Rubber Ducky
Bottom line
- Total investment $76K – $524K including a $45K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 75/100.
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
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 Rubber Ducky unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
21%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Rubber Ducky franchisees operate retail or service-based locations centered on bath toy/rubber duck products and experiences. Day-to-day activities likely include inventory management, customer sales/service delivery, local marketing, and staff oversight. Without disclosed revenue data, actual business model scalability and profitability remain unvalidated.
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 · 14 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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
High-risk franchise with zero operating units, undisclosed financials, and franchisor going concern issues — insufficient data to validate investment viability.
Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial distress or operational instability at franchisor level
- 02MINORZero existing franchise units with unknown growth trajectory — no proven system, no franchisee track record to validate
- 03MEDNo Item 19 financial disclosure (Avg Revenue and Net Income not disclosed) — impossible to assess actual franchisee profitability against $45,000 franchise fee and 8% royalty burden
- 04MINORWide investment range ($75,850–$524,300) suggests undefined business model or inconsistent unit economics
- 05MEDHigh 8% royalty on undisclosed revenue — combined with unknown profitability, creates acute cash flow risk for franchisees
- 06MINORNo existing units means no franchisee references available — cannot validate claims or gather real-world performance data
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
14 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Rubber Ducky · FDD (2025) PDF