Bottom line
- Total investment $424K – $1.2M including a $60K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $709K/year. Estimated payback in 3.2 years.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 2 years of franchising with 3 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 SALTVAULT unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
23%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 SALTVAULT units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
33.4%
4.23× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.42×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$5.9M
on $15.6M purchase
Total debt
$9.7M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
SALTVAULT franchisees operate cold storage or specialty vault facilities (likely cryptocurrency hardware wallet storage, precious metals vaults, or climate-controlled luxury goods storage based on branding). Day-to-day operations involve facility management, security protocols, customer acquisition, account administration, and maintenance of controlled environment systems.
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 · 12 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
SALTVAULT is an unproven micro-franchise with a financially unstable parent company, undisclosed financial performance data, and only 3 operating units — presenting extreme execution and liquidity risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 3 units in system with unknown/stagnant growth trajectory suggests minimal proof of concept and scalability
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates parent company financial instability or operational uncertainty
- 03MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — cannot independently verify claimed $708,876 avg revenue or $254,964 net income
- 04MINORHigh investment range ($424k-$1.2M) relative to only 3 units suggests unproven unit economics and excessive capital requirements
- 05MINOR7% royalty on gross sales (not net) combined with high initial investment creates cash flow pressure in early years
- 06MINORMicro-franchise system (3 units) presents extreme execution risk — one failed unit = 33% system failure rate
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
SALTVAULT · FDD (2025) PDF