Satellite Teams Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $92K – $115K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Satellite Teams is a staffing franchise providing trained full-time remote employees to support businesses. Franchisees run local operations, sourcing clients and placing remote talent for recurring revenue.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A SATELLITE TEAMS franchise requires a total initial investment of $92K – $115K, including a $70K franchise fee. The 2026 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Limited operating history: franchising since 2025. A system this young has fewer than three years of Item 20 outlet history and rarely enough SBA loans for a charge-off rate, so its grade rests on less evidence than an established system's. Read its Item 20 tables and talk to its first franchisees before relying on the grade. Other new franchisors
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - issued within the last 12 months
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored4 of 4 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $92K – $115K
- 32nd pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned only1 outlet
- Royalty
- Not extracted
- Units
- 1
- 2nd pct Business Serv…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Business Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Business Services median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $92K – $115K including a $70K franchise fee.
- RETURNSItem 19 discloses Total Income for one whole business over two fiscal years - $3,547,206 (2024) and $3,254,671 (2025) - and NO summary statistic of any kind. An earlier version of this note stated that avg_gross_sales $3,400,939 was 'the mean of these two annual whole-business revenue figures', which is exactly what it was: OUR arithmetic, greping nowhere in the 175-page filing, published as though it were a franchisor disclosure. The same construction produced avg_net_income $563,810 over Adjusted Gross Profit. Both withdrawn. The metric is Total Income, not gross sales.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 39/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative, pipeline stalled: 3 agreements signed but not yet open against 1 open outlets (Item 20).
- FLAGAuditor disclosed a going-concern note, which flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- SATELLITE TEAMS GLOBAL LLC
- Parent company
- SATELLITE TEAMS, INC. (Affiliate Co.)
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2026 FDD
- Ultimate parent
- SATELLITE TEAMS, INC.
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2026 FDD
- Predecessor
- None
- Prior franchisor entity
- Incorporated in
- Puerto Rico
- HQ
- 1225 Avenida Juan Ponce de León Penthouse, San Juan, PR 00907
- Auditor
- SingerLewak LLP
- Audited financials
- ⚠ Going-concern note
- Disclosed in FDD 2026
- Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.
Affiliated brands
- SATELLITE TEAMS
- SATELLITE TEAMS SERVICES
- Co
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Geryll Pastor
- Headquarters
- Puerto Rico
- Founded
- 2025
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 22% below the typical business services franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown11 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $70K | $70K | |
| Leasehold Improvementsnot refundable | $0 | $500 | |
| Furniture & Fixturesnot refundable | $0 | $1K | |
| CRM/Back Office Systemnot refundable | $500 | $2K | |
| Computer Hardware & Equipmentnot refundable | $0 | $3K | |
| Office Supplies and Equipmentnot refundable | $1K | $2K | |
| Insurance Coverage (annual cost)not refundable | $3K | $6K | |
| Initial Training Expensesnot refundable | $2K | $4K | |
| Attorney and Professional Fees | $1K | $2K | |
| Initial Launch Marketingnot refundable | $5K | $10K | |
| Additional Funds (for first 3 months of operation)not refundable | $10K | $15K | |
| Total initial investment | $92K | $115K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $92K – $115K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $10K – $15K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $70K – $70K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- The Greater of: (i) $1,500, or (ii) 10% of recruitment fe…
- Ad fund
- 5.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 20.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty (flat) | Greater of $1,500 or 10% of recruitment fees, 10% of recurring fees, and 10% of add-on fees |
| Marketing / ad fund | 5.0% of profit |
| Technology fee | $5 |
| Training fee | $400 |
| Transfer fee | $2K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $1K – $2K |
| Total fee load | 20.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for SATELLITE TEAMS is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one SATELLITE TEAMS unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for annual revenue, royalty rate, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 discloses Total Income for one whole business over two fiscal years - $3,547,206 (2024) and $3,254,671 (2025) - and NO summary statistic of any kind. An earlier version of this note stated that avg_gross_sales $3,400,939 was 'the mean of these two annual whole-business revenue figures', which is exactly what it was: OUR arithmetic, greping nowhere in the 175-page filing, published as though it were a franchisor disclosure. The same construction produced avg_net_income $563,810 over Adjusted Gross Profit. Both withdrawn. The metric is Total Income, not gross sales.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
Based on a single outlet - not a system average
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 1 outlet
- vs category median 37 · small
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 7 / 10
- vs category median 3 / 10 · above
Compared against 296 Business Services brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 20.0% — above the Business Services median of 9.0%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Business Services medians
How Satellite Teams Compares
Category median of published Business Services brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 1
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 3
- 3.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 3
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
No multi-year history disclosed and no opening/closing activity in the last reporting year.
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)
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
3 current owners across 2 states.
- FL 2
- VA 1
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20; 1 entries carry no state. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
What could kill this investment?
The auditor flagged going-concern doubt (Item 21) — the single biggest risk here.
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Pre-opening/startup franchisor (began franchising 2025) with only 1 company-owned unit and zero franchised units. No litigation, no bankruptcy, audited financials, and Item 19 disclosed with $3,254,671 revenue. Limited history is the only real concern.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation is required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · SingerLewak LLP⚠ Going-concern note flagged
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 39 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORBrand-new franchisor (2025), 0 franchised units
- 02MINORNo litigation or bankruptcy
- 03MEDAudited financials with $3.25M revenue and Item 19 disclosed
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 20.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 5 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Protected territory | No |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 45 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 5 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 2 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Puerto Rico |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Puerto Rico |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation is required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 25 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 45 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and at franchisor location
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 2 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- QuickBooks
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: QuickBooks
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
4 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a SATELLITE TEAMS franchise?
The total investment to open a SATELLITE TEAMS franchise ranges from $92K – $115K, with an initial franchise fee of $70K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do SATELLITE TEAMS franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the SATELLITE TEAMS FDD discloses figures for part of the system but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns SATELLITE TEAMS?
SATELLITE TEAMS is franchised by SATELLITE TEAMS GLOBAL LLC. Its parent company is SATELLITE TEAMS, INC. (Affiliate Co.). The ultimate parent named in the FDD is SATELLITE TEAMS, INC.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the SATELLITE TEAMS FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the SATELLITE TEAMS FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is SATELLITE TEAMS's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for SATELLITE TEAMS (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many SATELLITE TEAMS franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, SATELLITE TEAMS has 1 total units in the United States.
Is SATELLITE TEAMS a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates SATELLITE TEAMS as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 39 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.