Resting Rainbow Pet Memorials and Cremation
Bottom line
- Total investment $129K – $564K including a $55K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $715K/year. Estimated payback in 1.6 years.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 63/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 8 loans (below the industry average).
- Emerging franchise — only 3 years of franchising with 1 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 Resting Rainbow Pet Memorials and Cremation unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
32%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Resting Rainbow Pet Memorials and Cremation units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.4M
on $7.2M purchase
Total debt
$5.7M
SBA $3.6M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate pet cremation and memorial services facilities, handling end-of-life care for deceased pets, performing cremations, and offering memorial products/services to grieving pet owners. Day-to-day operations include customer intake, cremation facility management, regulatory compliance, and sales of urns, burial options, and memorial services.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
Extreme caution warranted: single-unit system with going concern issues, undefined costs, and unverifiable financial claims makes this a pre-validation stage franchise with substantial execution risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 63 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 1 unit in system with unknown growth trajectory indicates minimal franchisee base for validation and suggests potential market adoption challenges
- 02MINORWide investment range ($129k-$563k) lacks clarity on what drives 336% variance, suggesting inconsistent startup costs or undefined territory scopes
- 03HIGHGoing Concern = False is critical red flag indicating franchisor financial instability or operational uncertainty
- 04MINORRoyalty structure with undefined 'Applicable Minimum Royalty Rate' creates unpredictable ongoing cost burden beyond stated 7% gross revenue
- 05MINORSingle-unit system provides no comparable franchisee performance data; average revenue/income figures lack statistical validity with n=1
- 06MINORNo Item 19 financial performance representations limits ability to validate $715k average revenue claim independently
- 07MEDPet cremation is niche, location-dependent market with limited scalability and high sensitivity to local competition and regulations
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
1 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Resting Rainbow Pet Memorials and Cremation · FDD (2024) PDF