Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $132K – $201K
- Disclosed sales
- $659K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Navis Pack & Ship and its sister Annex Brands stores are pack-and-ship franchises handling shipping, custom packaging, and freight for fragile and valuable items. Franchisees run retail centers, managing packing, carrier services, and business accounts.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight franchise requires a total initial investment of $132K – $201K, including a $35K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2026 FDD, average unit revenue was $659K[2]. 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: low - issued within the last 12 months
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 scored7 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $132K – $201K
- 46th pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- $659K
- 9th pct Business Serv…
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 9th pct Business Serv…
- Units
- 56
- 38th pct Business Serv…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Business Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Business 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 $132K – $201K including a $35K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $659K/year (median $420K).
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 79/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative: net -1 franchised outlets in the latest year (1 opened, 2 closed); 8 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Annex Brands, Inc.
- Predecessor
- PostalAnnex+, Inc. (name prior to 2007)
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer, President, Chairman, and Director
- Patrick Edd
- Incorporated in
- CA
- HQ
- 7580 Metropolitan Drive, Suite 200, San Diego, California 92108
- Auditor
- Lavine, Lofgren, Morris & Engelberg, LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $26.3M
- vs $24.9M prior year
Independent franchisee associations
- Franchise Advisory Council (FAC)
Franchisee-led councils or alliances disclosed in Item 20. Indicates operator voice.
Overview
About
- CEO
- Patrick Edd
- Headquarters
- CA
- Founded
- 1986
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 24
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 25% above the typical business services franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown20 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feenot refundable | $35K | $35K | |
| Fixturesnot refundable | $2K | $5K | |
| Interior and exterior signagenot refundable | $1K | $5K | |
| Construction servicesnot refundable | $5K | $10K | |
| Equipmentnot refundable | $15K | $20K | |
| CFB program depositnot refundable | $750 | $750 | |
| Initial technology license feenot refundable | $6K | $6K | |
| Computer hardware, and software programs and licensesnot refundable | $3K | $4K | |
| Initial inventorynot refundable | $2K | $5K | |
| Insurancenot refundable | $4K | $9K | |
| Financial training portal license and administrative feenot refundable | $330 | $330 | |
| Travel, lodging and meals for initial trainingnot refundable | $250 | $5K | |
| New Center/New Owner Marketing Program depositnot refundable | $6K | $6K | |
| Suppliesnot refundable | $1K | $2K | |
| Deposits and pre-paid expensesnot refundable | $4K | $6K | |
| Architect feenot refundable | $0 | $6K | |
| Trucknot refundable | $3K | $6K | |
| Business licenses, business permits, etc.not refundable | $500 | $800 | |
| Miscellaneous expenditures, including commercial center leasenot refundable | $10K | $20K | |
| Additional funds (1st 12 months after opening physical warehouse)not refundable | $35K | $50K | |
| Total initial investment | $132K | $201K |
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
- $132K – $201K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $35K – $50K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $35K – $35K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 3.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 9.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $6K |
| Transfer fee | $5K |
| Renewal fee | $9K |
| Inventory (initial) | $2K – $5K |
| Total fee load | 9.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales land near the business services norm.
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$209K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight 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 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.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $659K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $420K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 40 outlets
- vs category median 37
- Range (low → high)
- $71K→$3.5MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 78 of the 2026 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $243K→$1.3M
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 6 / 10
- vs category median 3 / 10 · above
Compared against 296 Business Services brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $659K/year in gross sales. Median is $420K — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 4.0x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 9.0% (near the Business Services median).
Disclosure
Transparency score 6/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System roughly stable (0.0% 3-year CAGR) with 56 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 Business Services medians
How Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight Compares
Category median of published Business 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 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 56
- Opened
- 1
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 2
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 3.6%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +0.0%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +0.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 2
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 8
- 0.14 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 26
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 4 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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- Michigan
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
0 current owners across 0 states; 4 former (terminated, transferred or not renewed) listed separately.
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
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
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
1 concluded case: Fugrad et al. v. Firebaugh and Annex Brands (2015), San Bernardino County Superior Court, related to an undisclosed bank lien on franchised assets. Case dismissed without prejudice in April 2016 after plaintiffs failed to proceed with arbitration. No pending actions or actions initiated by franchisor.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Lavine, Lofgren, Morris & Engelberg, LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Franchisor total revenue of $26,273,000 for fiscal year ended September 30, 2025, stated in Item 6/8 as taken from audited financial statements (Exhibit F). Detailed audited balance-sheet/income-statement figures and the auditor (CPA firm) name are not present in the extracted text; the Exhibit F financial-statement pages were image-based/blank in the text layer (only an unaudited-statements NOTICE was captured).
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 79 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORDeclining unit count (-1.8% YoY on small base of 56 units indicates contraction in mature/declining system)
- 02MEDNo disclosed net income data despite $659k avg revenue — opacity suggests profitability concerns or wide variance
- 03HIGH2015 litigation involving undisclosed asset liens raises transparency and franchisor disclosure practices questions
- 04MINOR6% royalty on gross volume (not net profit) creates cashflow pressure during slow periods
- 05MINORModest franchise fee ($35k) suggests lower-margin, competitive market with thin differentiation
- 06MED56-unit system is very small; limited brand recognition and negotiating power with suppliers
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 9.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 20 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 20 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 7 mi |
| Territory population | 100,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Granted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Not allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 15 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 10 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 10 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | San Diego, California |
| Jury trial waiver | No |
| Governing law | CA |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
1 concluded case: Fugrad et al. v. Firebaugh and Annex Brands (2015), San Bernardino County Superior Court, related to an undisclosed bank lien on franchised assets. Case dismissed without prejudice in April 2016 after plaintiffs failed to proceed with arbitration. No pending actions or actions initiated by franchisor.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 48 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 32 hrs
- Training location
- Denver Logistics Center (Centennial, Colorado) and/or San Diego, CA; plus on-site at franchisee's commercial center
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 9 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee selects with franchisor approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- ABConnect System
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: ABConnect System
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
4 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 Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight franchise?
The total investment to open a Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight franchise ranges from $132K – $201K, with an initial franchise fee of $35K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $659K. The median is $420K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight?
Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight is franchised by Annex Brands, Inc.. The FDD names no parent company. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight 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 Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight (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 Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight has 56 total units in the United States, including 56 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 1 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Navis Pack & Ship, Handle With Care Packaging Store, Pak Mail Freight as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 79 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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