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Senior Smile

Health & Wellness - OtherFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$125K – $201K
32nd pct Other
Avg revenue
63rd pct Other
Royalty
6.0%
16th pct Other
Units
1
2nd pct Other
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $125K – $201K including a $60K franchise fee, 6.0% 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

Legal entity
Senior Smile Franchising, LLC
Incorporated in
Maryland
HQ
20528 Boland Farm Road, Suite 215, Germantown, MD 20876
Auditor
Real Accounting Solution
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$0
Most recent fiscal year

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 Senior Smile unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: personal services
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $125K–$201K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $12K–$14K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

98%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$173K
EBITDA margin
23.0%
Total invested
$176K
Payback
12 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

Senior Smile appears to be a dental or oral care service targeting senior populations, likely involving in-home or facility-based dental hygiene, cosmetic dentistry, or denture services. Franchisees would manage client acquisition, deliver clinical/cosmetic services, manage scheduling, and handle billing—but the exact service model is unclear given the minimal disclosure.

CEO
Namita K. Thapar-Dua, DDS
Founded
2025
FDD year
2025
States available
0

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$125K – $201K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$12K – $14K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$60K
Royalty
6.0%
Percentage of Gross Revenues · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
1
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
0%
vs corporate-owned
2023
0±0
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 18 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 18 states
Not registered

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

75
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION75 / 100

Single-unit franchise with no financial transparency, false going concern status, and unproven business model represents extreme execution risk unsuitable for most investors.

Score breakdown · what drove the 75 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINOROnly 1 franchise unit in entire system indicates either brand-new concept or severe contraction/failure; impossible to assess viability
  2. 02MEDNo Item 19 financial disclosure (Avg Revenue and Net Income not disclosed) prevents validation of $125k-$201k investment ROI
  3. 03HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, suggesting franchisor may lack financial stability or operational continuity
  4. 04MEDHigh franchise fee ($60k) combined with 6% royalty on undisclosed revenue creates unclear profit visibility
  5. 05MINOR10-year term locks franchisee into relationship with unproven single-unit system with no track record

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Zip code boundaries
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Maryland

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
8 hrs
On-the-job training
23 hrs
POS system
POS System and QuickBooks Online
Operating tech stack

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

20 numbers

Locked
(804) 371-••••
VA
(512) 475-••••
TX
(401) 462-••••
RI

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Senior Smile · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above