Pool Scouts
Bottom line
- Total investment $103K – $135K including a $50K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $292K/year. Estimated payback in 0.6 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 22/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 21 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 6120% CAGR over 3 years with 81 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 POOL SCOUTS unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
18%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 POOL SCOUTS units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$117K
on $584K purchase
Total debt
$467K
SBA $0.3M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Pool Scouts franchisees operate residential pool maintenance and cleaning services, managing weekly/bi-weekly customer visits for chemical balancing, equipment inspection, and debris removal. Day-to-day involves scheduling service calls, managing technician teams or performing solo service work, customer relationship management, and seasonal upsells (equipment repairs, opening/closing services). Revenue scales with customer roster size and geographic territory density.
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 12 · 16 states reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
16
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
Moderate risk profile with opaque financial disclosures, corporate stability questions, and non-standard royalty structure offsetting otherwise solid unit growth and no litigation.
Score breakdown · what drove the 22 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — cannot independently verify claimed $292k average revenue or $203k net income figures
- 02HIGHGoing Concern = False suggests potential financial instability at corporate level despite unit growth
- 03MINOR11.3% YoY unit growth is modest for a maturing franchise; no clarification on whether growth is organic or includes acquisitions
- 04MINOR8% royalty on Net Revenue (unusual metric — most use Gross Revenue) creates ambiguity in actual franchisor take and incentivizes cost manipulation
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
3 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
POOL SCOUTS · FDD (2024) PDF