Premier Pools & Spas Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $59K – $119K
- Disclosed sales
- $3.7M
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (8)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Premier Pools & Spas is a home-services franchise that designs, builds, and services in-ground swimming pools and spas. Franchisees run a sales-and-construction operation managing consultations, build crews, and service in a territory.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Premier Pools & Spas franchise requires a total initial investment of $59K – $119K, including a $45K franchise fee and an ongoing 4.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $3.7M[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored7 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $59K – $119K
- 11th pct Home Services
- Avg gross sales
- $3.7M
- 21st pct Home Services
- Royalty
- 4.0%
- 5th pct Home Services
- Units
- 127
- 64th pct Home Services
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Home Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Home Services median · 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 $59K – $119K including a $45K franchise fee, 4.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $3.7M/year (median $2.5M).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 58/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative: net -1 franchised outlets in the latest year (18 opened, 19 closed); 3 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- LEGAL37 litigation matters disclosed in Item 3, higher than typical. Review the summary for patterns (franchisor-initiated vs. franchisee-initiated).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Premier Franchise Management LLC
- Parent company
- Premier Holdco LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2025 FDD
- Predecessor
- Premier Pools Management Corp. (PPMC)
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
- Paul Porter
- Incorporated in
- Nevada
- HQ
- 1221 Liberty Pike, Franklin, Tennessee 37067
- Auditor
- Plante & Moran, PLLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $18.7M
- vs $15.9M prior year
Affiliated brands
- and predecessor
- PPSF
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 8
1 other brand on this site name Premier Holdco LLC as parent or ultimate parent in their own FDD.
Grouped by the owner's name as each filing prints it (this page: the 2025 FDD). Spelling variants of the same group may be listed apart; a brand is never grouped with an owner its filing does not name.
Overview
About
- CEO
- Paul Porter
- Headquarters
- TN
- Founded
- 2014
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 34
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 47% below the typical home services franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $45K | $45K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $5K | $10K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $9K | $64K |
| Total initial investment | $59K | $119K |
Source: Premier Pools & Spas 2025 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $59K – $119K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $10K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $45K – $45K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 4.0%
- Tiered by sales volume · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 3.9%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 4.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $23K |
| Total fee load | 3.9% of rev |
A 3.9% total fee load is unusually lean. More of each revenue dollar stays with the franchisee.
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 538% above the home services norm.
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Premier Pools & Spas until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$96K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
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, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Premier Pools & Spas unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
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%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $3.7M
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $2.5M
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- historical Gross Revenues (average and median), systemwide and by market-size cohort
- Sample size
- 104 outlets
- vs category median 32 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $0→$16.5MNot cited — published from our reading of the franchisor's disclosure document; the page it is printed on has not been located.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 319 Home Services brands
Revenue is 42.1x 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 $3.7M/year in gross sales. Median is $2.5M — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 42.1x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 3.9% — below the Home Services median of 8.0%.
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 24.8% CAGR over 3 years across 127 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 Home Services medians
How Premier Pools & Spas Compares
Category median of published Home Services brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 127
- Opened
- 18
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 19
- Terminated
- 19
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 15.0%
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 99%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- -0.8%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +24.8%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 19
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 3
- Signed, not yet open
- 3
- 0.02 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 25
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Termination rate
- 6.3%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 15.0%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 34 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.
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
95 current owners across 34 states.
- CA 18
- FL 7
- NC 7
- TN 7
- TX 5
- GA 4
- OH 4
- IL 3
- PA 3
- SC 3
- AR 2
- IA 2
- +22 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20; 1 entries carry no state. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA loan disclosures. This brand has only 8 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 8
- Loan volume
- $1.9M
- Median loan
- $158K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (8)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 8 loans, rate hidden below 10
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Under 10 loans (8)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (8)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 6
- Defaults
- N/A
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
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
36 disclosed litigation matters, predominantly customer lawsuits against franchisees (franchisor co-defendant) over failed pool construction contracts across multiple states on a 127-unit system. No bankruptcy or going-concern; audited with Item 19 and avg gross sales of $3,744,777, +24.8% growth.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
Numerous customer lawsuits (mostly Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Indiana) alleging franchisees failed to perform pool construction contracts, with claims of breach of contract, fraud, negligence, and state consumer-protection violations; several settled with releases of the franchisor, several pending in discovery/pre-trial. Also includes a 2021 NY Attorney General Assurance of Discontinuance (unregistered franchise sale, $10,000 penalty) and a pending arbitration alleging conspiracy to force a franchisee sale below market price.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Plante & Moran, PLLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Item 21 audited financial statements (Dec 31 2024/2023/2022) are in Exhibit E, but those pages are image-only/scanned with no extractable text in the provided .txt. No balance sheet, income statement, or auditor CPA firm name is recoverable, so all Item 21 fields are null. Franchisor = Premier Franchise Management LLC; parent = Premier Holdco LLC.
ⓘ These are the parent company's consolidated financials (the parent guarantees the franchisor), not this brand's standalone results — the figure reflects the whole corporate group, not this brand alone.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 58 / 100 verdict
- 01HIGH36 litigation matters (mostly customer vs franchisee)
- 02MINORPool construction contract disputes, several settled
- 03MINORNo bankruptcy/going-concern; audited, Item 19
- 04MINORAvg gross sales $3.74M, +24.8% growth
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 3.9% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · 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 | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory sizeℹ | Typically 1 to 4 counties, based on zip code regions |
| 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 | Where franchisor maintains its principal place of business, currently Franklin, Tennessee (disputes valued at $10,000 or less are excepted) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Tennessee |
| Litigation count | 37 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
Numerous customer lawsuits (mostly Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Indiana) alleging franchisees failed to perform pool construction contracts, with claims of breach of contract, fraud, negligence, and state consumer-protection violations; several settled with releases of the franchisor, several pending in discovery/pre-trial. Also includes a 2021 NY Attorney General Assurance of Discontinuance (unregistered franchise sale, $10,000 penalty) and a pending arbitration alleging conspiracy to force a franchisee sale below market price.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 71 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 4 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and off-site
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- franchisor
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Premier Build
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Premier Build
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
96 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Premier Pools & Spas franchise?
The total investment to open a Premier Pools & Spas franchise ranges from $59K – $119K, with an initial franchise fee of $45K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Premier Pools & Spas franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Premier Pools & Spas FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $3.7M. The median is $2.5M. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns Premier Pools & Spas?
Premier Pools & Spas is franchised by Premier Franchise Management LLC. Its parent company is Premier Holdco LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Premier Pools & Spas 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 Pools & Spas FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Premier Pools & Spas's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Premier Pools & Spas (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 Pools & Spas franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Premier Pools & Spas has 127 total units in the United States, including 126 franchised units and 1 company-owned units. 18 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Premier Pools & Spas a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Premier Pools & Spas as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 58 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. 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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