Registry Collection Hotels
Bottom line
- Total investment $29.0M including a $50K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated AVOID with a risk score of 82/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 1 loans (below the industry average).
- 13 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
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 Registry Collection Hotels unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
0%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate upscale hotel properties under the Registry Collection brand, managing daily operations including housekeeping, guest services, revenue management, and marketing while paying 5% of gross room revenues as royalties to the franchisor.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 5 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 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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Registry Collection Hotels is a critically distressed micro-franchise with extreme investment requirements, zero transparent financials, active multi-front litigation, and a stalled 2-unit system showing no investor confidence.
Score breakdown · what drove the 82 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHExtremely high investment ($28.9M+) with only 2 units system-wide indicates severe scaling failure and potential going concern risk
- 02HIGHZero disclosed average revenue and net income data prevents ROI validation; combined with going concern status, suggests financial distress
- 03HIGHMultiple active litigations including price-fixing class actions, breach of contract suits against franchisees, and privacy breaches indicate systemic legal and operational issues
- 04MINOR100% YoY growth on only 2 units is mathematically meaningless and masks a contracting system with no franchisee demand
- 05HIGH20-year term locks franchisees into relationship with undercapitalized franchisor facing potential bankruptcy
- 06HIGHMandatory Canadian fee litigation suggests aggressive fee structures and regulatory compliance failures
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
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
6 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Registry Collection Hotels · FDD (2026) PDF