Bottom line
- Total investment $905K – $1.7M including a $45K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100.
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
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 Skiptown unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
9%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Skiptown franchisees operate a specialized fitness/training facility (likely youth athletic performance or skip-rope focused brand) providing memberships, classes, camps, and coaching services. Day-to-day operations include facility management, staff scheduling, member billing, class instruction, and equipment maintenance across a protected territorial zone.
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 · 15 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
Skiptown presents caution-level risk due to extreme early-stage maturity (3 units only), complete absence of financial performance transparency, and high capital requirements without disclosed return metrics.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 3 existing units suggests extremely early-stage/unproven concept with no meaningful growth trajectory to evaluate
- 02MINORNo Item 19 (average revenue/net income disclosure) provided — impossible to assess ROI or break-even timeline against $904k-$1.6M investment
- 03MINORHigh initial investment range ($904k-$1.6M) paired with unknown unit economics creates severe financial risk visibility gap
- 04MINORMinimal franchisee base (3 units) limits ability to validate claims or obtain reliable performance data from peers
- 05MINOR6% royalty on weekly gross revenues (not net) compounds burden during startup phase when margins are tightest
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
21 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Skiptown · FDD (2026) PDF