QC Kinetix® Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $227K – $496K
- Disclosed sales
- $528K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Limited · 23 loans
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
QC Kinetix is a healthcare franchise operating regenerative-medicine clinics offering non-surgical treatments for joint and musculoskeletal pain. Franchisees run a clinic managing providers, patient consults and treatments, and marketing.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A QC Kinetix® franchise requires a total initial investment of $227K – $496K, including a $55K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2023 FDD, average unit revenue was $528K[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: high - issued more than two years ago
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 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $227K – $496K
- 48th pct Healthcare
- Avg gross sales
- $528K
- 9th pct Healthcare
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- 57th pct Healthcare
- Units
- 169
- 69th pct Healthcare
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Healthcare · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Healthcare 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 $227K – $496K including a $55K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $528K/year (median $441K).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 66/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +102 franchised outlets in the latest year (104 opened, 2 closed); 17 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- QC Franchise Group LLC
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Scott Hoots
- CEO experience
- 15 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Incorporated in
- South Carolina
- HQ
- 227 W. Trade Street, Ste. 2160, Charlotte, NC 28202
- Auditor
- Thomas, Judy & Tucker, P.A.
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $28.1M
- vs $4.9M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Overview
About
- CEO
- Scott Hoots
- Headquarters
- NC
- Founded
- 2020
- FDD year
- 2023
- States available
- 33
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 13% above the typical healthcare franchise.
Source: FDD 2023 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown18 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $55K | $55K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $0 | $204K | |
| Utilities and Security Deposits | $5K | $10K | |
| 3-months' Rent | $9K | $25K | |
| Signagenot refundable | $3K | $5K | |
| Furniture and Fixtures | $9K | $12K | |
| Computers, Office Equipment, and Supplies | $5K | $8K | |
| Medical Related Equipment | $8K | $10K | |
| Medical Related Training | $7K | $10K | |
| Business Licenses, Permits | $500 | $2K | |
| Professional Fees | $2K | $8K | |
| Initial Inventory (Retail Items) | $11K | $12K | |
| Business Insurance | $6K | $23K | |
| Franchisee Training Expenses | $5K | $10K | |
| Salesforce Setup Fee | $2K | $2K | |
| Webpage Setup Fee | $1K | $1K | |
| Forms Setup Fee | $480 | $480 | |
| Additional Funds (3 months) | $100K | $100K | |
| Total initial investment | $227K | $496K |
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
- $227K – $496K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $100K – $100K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Franchise fee
- $55K – $55K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- Set by a formula · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 9.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $2K |
| Transfer fee | $15K |
| Renewal fee | $6K |
| Inventory (initial) | $11K – $12K |
| Total fee load | 9.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 22% below the healthcare norm.
Source: FDD 2023 · 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 QC Kinetix® 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
$462K
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 QC Kinetix® 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: 2023 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $528K
- Per unit/yr · from the Item 19 franchised-cohort breakdown (no single system-wide average disclosed)
- Median gross sales
- $441K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- raw per-outlet gross revenue list (no summary averages/median/quartiles disclosed)
- Sample size
- 163 outlets
- vs category median 20 · large
- Reporting year
- 2022
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2023
- Disclosed in the 2023 filing, covering 2022
Compared against 162 Healthcare brands
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 $528K/year in gross sales. Median is $441K — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 1.5x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 9.0% (near the Healthcare median).
Disclosure
Transparency score 0/10 — minimal disclosure beyond the required average. Hard to judge the distribution of outcomes across units.
Operator retention
Net unit growth of +178.9% over 3 years (104 opened, 2 closed).
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 Healthcare medians
How QC Kinetix® Compares
Category median of published Healthcare 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 2023 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 169
- Opened
- 104
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 2
- Terminated
- 2
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 1.2%
- Company-owned
- 10
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 94%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +178.9%
- Net unit change over 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 2
- Not renewed
- 0
- Signed, not yet open
- 17
- 0.10 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 93
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Transfer rate
- 7.1%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Termination rate
- 1.2%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 1.2%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 33 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
72 current owners across 34 states.
