Spin Doctor Laundromat
Bottom line
- Total investment $490K – $1.4M including a $30K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $521K/year. Estimated payback in 8.3 years.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 2 loans (below the industry average).
- Emerging franchise — only 3 years of franchising with 1 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 Spin Doctor Laundromat unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
6%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Spin Doctor Laundromat units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$469K
on $2.3M purchase
Total debt
$1.9M
SBA $1.2M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate self-service and potentially attendant-staffed laundromat facilities, managing daily coin/card collection, machine maintenance, cleaning, utilities, and customer service. Operations require location management, equipment upkeep, inventory control for detergent/supplies, and potentially 24/7 facility oversight depending on model.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 4 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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Early-stage laundromat franchise with unproven system scalability, undisclosed financial performance data, and franchisor going concern issues presents meaningful execution risk despite reasonable unit economics.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 1 unit in system with unknown growth trajectory suggests early-stage or stalled expansion
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE, indicating potential financial instability at franchisor level
- 03MINORWide investment range ($490K-$1.4M) with single unit data creates uncertainty about actual capital requirements and ROI variability
- 04MINORNet income of $113,947 on $521,280 revenue (21.8% margin) may be optimistic given royalties, maintenance, and labor costs not detailed
- 05MEDNo Item 19 Financial Performance Representation disclosed, limiting ability to validate earnings claims
- 06MINORSingle unit prevents franchisee validation and suggests franchisor may lack operational proof of concept at scale
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
4 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Spin Doctor Laundromat · FDD (2025) PDF