Bottom line
- Total investment $286K – $489K including a $60K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $775K/year.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 58/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 4 loans (below the industry average).
- Emerging franchise — only 2 years of franchising with 9 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
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 Playful Pack unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
31%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Playful Pack units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.7M
on $8.5M purchase
Total debt
$6.8M
SBA $4.3M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Playful Pack franchisees operate a pet care/enrichment service business (likely dog daycare, boarding, or enrichment programming). Day-to-day activities involve managing client relationships, caring for animals, maintaining facilities, scheduling staff, and handling operational logistics in a service-based model.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 19 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 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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Early-stage franchise with opaque profitability, minimal unit count, and missing financial disclosures that prevent accurate ROI validation.
Score breakdown · what drove the 58 / 100 rating
- 01MINORNo Item 19 (Average Net Income) disclosure — cannot verify actual profitability claims against $774,883 average revenue
- 02MINOROnly 9 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory — indicates nascent/stalled expansion
- 03MINORMinimum royalty of $300/week ($15,600/year) creates fixed cost burden even during low-revenue months
- 04MEDHigh investment range ($286k-$489k) relative to disclosed average revenue provides narrow margin of safety
- 05HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — unclear if this means the franchisor lacks going concern or if data is simply unavailable
- 06MED10-year term locks franchisees into long commitment with limited historical performance data
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
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
24 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Playful Pack · FDD (2025) PDF