Bottom line
- Total investment $102K – $142K including a $50K franchise fee.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 60/100.
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
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 MedXwaste unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
112%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate medical waste collection, segregation, and disposal services for healthcare facilities, clinics, and laboratories. Day-to-day operations include client pickup scheduling, proper waste handling/compliance with OSHA and EPA regulations, documentation, and billing. This is a B2B service business requiring regulatory knowledge, customer relationship management, and operational logistics.
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 · 15 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
Extreme caution warranted: pre-revenue financial metrics absent, micro-franchise system with unproven unit economics, and high fixed royalty burden relative to startup costs.
Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed (Item 19) — impossible to assess profitability or ROI on $101k-$142k investment
- 02MEDOnly 9 units in system with 60% YoY growth is extremely small base — high volatility risk and limited peer support network
- 03MINORHigh royalty floor ($650/month minimum = $7,800/year) creates break-even pressure for new franchisees in early ramp phase
- 04MINORFranchise fee ($50,000) represents 49% of minimum total investment — high upfront cost relative to system size and maturity
- 05HIGHNo litigation disclosed is positive, but small unit count limits statistical significance of claim
- 06MINORSpecialized medical waste vertical has regulatory complexity and compliance risk not addressed in basic data
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
MedXwaste · FDD (2025) PDF