Bottom line
- Total investment $272K – $492K including a $60K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $87K/year (median $82K).
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 67/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 3 years of franchising with 31 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 Lindora unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
5%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Lindora units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$244K
on $1.2M purchase
Total debt
$978K
SBA $0.6M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Lindora franchisees operate weight loss and wellness clinics offering physician-supervised diet programs, nutritional counseling, and related health services. Day-to-day operations include client consultations, program enrollment, supplement sales, staff management, and clinical oversight coordination. Revenue primarily derives from program fees, consultations, and ancillary product sales.
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 · 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)
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
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.
Score breakdown · what drove the 67 / 100 rating
- 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
- 06MINORHigh initial investment relative to average revenue ($272k-$491k investment vs. $87k annual revenue) implies 3-6+ year payback minimum before franchise fees are recouped
- 07HIGHSecurities litigation against parent company officers raises questions about financial reporting accuracy and executive accountability
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
30 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Lindora · FDD (2024) PDF