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SpeedPro

Business Services - Printing & SignsFranchising since 2014Website
Investment
$235K – $350K
77th pct Printing & Si…
Avg revenue
$1.0M
33rd pct Printing & Si…
Royalty
Units
121
70th pct Printing & Si…
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $235K – $350K including a $50K franchise fee.
  • Average unit revenue of $1.0M/year (median $868K). Estimated payback in 1.5 years.
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 41/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 103 loans (below the industry average).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
SP FRANCHISING LLC
Parent company
SP IP LLC
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
7000 S. Yosemite St., Suite 100, Centennial, Colorado 80112
Auditor
Plante & Moran, PLLC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$7.7M
vs $7.7M prior 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 SpeedPro unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $1,017,100
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: retail
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $235K–$350K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $54K–$84K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

20%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$71K
EBITDA margin
7.0%
Total invested
$362K
Payback
61 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

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
Founded
2006
FDD year
2025
States available
29

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$235K – $350K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$54K – $84K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
the greater of (a) 6% of the first $60,000 in monthly Gro…
Ad fund
2.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
8.0%
vs 9–13% typical
Payback period
1.5 yrs
From v3 / Item 19

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$1.0M
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$868K
Item 19 type
Gross Sales, Expenses, and Owners Discretionary Profit
Sample size
93 units
vs category median 42 · large
Range (low → high)
$139K$3.6M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
10 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Revenue rank33th
vs Business Services - Printing & Signs peers
Investment cost rank77th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank57th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank70th
vs Business Services - Printing & Signs peers
Risk score rank7th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
121
Opened
7
Last reporting year
Closed
4
Turnover rate
3.3%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+2.5%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-0.8%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
121+3
Franchised units
2024
118
Franchised units
2025
122
Franchised units

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).

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 · 15 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.

Total loans
103
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

41
Risk · 0-100
STRONG41 / 100

SpeedPro shows cautionary signs: negligible growth, recent fee collection litigation, absence of financial performance disclosures, and a royalty structure that may disincentivize scaling beyond $60k monthly sales.

Score breakdown · what drove the 41 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORMinimal system growth (2.5% YoY) suggests market saturation or franchisee dissatisfaction
  2. 02HIGHRecent litigation (March 2024) for unpaid fees indicates potential franchisor-franchisee collection challenges and cash flow stress among operators
  3. 03MINORTiered royalty structure (6% then 4%) creates incentive misalignment—franchisor benefits most when sales remain under $60k/month
  4. 04MINORNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) provided—cannot validate the $195,924 average net income claim against real franchisee data
  5. 05MINORHigh initial investment ($234k–$350k) relative to slow unit growth raises ROI sustainability questions

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Geographic area defined by zip codes
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
1
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Colorado

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
96 hrs
On-the-job training
41 hrs
POS system
CoreBridge
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

21 numbers

Locked
(315) 565-••••
NY
(818) 879-••••
CA
(707) 755-••••
CA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

SpeedPro · FDD (2025) PDF

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