Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Premier Pool Service is a swimming pool maintenance franchise handling cleaning, chemical balancing, and equipment repair. Franchisees run route-based operations, managing recurring service accounts and technicians within a territory.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service franchise requires a total initial investment of $43K – $118K, including a $25K – $60K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.5% royalty[2]. Per the 2026 FDD, average unit revenue was $659K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2026 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $43K – $118K
- 2nd pct Personal Care…
- Avg gross sales
- $659K
- 18th pct Personal Care…
- Royalty
- 5.5%
- 7th pct Personal Care…
- Units
- 48
- 32nd pct Personal Care…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Personal Care & Beauty · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Personal Care & Beauty avg · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $43K – $118K including a $25K franchise fee, 5.5% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $659K/year (median $317K).
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 65/100 (higher is better).
- FLAG3 units terminated last reporting year (6.3% of the system). Ask existing franchisees why.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- PPSF, LLC
- Parent company
- Premier Holdco LLC
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Paul Porter
- CEO experience
- 2017 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Incorporated in
- Texas
- HQ
- 1221 Liberty Pike, Franklin, TN 37067
- Auditor
- LBMC, PC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $1.3M
- vs $1.6M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Affiliated brands
- Premier Franchise Management
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Paul Porter
- Headquarters
- TN
- Founded
- 2017
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 18
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 85% below the typical personal care & beauty franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown14 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $25K | $60K | |
| Three Months' Rent | $0 | $6K | |
| Vehicle Logos | $500 | $4K | |
| Uniforms | $150 | $750 | |
| Vehicle Expense | $0 | $4K | |
| Vehicle Outfitting | $3K | $8K | |
| Office Equipment and Supplies | $500 | $3K | |
| Start-Up Marketing | $2K | $4K | |
| Insurance | $3K | $6K | |
| Professional Fees | $1K | $3K | |
| Initial Training Expenses | $3K | $5K | |
| Licenses and/or Bonds | $500 | $5K | |
| Software Fees - 3 months | $500 | $1K | |
| Additional Funds - 3 Months | $5K | $10K | |
| Total initial investment | $43K | $118K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $43K – $118K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $10K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $25K – $60K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 5.5%
- Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.5%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.5% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $1 |
| Transfer fee | $5K |
| Renewal fee | $50 |
| Total fee load | 7.5% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 17% below the personal care & beauty norm.
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$155K
23.5% margin
Unlevered ROIC
176%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
7 mo
cash-on-cash, unlevered
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit. The target band for an attractive franchise is 30–60% ROIC. Below that and a passive index fund likely outperforms; above that and the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses. It's the top line only. Operating costs below are category estimates. Override them to match your real lease quote, labor market, and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
176%
Above the 30–60% band. Verify revenue is per-unit average
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service units return on equity?
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
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $659K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $317K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 33
- vs category median 38
- Range (low → high)
- $34K→$3.2M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $102K→$1.8M
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 179 Personal Care & Beauty brands
Revenue is 8.2x the investment midpoint. At typical franchise margins, this suggests a payback under 3 years.
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $659K/year in gross sales. Median is $317K — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 8.2x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 7.5% (near the Personal Care & Beauty average).
Disclosure
Transparency score 4/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System expanding at 43.8% CAGR over 3 years across 48 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Personal Care & Beauty averages
How Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 48
- Opened
- 13
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 3
- Terminated
- 3
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 6.5%
- Company-owned
- 2
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 96%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +43.8%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +43.8%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 13
- Terminated (3yr)
- 3
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Termination rate
- 2.1%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 2.1%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 18 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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Fast growth in a small system. Newer franchisors expanding quickly may not yet have the support infrastructure of larger systems.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
financial_distress flagged and one regulatory matter: an affiliate/CEO Assurance of Discontinuance with the NY AG over an unregistered 2018 franchise sale. Otherwise healthy: +43.8% growth on 48 units, audited, Item 19 disclosed, low 6.52% turnover.
Litigation (Item 3)
In the Matter of Investigation by Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York of Premier Franchise Management LLC and Paul Porter (AOD #21-068, October 2021). PFM and CEO Paul Porter entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance with New York regarding a franchise sold in December 2018 when PFM was not registered. PFM agreed to comply with New York Franchise Sales Act, refrain from offering franchises in New York until registered or exempted, offer rescission to the franchisee, and paid $10,000 in penalties and costs.
Largest disclosed settlement: $10,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · LBMC, PC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORfinancial_distress=true
- 02MINOR1 NY AG assurance (unregistered sale by affiliate)
- 03MINOR+43.8% growth, 6.52% turnover
- 04MEDAudited, Item 19 disclosed
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 7.5% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Zip codes, streets, or physical boundaries |
| Protected territory | No |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 50 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Franklin, Tennessee |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Tennessee |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
In the Matter of Investigation by Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York of Premier Franchise Management LLC and Paul Porter (AOD #21-068, October 2021). PFM and CEO Paul Porter entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance with New York regarding a franchise sold in December 2018 when PFM was not registered. PFM agreed to comply with New York Franchise Sales Act, refrain from offering franchises in New York until registered or exempted, offer rescission to the franchisee, and paid $10,000 in penalties and costs.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 28 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 19 hrs
- Training location
- Online and in-person (Dallas, TX until 04/2026, then Franklin TN)
- Field support
- 19 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- QuickBooks PRO
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: QuickBooks PRO
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
40 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service · FDD (2026) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service franchise?
The total investment to open a Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service franchise ranges from $43K – $118K, with an initial franchise fee of $25K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $659K. The median is $317K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Item 19 in the Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service has 48 total units in the United States, including 46 franchised units and 2 company-owned units. 13 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Premier Pool Service / Pinnacle Pool Service as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 65 out of 100 (higher is better), based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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