NuVinAir Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $313K – $323K
- Disclosed sales
- not disclosed
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (2)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
NuVinAir is an automotive franchise providing vehicle odor elimination, interior sanitizing, and reconditioning products and services, largely for dealerships. Franchisees run a service-and-supply operation serving dealer and fleet accounts in a territory.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A NuVinAir franchise requires a total initial investment of $313K – $323K. 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: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: high - issued more than two years ago
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 scored2 of 2 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $313K – $323K
- 79th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Royalty
- Not extracted
- Units
- 102
- 64th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Cleaning & Maintenance · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Cleaning & Maintenance 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 $313K – $323K.
- 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 B (Above average), verdict score 66/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +51 franchised outlets in the latest year (59 opened, 8 closed) (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 96.2% CAGR over 3 years with 102 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- NuVinAir Global, LLC
- Ultimate parent
- NuVinAir, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 9 of the 2022 FDD
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Kyle Bailey
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 5851 Legacy Circle Suite 600, Plano, Texas 75024
- Auditor
- FARMER, FUQUA & HUFF P.C.
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.6M
- vs $9.4M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Overview
About
- CEO
- Kyle Bailey
- Headquarters
- TX
- Founded
- 2019
- FDD year
- 2022
- States available
- 20
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 88% above the typical cleaning & maintenance franchise.
Source: FDD 2022 · Items 5–7
The filing does not state an initial franchise fee.
Full Item 7 breakdown11 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees for Exclusive Territory | $300K | $300K | |
| Minimum Annual Product Purchases for Year 1 of the FA | — | — | |
| Advertising and Website Expense | $500 | $1K | |
| Branded Clothing | $200 | $300 | |
| Market Launch Marketing and Support Items | $300 | $500 | |
| Travel and Living Expenses for Initial Training | $2K | $3K | |
| Business Licenses, Permits and Bonding | $1K | $3K | |
| Utility Deposits | $200 | $500 | |
| Insurance | $2K | $4K | |
| Professional Fees | $3K | $3K | |
| Additional Funds First 3 months | $5K | $8K | |
| Total initial investment | $313K | $323K |
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
- $313K – $323K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $8K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- N/A
- Fee not disclosed
- Royalty
- No royalty payments required per Franchise Agreement Sect…
- Ad fund
- No advertising fund; franchisor does not administer an ad…
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Transfer fee | $25K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
NuVinAir 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 NuVinAir 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, ad fund 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: 2022 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.
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 expanding at 96.2% CAGR over 3 years across 102 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
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 Cleaning & Maintenance medians
How NuVinAir Compares
Category median of published Cleaning & Maintenance 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 2022 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 102
- Opened
- 59
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 8
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 7.8%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +96.2%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +96.2%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Reacquired
- 8
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 71
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Ceased ops
- 7.8%
- Units that stopped operating
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 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.
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
21 current owners across 14 states.
- AZ 3
- TX 3
- AL 2
- NC 2
- OH 2
- CT 1
- FL 1
- MN 1
- MO 1
- SC 1
- SD 1
- UT 1
- +2 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20; 1 entries carry no state. 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 loan disclosures. This brand has only 2 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 2
- Loan volume
- $648K
- Median loan
- $324K
- average
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (2)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 2 loans, 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 (2)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (2)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 2
- 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
High upfront capital requirement with zero transparency on franchisee profitability, suspicious unit growth metrics, and structural incentive misalignment warrants deep validation before committing $313K+.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · FARMER, FUQUA & HUFF P.C.
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
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: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 66 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORNo financial performance disclosure (Item 19) — unable to validate $313K+ investment ROI claims
- 02MINORHigh franchise fee ($300K) with zero royalties creates misaligned incentives and suggests front-loaded franchisor revenue model
- 03MINOR102 units with exactly 100% YoY growth is statistically improbable and suggests possible data inconsistency or cherry-picked reporting
- 04MINORNo average revenue or net income data provided — impossible to calculate payback period or validate profitability claims
- 05MINOR10-year term is longer than industry standard (5-7 years), locking franchisees into potentially unfavorable agreements
- 06HIGHAbsence of litigation disclosure doesn't confirm absence of disputes — may indicate unreported conflicts or recent system entry
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Source: FDD 2022 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 100 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | No |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 90 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Collin County, Texas |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | TX |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 22 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 10 hrs
- Training location
- Location specified by franchisor or digital from franchisee's location
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 4 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
22 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 NuVinAir franchise?
The total investment to open a NuVinAir franchise ranges from $313K – $323K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do NuVinAir franchise owners earn?
NuVinAir 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 NuVinAir?
NuVinAir is franchised by NuVinAir Global, LLC. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is NuVinAir, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2022 filing.
What is Item 19 in the NuVinAir 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 NuVinAir FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is NuVinAir's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for NuVinAir (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 NuVinAir franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, NuVinAir has 102 total units in the United States, including 102 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 59 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is NuVinAir a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates NuVinAir as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 66 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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