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Pest Authority

Home Services - Pest ControlFranchising since 2020Website
Investment
$41K – $106K
0th pct Pest Control
Avg revenue
59th pct Pest Control
Royalty
7.5%
23rd pct Pest Control
Units
347
82nd pct Pest Control
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $41K – $106K including a $25K franchise fee, 7.5% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 62/100.
  • System growing at 51.8% CAGR over 3 years with 347 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Main Line Brands LLC
Parent company
Main Line Brands Holdings LLC
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
2359 Perimeter Pointe Parkway, Suite 250, Charlotte, North Carolina 28208
Auditor
GreerWalker LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$11.3M
vs $11.6M 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 Pest Authority 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: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $41K–$106K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $3K–$10K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

80%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$64K
EBITDA margin
8.5%
Total invested
$80K
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.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate pest control and termite treatment services, managing technician teams, scheduling customer appointments, and executing treatments across protected territories. Day-to-day operations include customer acquisition/retention, service delivery compliance, and field staff management.

CEO
Jason Pritchard
Founded
2020
FDD year
2025
States available
29

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$41K – $106K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$3K – $10K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$25K
Royalty
7.5%
Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
Up to 3% of Gross Revenues
Total fee load
10.5%
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
347
Opened
83
Last reporting year
Closed
4
Turnover rate
1.2%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Multi-unit owners
5.9%
Net growth (yr3)
+31.6%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+51.8%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
346+83
Franchised units
2024
263
Franchised units
2025
228
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 21 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 · 21 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

62
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE62 / 100

Pest Authority presents caution-level risk due to undisclosed franchisee financials, franchisor litigation history, and escalating fee structures that lack transparent ROI benchmarks.

Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORNo financial performance disclosure (Item 19) — cannot validate $40.5K-$105.7K investment against actual franchisee returns
  2. 02HIGHPredecessor litigation involving TMA and Soccer Shots regarding franchise registration compliance and non-compete enforcement raises franchisor operational/legal risk
  3. 03MEDAggressive unit growth (31.6% YoY) without disclosed average revenue suggests potential saturation or franchisee recruitment over retention strategy
  4. 04MINOREscalating minimum royalty fees ($200→$700 over 7 years) combined with 7.5% gross revenue royalty creates rising expense burden independent of profitability
  5. 05HIGHGoing concern status is FALSE — ambiguity about franchisor financial stability and parent company backing

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Geographic area based on owner occupied dwellings
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
5
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
North Carolina

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
15 hrs
On-the-job training
4 hrs
POS system
Dispatch Plus and/or Field Routes Software
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

25 numbers

Locked
(213) 576-••••
CA
(410) 576-••••
MD
(517) 373-••••
MI

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Pest Authority · FDD (2025) PDF

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