing hands-on cleaning of homes, offices, and facilities. Daily operations involve client acquisition, scheduling, service delivery, quality control, and crew management under Lemon Fresh branding and systems.
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 · 13 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
Zero operating franchises, no financial disclosures, and corporate going concern status create extreme uncertainty about business model viability and franchisor stability.
Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates financial distress or viability questions at corporate level
- 02MINORZero franchised units with unknown growth trajectory — brand has no operating franchise base to validate model
- 03MEDNo Item 19 disclosure (Avg Revenue and Net Income not disclosed) — impossible to assess ROI or validate $42,650-$66,550 investment thesis
- 04MINORHigh franchise fee ($36,000) relative to low total investment ($42,650-$66,550) — 53-84% of capital goes to franchisor, leaving minimal working capital
- 05MED8% royalty on undisclosed revenue — no visibility into actual take-home profitability or breakeven timeline
- 06HIGHNo disclosed litigation but going concern flag suggests underlying operational or financial instability
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
13 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Lemon Fresh Cleaners · FDD (2024) PDF