Bottom line
- Total investment $144K – $417K including a $60K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.3M/year (median $687K). Estimated payback in 0.7 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 49/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 132 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 506.7% CAGR over 3 years with 93 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 RestoPros unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
63%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 RestoPros units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
45.8%
6.59× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.96×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$2.5M
on $10.7M purchase
Total debt
$8.2M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
RestoPros franchisees operate restoration and cleaning services for water damage, fire damage, mold remediation, and related property restoration. Day-to-day operations include client assessments, project estimation, crew coordination, insurance claim processing, and quality control of restoration work.
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 20 · 32 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
RestoPros presents elevated risk due to active trademark litigation, franchisor financial instability, and unverified income claims despite positive unit growth.
Score breakdown · what drove the 49 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHActive litigation involving trademark infringement and unfair competition claims creates legal and brand risk
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial instability at franchisor level
- 03MINORThree active lawsuits (two against franchisor, one by franchisor) suggest contentious relationship between franchisor and franchisees
- 04MINORHigh initial investment range ($143.6K–$417K) with 7% royalty requires $93.6K–$291.9K annual revenue just to break even on royalties against average net income
- 05MEDMissing Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) prevents validation of claimed $397K average net income
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
99 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
RestoPros · FDD (2025) PDF