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Park Inn by Radisson

Lodging - Hotels & MotelsFranchising since 1958Website
Investment
$256K – $1.3M
20th pct Hotels & Mote…
Avg revenue
7th pct Hotels & Mote…
Royalty
5.5%
59th pct Hotels & Mote…
Units
4
25th pct Hotels & Mote…
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $256K – $1.3M including a $45K franchise fee, 5.5% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 75/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 7 loans (below the industry average).
  • 60 litigation matters disclosed in Item 3 — higher than typical. Review the summary for patterns (franchisor-initiated vs. franchisee-initiated).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
Parent company
Choice Hotels International, Inc.
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
915 Meeting Street, Suite 600, North Bethesda, Maryland 20852
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.1B
vs $1.4B 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 Park Inn by Radisson 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: hospitality
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $256K–$1.3M
Working capital
$
FDD reports $15K–$40K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

11%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$84K
EBITDA margin
11.3%
Total invested
$796K
Payback
113 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

Park Inn by Radisson franchisees operate budget-to-midscale hotel properties under the Radisson brand, managing daily operations including front desk/housekeeping, guest services, revenue management, and marketing. Franchisees pay 5.5% royalties on gross room revenue while maintaining brand standards, managing local staff, and handling property-level P&L responsibility.

CEO
Patrick S. Pacious
Founded
1939
FDD year
2024
States available
4

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$256K – $1.3M
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$15K – $40K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$45K
Royalty
5.5%
Gross Room Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
3.3%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
8.8%
vs 9–13% typical

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
4
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+0.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-20.0%
Compounded over last 3 years
2022
4±0
Franchised units
2023
4
Franchised units
2024
5
Franchised units

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).

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 · 14 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.

Total loans
7
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

75
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION75 / 100

A severely contracting 4-unit system with active multi-party litigation, undisclosed financials, going concern questions, and demonstrated franchisor-franchisee conflict presents extreme operational and financial risk.

Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINOROnly 4 units system-wide indicates severe contraction or failed brand expansion
  2. 02HIGHMultiple active litigations including class action, anti-competitive claims, and trade secret misappropriation suggest systemic operational/legal problems
  3. 03MINORNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosure prevents ROI validation and suggests poor system performance
  4. 04HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating franchisor financial viability questions
  5. 05MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk from other franchisees
  6. 06MED5.5% royalty on undisclosed revenues with no profitability data creates revenue uncertainty
  7. 07MINORDiscriminatory practice allegations by franchisee group suggest franchisor-franchisee relationship breakdown
  8. 08MINORChoice Hotels' royalty recovery lawsuits indicate payment compliance issues across system

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Site-specific
Protected territory
No
Initial term
20 years
Online sales rights
Granted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
60
Right of first refusal
No
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
Maryland

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
47 hrs
On-the-job training
0 hrs
POS system
choiceADVANTAGE
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

18 numbers

Locked
(317) 232-••••
IN
(360) 902-••••
WA
(517) 373-••••
MI

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Park Inn by Radisson · FDD (2024) PDF

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