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ohDEER

Home Services - Pest ControlFranchising since 2012Website
Investment
$94K – $128K
45th pct Pest Control
Avg revenue
$955K
41st pct Pest Control
Royalty
Units
15
32nd pct Pest Control
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $94K – $128K including a $50K franchise fee.
  • Average unit revenue of $955K/year (median $432K).
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 49/100.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
OH DEER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Incorporated in
Massachusetts
HQ
260 Boston Post Road, Wayland, Massachusetts 01778
Auditor
Optimus Financials, Inc.
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$671K
vs $813K prior year

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 ohDEER unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $955,157
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $94K–$128K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $10K–$25K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

82%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$105K
EBITDA margin
11.0%
Total invested
$129K
Payback
15 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.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 ohDEER units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

49.9%

7.57× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

1.88×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$764K

on $3.8M purchase

Total debt

$3.1M

SBA $1.9M + senior + seller note

Overview

About

ohDEER franchisees operate a retail and/or e-commerce business centered on home decor, lifestyle products, or gift items (exact category unclear from brand name alone). Day-to-day operations likely include inventory management, visual merchandising, point-of-sale transactions, customer service, and order fulfillment.

CEO
Colleen Upham
Founded
2012
FDD year
2025
States available
4

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$94K – $128K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$10K – $25K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
the greater of 6% of total Gross Sales or an annual minim…
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
8.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$955K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$432K
Item 19 type
Gross Sales
Sample size
12 units
vs category median 33 · small
Range (low → high)
$75K$4.6M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
4 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Revenue rank41th
vs Home Services - Pest Control peers
Investment cost rank45th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank55th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank32th
vs Home Services - Pest Control peers
Risk score rank23th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
15
Opened
1
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
2
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
87%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+8.3%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-7.1%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
13+1
Franchised units
2024
12
Franchised units
2025
14
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 6 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
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 6 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

49
Risk · 0-100
STRONG49 / 100

Small, slow-growing franchise system with undisclosed profitability metrics and aggressive royalty minimums that could undermine unit-level economics for sub-$1M performers.

Score breakdown · what drove the 49 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — impossible to validate actual profitability against $93,900-$128,150 investment
  2. 02MEDSlow unit growth of 8.3% YoY with only 15 total units suggests limited system traction and scaling challenges
  3. 03MINORHigh royalty floor of $10,000/year minimum (Year 2+) creates break-even pressure for locations generating under $166,667 in annual sales
  4. 04MINORAverage revenue of $955k is only 10x the total investment cost — thin margin for error if actual net margins are below 10-12%
  5. 05MINORFranchise fee of $49,500 represents 53% of minimum total investment, leaving only ~$44k for buildout and working capital

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Household count
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Massachusetts

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
29 hrs
On-the-job training
18 hrs
POS system
FieldRoutes
Operating tech stack

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

13 numbers

Locked
(781) 264-••••
MA
(508) 581-••••
MA
(434) 818-••••
VA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

ohDEER · FDD (2025) PDF

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