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Neurosculpting Institute

Education - Tutoring & Test PrepFranchising since 2016Website
Investment
$10K – $131K
0th pct Tutoring & Te…
Avg revenue
55th pct Tutoring & Te…
Royalty
0.0%
0th pct Tutoring & Te…
Units
58
62nd pct Tutoring & Te…
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $10K – $131K including a $8K franchise fee, 0.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 69/100.
  • 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

Legal entity
Neurosculpting Institute Franchising, LLC
Incorporated in
Colorado
HQ
1245 East Colfax Avenue, Suite 207, Denver, Colorado 80218
Auditor
BDO USA, LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$31K
vs $50K prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2022
Status as of 2022; may have been resolved in a later filing we don't yet have.

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 Neurosculpting Institute unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: education
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $10K–$131K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $100–$2K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

210%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%
ROIC above 100% usually means the revenue figure is a system-wide aggregate or top-cohort number rather than a single-unit average. Verify the "Revenue · per unit" field against the brand's FDD Item 19 detail tables before relying on this output.

Store EBITDA · annual
$150K
EBITDA margin
20.0%
Total invested
$71K
Payback
6 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

Neurosculpting Institute franchisees offer neuroscience-based mindfulness and personal transformation coaching/training programs to clients. Day-to-day operations include delivering in-person or online neurosculpting sessions, facilitating workshops, managing client relationships, and potentially training other practitioners in the methodology. Franchisees act as service providers operating a brain-training/wellness consulting practice.

CEO
Lisa Marie Wimberger
Founded
2016
FDD year
2022
States available
18

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$10K – $131K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$100 – $2K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$8K
Royalty
0.0%
typical 6–8%
Ad fund
Up to $50 a month

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

Total units
58
Opened
1
Last reporting year
Closed
5
Turnover rate
8.6%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
98%
vs corporate-owned
Multi-unit owners
53.1%
Net growth (yr3)
-6.6%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-1.7%
Compounded over last 3 years
2020
57-4
Franchised units
2021
61
Franchised units
2022
58
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 12 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
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MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 12 states
Not registered

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

69
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION69 / 100

Contracting franchise system with misaligned franchisor incentives, no financial transparency, unprotected territory, and declining unit count signals serious sustainability and profitability concerns.

Score breakdown · what drove the 69 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORUnit count declining 6.6% YoY (58 units) indicates system contraction and potential market saturation or performance issues
  2. 02MINORZero royalty structure may mask franchisor's true profit incentive—only makes money on initial franchise fees, creating misaligned interests
  3. 03MINORNo financial performance disclosure (Item 19) prevents assessment of actual franchisee profitability and ROI
  4. 04MINORWide investment range ($10,100–$130,650) suggests inconsistent startup costs and unclear requirements
  5. 05MINORUnprotected territory enables franchisor to oversaturate markets and cannibalize existing franchisee revenue
  6. 06MINORShort 3-year term creates high renewal risk and limits long-term business planning ability
  7. 07MEDNo disclosed average revenue or net income makes due diligence impossible and suggests weak unit economics

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Protected territory
No
Initial term
3 years
Renewal term
3 years
Online sales rights
Granted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Not allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
No
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Colorado

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
77 hrs
On-the-job training
10 hrs

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

48 numbers

Locked
(415) 972-••••
One Sansome Street, Suite
CA
(720) 934-••••
CO
(303) 601-••••
CO

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Neurosculpting Institute · FDD (2022) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above