Lindora Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $272K – $492K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Lindora is a medical weight-loss franchise offering physician-supervised diet programs, coaching, and metabolic health services. Franchisees run the clinics, managing clinical staff, patient programs, and supplement sales.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Lindora franchise requires a total initial investment of $272K – $492K, including a $60K franchise fee and an ongoing 7.0% royalty[2]. The 2024 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: high - issued more than two years ago
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored5 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $272K – $492K
- 56th pct Healthcare
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned onlyPartial period
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- 37th pct Healthcare
- Units
- 31
- 45th pct Healthcare
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Healthcare · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Healthcare median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $272K – $492K including a $60K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 reports gross revenue monthly by clinic rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 53/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +31 franchised outlets in the latest year (31 opened, 0 closed) (Item 20).
- DATAItem 19 reports gross revenue monthly by clinic rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Lindora Franchise, LLC
- Parent company
- Xponential Fitness, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2024 FDD
- Ultimate parent
- Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF)
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2024 FDD
- Predecessor
- Lindora Wellness, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Brand President
- Louis R. DeFrancisco
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 17877 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 100, Irvine, California 92614
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $521K
- Most recent fiscal year
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 8
9 other brands on this site name Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF) as parent or ultimate parent in their own FDD.
Portfolio: Xponential Fitness
Grouped by the owner's name as each filing prints it (this page: the 2024 FDD). Spelling variants of the same group may be listed apart; a brand is never grouped with an owner its filing does not name.
Overview
About
- CEO
- Louis R. DeFrancisco
- Headquarters
- CA
- Founded
- 2023
- FDD year
- 2024
- States available
- 2
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 19% above the typical healthcare franchise.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2024 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $60K | $60K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $5K | $20K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $207K | $412K |
| Total initial investment | $272K | $492K |
Source: Lindora 2024 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $272K – $492K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $20K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $60K – $60K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 9.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 7.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $700 |
| Training fee | $5K |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $23K – $28K |
| Total fee load | 9.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for Lindora is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Lindora unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for annual revenue, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2024 FDD
Financial Performance
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
Covers a partial period, not a full year
- Item 19 type
- gross revenue monthly by clinic
- Sample size
- 22
- vs category median 20
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2024
- The FDD edition these figures were read from
- Transparency
- 6 / 10
- vs category median 3 / 10 · above
Compared against 162 Healthcare brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 9.0% (near the Healthcare median).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports gross revenue monthly by clinic rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Healthcare medians
How Lindora Compares
Category median of published Healthcare brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 31
- Opened
- 31
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 0
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 2 states 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.
2
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
31 current owners across 2 states.
- CA 30
- WA 1
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Lindora presents significant caution-to-high-risk profile due to parent company securities litigation, undisclosed profitability metrics, critically low average unit revenues relative to investment, stagnant unit growth, and disclosure pattern issues across XFI affiliate brands.
Why this reads harsher than the B grade: the grade weighs financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency across the whole filing, while this summary lists individual flags without that weighting. The flags are worth checking with current owners; neither is investment advice.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
4 cases disclosed: (1) Dance Fitness Michigan LLC et al. v. AKT Franchise LLC et al. (franchise disclosure/fraud claims by former AKT franchisees, CA Superior Court, filed Aug 30, 2023); (2) Enlightened Armadillo Inc. et al. v. Yoga Six Franchise LLC et al. (similar franchise disclosure/covenant claims, CA Superior Court, filed Nov 22, 2023); (3) City of Taylor General Employees Retirement System v. Xponential Fitness Inc. et al. (securities class action, CD Cal, filed Feb 9, 2024); (4) Gideon Akande v. Anthony Geisler et al. (derivative action re XFI, CD Cal, filed Mar 10, 2024). All involve affiliates/parent; franchisor Lindora Franchise LLC is named in context of affiliates.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Deloitte & Touche LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Audited financials are for affiliate/guarantor XPOF Assetco, LLC (consolidated), not the franchisor Lindora Franchise, LLC. Amounts in thousands. Single period from inception March 6, 2023 to December 31, 2023; no prior year available. Franchise revenue $521K; net loss $(4,476)K.
ⓘ These are the parent company's consolidated financials (the parent guarantees the franchisor), not this brand's standalone results — the figure reflects the whole corporate group, not this brand alone.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 53 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDParent company XFI facing securities class actions alleging material omissions and breach of fiduciary duties, indicating governance and transparency failures at corporate level
- 02MINORAverage unit revenue of $87,299 is extremely low for a health/wellness franchise with $272k-$491k initial investment, creating severe payback concerns
- 03MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 prevents ROI validation; combined with low revenue, suggests franchisees may not be profitable
- 04HIGHLitigation pattern across affiliate brands (AKT, Yoga Six) involving pre-sale disclosure violations suggests systemic compliance issues within XFI portfolio
- 05MINOROnly 31 units with unknown growth trajectory indicates stagnant or shrinking system; no evidence of franchise expansion momentum
- 06HIGHSecurities litigation against parent company officers raises questions about financial reporting accuracy and executive accountability
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 9.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 2 mi |
| Territory population | 50,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Irvine, California (within 50 miles of franchisor's principal place of business) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | CA |
| Litigation count | 4 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
4 cases disclosed: (1) Dance Fitness Michigan LLC et al. v. AKT Franchise LLC et al. (franchise disclosure/fraud claims by former AKT franchisees, CA Superior Court, filed Aug 30, 2023); (2) Enlightened Armadillo Inc. et al. v. Yoga Six Franchise LLC et al. (similar franchise disclosure/covenant claims, CA Superior Court, filed Nov 22, 2023); (3) City of Taylor General Employees Retirement System v. Xponential Fitness Inc. et al. (securities class action, CD Cal, filed Feb 9, 2024); (4) Gideon Akande v. Anthony Geisler et al. (derivative action re XFI, CD Cal, filed Mar 10, 2024). All involve affiliates/parent; franchisor Lindora Franchise LLC is named in context of affiliates.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 24 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 16 hrs
- Training location
- Franchisor headquarters (Irvine, CA) or nearby training facility
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 9 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee locates; franchisor approves
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- POS/Inventory System
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: POS/Inventory System
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
31 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Lindora franchise?
The total investment to open a Lindora franchise ranges from $272K – $492K, with an initial franchise fee of $60K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Lindora franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Lindora FDD discloses figures for part of the system but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Lindora?
Lindora is franchised by Lindora Franchise, LLC. Its parent company is Xponential Fitness, LLC. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is Xponential Fitness, Inc. (NYSE: XPOF). Source: FDD Item 1, 2024 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Lindora FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Lindora FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Lindora's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Lindora (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Lindora franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Lindora has 31 total units in the United States, including 31 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 31 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Lindora a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Lindora as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 53 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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