Speedpro Imaging Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $235K – $350K
- Disclosed sales
- $931K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- 22.7%
- on 69 loans
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Speedpro Imaging franchise requires a total initial investment of $235K – $350K, including a $50K franchise fee. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $931K[2]. SBA 7(a) loans show a 22.7% charge-off rate across 69 loans[1]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
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 scored7 of 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $235K – $350K
- 57th pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- $931K
- Outlet subset11th pct Business Serv…
- Royalty
- Not extracted
- Units
- 121
- 49th pct Business Serv…
- SBA charge-off
- 22.7%
- % of SBA 7(a) loans not repaid · median varies by category
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 $235K – $350K including a $50K franchise fee.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $931K/year (median $868K) (reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 56/100 (higher is better). SBA loan charge-off rate of 22.7% across 69 loans (well above the 16% franchise average, based on all SBA 7(a) franchise lending, 2010–2025).
- GROWTHPositive: net +3 franchised outlets in the latest year (7 opened, 0 closed); 6 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- SP Franchising LLC
- Parent company
- SP IP LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 7 of the 2025 FDD
- Ultimate parent
- Fairfield SPF, Inc.
- FDD Item 1, page 7 of the 2025 FDD
- Predecessor
- Speedpro USA, LLC and Speedpro USA, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- President and CEO
- Paul Brewster
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 7000 S. Yosemite St., Suite 100, Centennial, Colorado 80112
- Franchisor revenue
- $8.7M
- vs $7.7M prior year
Overview
About
SpeedPro franchisees operate wide-format printing facilities, producing signage, banners, vehicle wraps, and promotional materials for local businesses. Day-to-day activities include managing digital printing equipment, client consultations, design services, production scheduling, and delivery/installation logistics across a protected geographic territory.
- CEO
- Paul Brewster
- Headquarters
- CO
- Founded
- 2014
- FDD year
- 2025
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 120% above the typical business services franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $50K | $50K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $54K | $84K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $131K | $217K |
| Total initial investment | $235K | $350K |
Source: Speedpro Imaging 2025 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $235K – $350K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $54K – $84K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $50K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- the greater of (a) 6% of the first $60,000 in monthly Gro…
- Ad fund
- up to 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $350 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 36% above the business services norm.
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Speedpro Imaging until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$362K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Speedpro Imaging 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 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.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
- Avg gross sales
- $931K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $868K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 97 outlets
- vs category median 37 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $139K→$3.6MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 53 of the 2025 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
Compared against 296 Business Services brands
vs Business Services medians
How Speedpro Imaging 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 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 121
- Opened
- 7
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 4
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 0.8%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 4
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 8
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 6
- 0.05 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 10
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 10 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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
13 current owners across 10 states.
- TX 3
- CA 2
- AL 1
- GA 1
- IL 1
- MD 1
- MI 1
- NY 1
- OH 1
- PA 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.
- Total loans
- 69
- Loan volume
- $21.8M
- Median loan
- $205K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- 22.7%
- on 69 loans · rates vary by category · see methodology
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- 77.3%
- 5-yr charge-off
- 25.0%
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 30
- Defaults
- 10
- Typical loan rate
- 7.3%
- avg rate to borrowers
- vs industry
- N/A
- NAICS 3231
- Jobs supported
- 316
- 1.4 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 17%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 43% went to startups / new businesses, 57% to established operators
Vintage analysis
Speedpro Imaging charge-off rate by loan vintage
Top lenders financing Speedpro Imaging franchisees
Showing 3 of 30 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Lender network · 7(a) + 504
SBA Lending Report
Full lending analysis for Speedpro Imaging from SBA 7(a) FOIA data.
- Principal loss rate
- 5.9%
- Avg SBA guarantee
- 69%
- Avg interest rate
- 7.32%
- Avg chargeoff amount
- $129K
- Lender concentration
- 17.4%
- Job velocity
- 1.4 per $100K
- Jobs supported
- 316
Top SBA lendersTop lender holds 17% of loans
| # | Lender | Loans | Volume | Default % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | 9 | N/A | N/A | |
| 3 | 7 | N/A | N/A | |
| 4 | 6 | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Geographic failure vector
| State | Loans | Defaults | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| TXTexas | 8 | 3 | 50.0% |
| FLFlorida | 5 | 1 | 25.0% |
| NCNorth Carolina | 5 | 1 | 50.0% |
| ILIllinois | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| MDMaryland | 4 | 3 | 75.0% |
| NJNew Jersey | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| OHOhio | 4 | 0 | 0.0% |
| CACalifornia | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| COColorado | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| GAGeorgia | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
SBA 7(a) lending trend
Borrower profile
Source: SBA 7(a) + 504 FOIA loan-level data, matched by FranchiseVerdict
A 22.7% charge-off rate means roughly 1 in 4 franchisees failed to repay their SBA loan. Investigate what changed.
What could kill this investment?
SBA loans charge off at 22.7% — 42% above the 16.0% national norm, i.e. higher lender-observed risk.
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (plaintiff).
One civil action initiated by franchisor (March 26, 2024) against a former franchisee and its owner/guarantor for unpaid fees after abandonment; dismissed October 12, 2024 following settlement.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Revenue components FY2024: royalty $5,104,730; franchise fees $314,929; equipment/supply $75,703; other $1,634,834; marketing fund $1,523,284.
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: Yes
What are you signing up for?
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory sizeℹ | at least 7,000 businesses, generally not more than 8,500 businesses |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 50 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Governing law | Colorado |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
One civil action initiated by franchisor (March 26, 2024) against a former franchisee and its owner/guarantor for unpaid fees after abandonment; dismissed October 12, 2024 following settlement.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- On-the-job training
- 41 hrs
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- franchisee with franchisor/Master Developer approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- CoreBridge
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: CoreBridge
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
14 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 Speedpro Imaging franchise?
The total investment to open a Speedpro Imaging franchise ranges from $235K – $350K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Speedpro Imaging franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Speedpro Imaging FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $931K. The median is $868K. Important context: Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns Speedpro Imaging?
Speedpro Imaging is franchised by SP Franchising LLC. Its parent company is SP IP LLC. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is Fairfield SPF, Inc.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Speedpro Imaging 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 Speedpro Imaging FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Speedpro Imaging's franchise failure rate?
Based on SBA 7(a) loan data, Speedpro Imaging has a charge-off rate of 22.7% across 69 loans, meaning 22.7% of franchise loans were charged off. Charge-off rates are one proxy for franchise risk, though they do not capture all closures. This data comes from FOIA-sourced SBA lending records.
How many Speedpro Imaging franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Speedpro Imaging has 121 total units in the United States, including 121 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 7 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Speedpro Imaging a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Speedpro Imaging as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 56 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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