- GA 6
- NC 6
- FL 5
- TX 5
- UT 4
- CO 3
- IN 3
- MO 3
- NY 3
- AL 2
- AR 2
- CA 2
- +22 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. 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 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 23
- Loan volume
- $8.0M
- Median loan
- $290K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Limited · 23 loans
- Limited SBA coverage: 23 loans, rate hidden until 10 have resolved and loans reach 2% of franchised units
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Limited · 23 loans
- 5-yr charge-off
- Limited · 23 loans
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 13
- Defaults
- 1
- Typical loan rate
- 7.5%
- avg rate to borrowers
- vs industry
- 20.0%
- NAICS 621498
- Jobs supported
- 177
- 2.6 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 22%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 78% went to startups / new businesses, 22% to established operators
Top lenders financing QC Kinetix® franchisees
Showing 3 of 13 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Lender network · 7(a) + 504
SBA Lending Report
Full lending analysis for QC Kinetix® from SBA 7(a) FOIA data.
- Principal loss rate
- 2.8%
- Avg SBA guarantee
- 74%
- Avg interest rate
- 7.52%
- Avg chargeoff amount
- $189K
- Lender concentration
- 22.2%
- Job velocity
- 2.6 per $100K
- NAICS benchmark
- 20.0%
- NAICS 621498
- Jobs supported
- 177
Top SBA lendersTop lender holds 22% of loans
| # | Lender | Loans | Volume | Default % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regent Bank | 4 | $757K | N/A |
| 2 | Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc. | 3 | $912K | N/A |
| 3 | Brookline Bank, a Division of Beacon Bank and Trust | 2 | $822K | N/A |
| 4 | Citizens State Bank of New Castle | 2 | $650K | N/A |
| 5 | First Commonwealth Bank | 1 | $216K | 0.0% |
| 6 | First State Bank Nebraska | 1 | $1.3M | 0.0% |
| 7 | First Financial Bank | 1 | $308K | 0.0% |
| 8 | SouthState Bank, National Association | 1 | $174K | 0.0% |
| 9 | Minnwest Bank | 1 | $288K | 100.0% |
| 10 | VelocitySBA, LLC | 1 | $1.1M | N/A |
Geographic failure vector
| State | Loans | Defaults | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKOklahoma | 4 | 0 | -- |
| TXTexas | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| INIndiana | 3 | 0 | -- |
| MAMassachusetts | 2 | 0 | -- |
| ARArkansas | 1 | 0 | -- |
| AZArizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| FLFlorida | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| KYKentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| SDSouth Dakota | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
SBA 7(a) lending trend
Borrower profile
Source: SBA 7(a) + 504 FOIA loan-level data, matched by FranchiseVerdict
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
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Thomas, Judy & Tucker, P.A.
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 66 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORNegative franchisor net worth -$608,488
- 02MINORStrong net income $5,550,355 on $28,126,924 revenue
- 03HIGHNo litigation, bankruptcy, or going-concern; audited, Item 19 disclosed
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 9.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2023 · 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 | 2 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory sizeℹ | Designated Market Area (DMA) |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | No |
| 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 |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Mecklenburg County, North Carolina |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | North Carolina |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 64 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 42 hrs
- Training location
- On-site at franchisee's restaurant and franchisor's facilities
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- Franchisor reviews and approves proposed site within protected territory; franchisee locates site.
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Franchisor specifies point-of-sale software
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Franchisor specifies point-of-sale software
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
72 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 QC Kinetix® franchise?
The total investment to open a QC Kinetix® franchise ranges from $227K – $496K, with an initial franchise fee of $55K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do QC Kinetix® franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the QC Kinetix® FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $528K. The median is $441K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns QC Kinetix®?
QC Kinetix® is franchised by QC Franchise Group LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2023 filing.
What is Item 19 in the QC Kinetix® 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 QC Kinetix® FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is QC Kinetix®'s franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for QC Kinetix® (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 QC Kinetix® franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, QC Kinetix® has 169 total units in the United States, including 159 franchised units and 10 company-owned units. 104 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is QC Kinetix® a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates QC Kinetix® as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 66 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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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.