Speedy Freight Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $75K – $194K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Speedy Freight is a logistics franchise providing same-day and express freight and courier services for businesses. Franchisees run local operations, managing carriers, dispatch, and shipping accounts.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Speedy Freight franchise requires a total initial investment of $75K – $194K, including a $50K franchise fee and an ongoing 30.0% royalty[2]. 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: partial✓ 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 scored6 of 6 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $75K – $194K
- 24th pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Outlet subset
- Royalty
- 30.0%
- 52nd pct Business Serv…
- Units
- 10
- 17th 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 $75K – $194K including a $50K franchise fee, 30.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 data is from UK Franchised Businesses (affiliate PVL) and one US Company-Owned Business, converted from GBP at 1.3239 USD as of Nov 30 2025; not actual US franchisee results.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 43/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative, pipeline stalled: 16 agreements signed but not yet open against 10 open outlets (Item 20).
- DATAItem 19 reports Gross Margin and Total Revenue rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Speedy Freight Franchising LLC
- Parent company
- Speedy Freight Holdings Limited (SFHL)
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2026 FDD
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Michael Smith
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 5251 Frye Rd, Suite 150, Irving, Texas 75061
- Auditor
- UHY LLP
- Audited financials
Overview
About
- CEO
- Michael Smith
- Headquarters
- TX
- Founded
- 2023
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 4
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost is about typical for a business services franchise (near the category median).
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2026 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $50K | $50K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $12K | $68K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $13K | $76K |
| Total initial investment | $75K | $194K |
Source: Speedy Freight 2026 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
- $75K – $194K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $12K – $68K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $50K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 30.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- Brand Fund Contribution is 1% of Gross Margin (may increa…
- Total fee load
- 31.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 30.0% |
| Technology fee | $750 |
| Transfer fee | $25K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Total fee load | 31.0% 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 Speedy Freight 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 Speedy Freight 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, ad fund 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 data is from UK Franchised Businesses (affiliate PVL) and one US Company-Owned Business, converted from GBP at 1.3239 USD as of Nov 30 2025; not actual US franchisee results.
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
- Median gross sales
- $1.1M
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
No system-wide average is published for this brand. The median and range below are what Item 19 supports; we show an average only where it reconciles against them.
- Item 19 type
- Gross Margin and Total Revenue
- Range (low → high)
- $95K→$3.6MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 41 of the 2026 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 6 / 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 31.0% — above the Business Services median of 9.0%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports Gross Margin and Total Revenue rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
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 Speedy Freight 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
- 10
- Opened
- 9
- 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
- 1%
- 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
- 16
- 1.60 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 30
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 4 states 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.
4
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
New franchisor (began franchising 2025) with a small 10-unit system and no disclosed net worth or income figures. No litigation, no going-concern, audited financials and Item 19 disclosed; limited operating history is the main concern.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation disclosed.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · UHY LLP
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 43 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDBegan franchising 2025 — limited history
- 02MEDFinancial net worth/income not disclosed in profile
- 03MINORNo litigation, no going-concern
- 04MEDAudited, Item 19 disclosed
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 31.0% 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 | 1 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory sizeℹ | Approximately 9,000 businesses in a designated Primary Market Area |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 1 year |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 50 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Dallas, Texas (principal city closest to franchisor's principal place of business) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Texas |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation disclosed.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 40 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 40 hrs
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- Franchisee locates site; no franchisor approval required
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- TMS system
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: TMS system
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Speedy Freight franchise?
The total investment to open a Speedy Freight franchise ranges from $75K – $194K, 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 Speedy Freight franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Speedy Freight FDD discloses a median of $1.1M 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 Speedy Freight?
Speedy Freight is franchised by Speedy Freight Franchising LLC. Its parent company is Speedy Freight Holdings Limited (SFHL). Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Speedy Freight 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 Speedy Freight FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Speedy Freight's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Speedy Freight (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 Speedy Freight franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Speedy Freight has 10 total units in the United States, including 9 franchised units and 1 company-owned units. 9 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Speedy Freight a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Speedy Freight as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 43 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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