FranchiseVerdict
Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service logo
FV-02021·STRONGExcellent91

Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service

Personal Services - Beauty & SalonFranchising since 2017Website
Investment
$43K – $118K
4th pct Beauty & Salon
Avg revenue
$659K
45th pct Beauty & Salon
Royalty
5.5%
15th pct Beauty & Salon
Units
48
51st pct Beauty & Salon
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $43K – $118K including a $25K franchise fee, 5.5% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $659K/year (median $317K).
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 54/100.
  • System growing at 43.8% CAGR over 3 years with 48 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
PPSF, LLC
Parent company
Premier Holdco LLC
Incorporated in
Texas
HQ
1221 Liberty Pike, Franklin, TN 37067
Auditor
LBMC, PC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.3M
vs $1.6M 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 Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $658,605
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: personal services
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $43K–$118K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $5K–$10K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

176%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%
ROIC above 100% usually means the revenue figure is a system-wide aggregate or top-cohort number rather than a single-unit average. Verify the "Revenue · per unit" field against the brand's FDD Item 19 detail tables before relying on this output.

Store EBITDA · annual
$155K
EBITDA margin
23.5%
Total invested
$88K
Payback
7 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 Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

44.8%

6.36× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

1.98×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$2.6M

on $10.9M purchase

Total debt

$8.3M

SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note

SBA 7(a) request ($5.4M) exceeds the $5M program cap. Excess capped automatically; backfill via conventional or equity.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate residential and/or commercial pool maintenance and cleaning services, including weekly chemical balancing, equipment repair, and seasonal opening/closing. Daily operations involve dispatching technicians to customer sites, managing inventory of chemicals and parts, and handling customer service/scheduling. Revenue is typically recurring from service contracts with residential clients and seasonal work fluctuations.

CEO
Paul Porter
Founded
2017
FDD year
2026
States available
18

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$43K – $118K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$5K – $10K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$25K
Royalty
5.5%
Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.5%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$659K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$317K
Item 19 type
Average/Median Gross Revenues
Sample size
33 units
vs category median 34
Range (low → high)
$34K$3.2M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
4 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Revenue rank45th
vs Personal Services - Beauty & Salon peers
Investment cost rank4th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank15th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank51th
vs Personal Services - Beauty & Salon peers
Risk score rank30th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
48
Opened
13
Last reporting year
Closed
3
Turnover rate
6.3%
Company-owned
2
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
96%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+27.8%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+43.8%
Compounded over last 3 years
2024
46+10
Franchised units
2025
36
Franchised units
2026
32
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 29 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 · 29 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

54
Risk · 0-100
STRONG54 / 100

A growing but small pool service franchise with regulatory compliance issues, undisclosed profitability metrics, and unprotected territory presents meaningful risks that require validation directly from existing franchisees.

Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo Item 19 (average net income) disclosed—unable to validate 5.45% royalty sustainability against actual profitability
  2. 02MINORRegulatory enforcement action in 2021 by New York State for unregistered franchise sales indicates compliance lapses by franchisor
  3. 03MEDStrong unit growth (27.8% YoY) may mask quality issues or high churn; 48 units is still a small system with limited track record
  4. 04MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk and customer cannibalization between franchisees
  5. 05HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE (ambiguous phrasing)—clarification needed on financial stability of parent company
  6. 06MINORHigh spread between low ($43,150) and high ($118,250) investment suggests inconsistent market positioning or undefined scope

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Zip codes, streets, or physical boundaries
Protected territory
No
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
1
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
Tennessee

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
28 hrs
On-the-job training
19 hrs
POS system
QuickBooks PRO
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

53 numbers

Locked
(217) 782-••••
IL
(951) 581-••••
TX
(701) 328-••••
ND

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service · FDD (2026) PDF

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