ManageMowed
Bottom line
- Total investment $207K – $334K including a $50K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $487K/year (median $366K).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 42/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 22 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 23.8% CAGR over 3 years with 31 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 ManageMowed unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
10%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 ManageMowed units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$195K
on $973K purchase
Total debt
$779K
SBA $0.5M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
ManageMowed franchisees operate residential and/or commercial lawn care and landscape maintenance services, managing customer acquisition, crew scheduling, and service delivery within a protected territory. Day-to-day operations include managing crews, maintaining equipment, handling customer service/billing, and competing against both national chains and independent local operators.
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 · 14 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
ManageMowed presents moderate-to-cautious risk: opaque profitability data, suboptimal unit economics, and slow growth in a fragmented lawn care market limit visibility into true franchisee returns.
Score breakdown · what drove the 42 / 100 rating
- 01MINORNo Item 19 (Net Income) disclosure — cannot validate profitability claims or ROI timeline
- 02MINORAverage revenue of $486,745 falls below the tiered royalty break-even ($750,000), meaning most franchisees pay the higher 8% rate
- 03MEDModest unit growth of 13.0% YoY with only 31 total units suggests limited brand momentum and potential saturation in smaller markets
- 04MEDHigh initial investment range ($207,300–$333,800) relative to disclosed average revenue creates significant cash-on-cash ROI risk
- 05HIGHNo 'Going Concern' warning is absent, but lack of profitability transparency raises questions about system viability
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
16 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
ManageMowed · FDD (2026) PDF