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FV-02079·MODERATEExcellent81

QC Kinetix®

OtherFranchising since 2020Website
Investment
$227K – $496K
67th pct Other
Avg revenue
50th pct Other
Royalty
Units
169
83rd pct Other
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $227K – $496K including a $55K franchise fee.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 56/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 46 loans (below the industry average).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
QC Franchise Group LLC
Incorporated in
South Carolina
HQ
227 W. Trade Street, Ste. 2160, Charlotte, NC 28202
Auditor
Thomas, Judy & Tucker, P.A.
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$4.9M
vs $28.1M 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 QC Kinetix® unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $227K–$496K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $100K–$100K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

26%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$120K
EBITDA margin
16.0%
Total invested
$462K
Payback
46 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.

Overview

About

QC Kinetix franchisees operate regenerative medicine clinics offering non-surgical joint pain treatments (PRP, stem cell therapy, etc.). Day-to-day operations include patient consultations, administering treatments, managing clinical staff, handling insurance billing, and maintaining regulatory compliance for medical procedures.

CEO
Scott Hoots
Founded
2020
FDD year
2023
States available
33

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$227K – $496K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$100K – $100K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$55K
Royalty
Eight Percent (8%) of weekly Gross Revenues
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
9.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
169
Opened
104
Last reporting year
Closed
2
Turnover rate
1.2%
Company-owned
10
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
94%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+178.9%
Net unit change last year
2021
159+101
Franchised units
2022
57
Franchised units
2023
0
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 36 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).

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OH
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NC
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FL
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Registered · 36 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.

Total loans
46
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

56
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE56 / 100

QC Kinetix presents CAUTION-level risk: rapid unit growth masks absence of financial performance data, going concern ambiguity, and high capital requirements with unproven unit economics.

Score breakdown · what drove the 56 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed in FDD (Item 19 missing) — impossible to validate ROI claims or break-even timeline
  2. 02MINORExplosive unit growth of 178.9% YoY suggests either aggressive expansion or system instability — unsustainable growth often precedes contraction
  3. 03MINORHigh initial investment ($227K-$496K) combined with 8% royalty creates significant fixed costs with no proven unit economics
  4. 04HIGHGoing Concern flagged as 'False' — ambiguous disclosure suggests potential financial or operational stress at franchisor level
  5. 05MED169 units is still relatively small system — limited track record and higher franchisor dependency risk
  6. 06MINORProtected territory is positive, but without revenue data, territory value cannot be assessed
  7. 07MINORRoyalty structure (8% of gross weekly revenues) provides no incentive alignment if franchisee is unprofitable

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Designated Marketing Area (DMA)
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
No
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
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
North Carolina

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
64 hrs
On-the-job training
42 hrs
POS system
Franchisor specifies point-of-sale software
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

79 numbers

Locked
(704) 396-••••
Scott Hoots
NC
(417) 830-••••
MO
(925) 548-••••
CA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

QC Kinetix® · FDD (2023) PDF

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