Maid Brigade
Bottom line
- Total investment $119K – $148K including a $41K franchise fee, 6.9% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $932K/year.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 42/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 58 loans (below the industry average).
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 Maid Brigade unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
56%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Maid Brigade units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$578K
on $2.9M purchase
Total debt
$2.3M
SBA $1.4M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate residential and commercial cleaning services, managing teams of trained cleaners who visit client properties on recurring schedules. Day-to-day operations include customer acquisition and retention, crew scheduling and supervision, quality control, billing, and staff management in a labor-intensive service model.
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 20 · 29 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
Maid Brigade presents moderate-to-cautious risk due to stagnant growth, undisclosed profitability, opaque fee structure with minimums, and lack of transparent Item 19 net income data.
Score breakdown · what drove the 42 / 100 rating
- 01MINORStagnant unit growth of only 1.6% YoY indicates mature or declining system momentum
- 02MEDAverage net income not disclosed in Item 19 prevents accurate ROI assessment and profitability validation
- 03MINORHigh royalty burden (6.9% + weekly minimums) combined with modest average revenue ($932K) limits margin flexibility
- 04MEDInitial investment of $119-148K appears high relative to disclosed profitability metrics
- 05HIGHGoing concern status is false, but combined with minimal growth suggests system stress
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
74 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Maid Brigade · FDD (2024) PDF