Multivista Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $233K – $661K
- Disclosed sales
- not disclosed
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (1)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Multivista is a B2B franchise providing construction documentation, systematic photo, video, and 360-degree imaging of building projects for owners and contractors. Franchisees run a documentation service capturing job-site progress and delivering it via an online platform in a territory.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Multivista franchise requires a total initial investment of $233K – $661K, including a $20K – $158K franchise fee. This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
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 scored4 of 4 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $233K – $661K
- 80th pct Home Services
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Royalty
- Set by a formula
- Units
- 73
- 52nd pct Home Services
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Home Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Home Services 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 $233K – $661K including a $20K franchise fee.
- RETURNSThis franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that.
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 70/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +1 franchised outlets in the latest year (2 opened, 1 closed) (Item 20).
- DATAThis franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Multivista Systems LLC
- Parent company
- Leica Geosystems Inc.
- FDD Item 1, page 14 of the 2025 FDD
- Ultimate parent
- Hexagon AB
- FDD Item 1, page 14 of the 2025 FDD
- Predecessor
- Multivista Construction Documentation Inc. (MCDI)
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Luis M. Pascual
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 129 S. Main Street, Suite 200, Grapevine, TX 76051
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $19.8M
- vs $17.5M prior year
Independent franchisee associations
- Franchise Advisory Council (FAC)
Franchisee-led councils or alliances disclosed in Item 20. Indicates operator voice.
Affiliated brands
- Hexagon Geosystems Services India Private Limited
- of Hexagon AB acquired OxBlue
- of Hexagon AB acquired HGT
- of Hexagon AB acquired Agtek
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Luis M. Pascual
- Headquarters
- TX
- Founded
- 2007
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 34
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 166% above the typical home services franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown15 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $20K | $158K | |
| Initial Training Expenses | $7K | $17K | |
| Vehicles | $0 | $80K | |
| Computer Equipment and Software user fees | $9K | $12K | |
| Construction Data Fee Depositnot refundable | $1K | $1K | |
| Sales Forcenot refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Camera, Video, Webcam, UAV, 3D Imager, 360 Camera, laser scanner and other Equipment | $121K | $146K | |
| Office Equipment, Furnishings and Supplies | $3K | $8K | |
| Rent and Facility Remodeling | $9K | $19K | |
| Initial Marketing Campaign and Promotional Materials | $5K | $6K | |
| Licenses and Deposits | $3K | $6K | |
| Legal, Accounting and Professional Advisors | $5K | $8K | |
| Insurance | $9K | $40K | |
| Miscellaneous Equipment | $5K | $8K | |
| Additional Funds (3 months) | $35K | $150K | |
| Total initial investment | $233K | $661K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $233K – $661K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $35K – $150K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Franchise fee
- $20K – $158K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- Greater of (i) 18% of monthly in-Territory Gross Sales OR…
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 20.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Total fee load | 20.0% of rev |
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Multivista makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD - a voluntary item under the FTC Franchise Rule - so no unit revenue figures are disclosed. 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 Multivista 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, royalty rate, 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: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
No financial performance representation
This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that.
Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
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 20.0% — above the Home Services median of 8.0%.
Disclosure
This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Operator retention
System roughly stable (+3.0% 3-year CAGR) with 73 units.
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 Home Services medians
How Multivista Compares
Category median of published Home Services 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 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 73
- Opened
- 2
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 1
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 1.4%
- Company-owned
- 4
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 95%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +3.0%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +3.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 1
- Reacquired
- 1
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 2
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Termination rate
- 1.4%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 2.8%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 34 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.
34
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA loan disclosures. This brand has only 1 7(a) loan on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 1
- Loan volume
- $2.8M
- Median loan
- $2.8M
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (1)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 1 loan, rate hidden below 10
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Under 10 loans (1)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (1)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 1
- Defaults
- N/A
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
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
Multivista presents meaningful risk due to stagnant unit growth, absence of financial disclosure (Item 19), aggressive royalty structure, and litigation history indicating competitive and talent retention challenges.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
Premium Documentation LLC and Multivista Systems LLC v. Anthony Heminger et al. / Build In Focus LLC (Case No. 11-CA-10300, Florida, filed 2011) — trade secret misappropriation and noncompete breach; settled with permanent injunctions entered 2014 and 2016. Franchisor was plaintiff.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · KPMG LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Consolidated audited statements of Multivista Systems LLC. 2024 revenue = initial franchise and training fees $244,764 + royalties and other $18,132,518 + marketing $1,433,738 = $19,811,020. Audited by KPMG LLP (Vancouver, Canada), report dated April 29, 2025.
ⓘ 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 70 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORStagnant unit growth (1.5% YoY on 73 units indicates system is barely growing and may be losing units)
- 02MINORNo Item 19 financial disclosure — cannot verify average revenue or profitability claims, making ROI impossible to validate
- 03MEDHigh royalty structure (18% of gross sales is above industry standard for service businesses) with no disclosed average revenue to assess true burden
- 04HIGHLitigation history involving trade secret misappropriation and non-compete disputes suggests competitive vulnerability and internal talent retention issues
- 05MINORWide investment range ($232K-$661K) with no financial performance data raises concerns about variability in unit economics and franchisee outcomes
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 20.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 1 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Dallas, Texas (or city where franchisor then maintains principal business address or office) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | TX |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
Premium Documentation LLC and Multivista Systems LLC v. Anthony Heminger et al. / Build In Focus LLC (Case No. 11-CA-10300, Florida, filed 2011) — trade secret misappropriation and noncompete breach; settled with permanent injunctions entered 2014 and 2016. Franchisor was plaintiff.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 228 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 60 hrs
- Training location
- Via the Internet / online; UAV hands-on in Biloxi, Mississippi
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- franchisor
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Salesforce and QuickBooks
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Salesforce and QuickBooks
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
61 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 Multivista franchise?
The total investment to open a Multivista franchise ranges from $233K – $661K, with an initial franchise fee of $20K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Multivista franchise owners earn?
Multivista makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD - a voluntary item under the FTC Franchise Rule - so no unit revenue figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Multivista?
Multivista is franchised by Multivista Systems LLC. Its parent company is Leica Geosystems Inc.. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is Hexagon AB. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Multivista 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 Multivista FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Multivista's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Multivista (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 Multivista franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Multivista has 73 total units in the United States, including 69 franchised units and 4 company-owned units. 2 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Multivista a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Multivista as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 70 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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