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FV-02422·STRONGExcellent100

Spray-Net

Home Services - PaintingFranchising since 2016Website
Investment
$176K – $237K
95th pct Painting
Avg revenue
$386K
5th pct Painting
Royalty
7.0%
57th pct Painting
Units
26
38th pct Painting
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $176K – $237K including a $55K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $386K/year (median $313K). Estimated payback in 3.4 years.
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 52/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 76 loans (below the industry average).
  • System growing at 136.4% CAGR over 3 years with 26 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
Spray-Net Inc.
Parent company
Spray-Net International, Inc.
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
1490 De Coulomb Street, Boucherville, Québec, Canada J4B 7M2
Auditor
Muhammad Zubairy, CPA PC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.6M
vs $2.6M 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 Spray-Net unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $385,962
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $176K–$237K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $30K–$40K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

14%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$35K
EBITDA margin
9.0%
Total invested
$241K
Payback
83 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.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 Spray-Net units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

49.9%

7.57× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

1.88×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$154K

on $772K purchase

Total debt

$618K

SBA $0.4M + senior + seller note

Overview

About

Spray-Net franchisees operate mobile spray-applied coating services, likely applying protective or decorative coatings to vehicles, property, or industrial surfaces. Day-to-day operations involve managing spray equipment, serving scheduled client appointments, maintaining inventory, and handling logistics for mobile or location-based service delivery.

CEO
Carmelo Marsala
Founded
2016
FDD year
2024
States available
15

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$176K – $237K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$30K – $40K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$55K
Royalty
7.0%
Gross Sales or Minimum Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
3.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
10.0%
vs 9–13% typical
Payback period
3.4 yrs
From v3 / Item 19

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$386K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$313K
Item 19 type
Actual
Sample size
7 units
vs category median 16 · small
Range (low → high)
$241K$751K
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
9 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Revenue rank5th
vs Home Services - Painting peers
Investment cost rank95th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank57th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank38th
vs Home Services - Painting peers
Risk score rank38th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
26
Opened
10
Last reporting year
Closed
10
Turnover rate
38.5%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+0.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+136.4%
Compounded over last 3 years
2022
26±0
Franchised units
2023
26
Franchised units
2024
11
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 23 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 · 23 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
76
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

52
Risk · 0-100
STRONG52 / 100

Spray-Net presents elevated risk due to active litigation over disclosure adequacy, tiny stagnant unit count, going concern flag, and a royalty structure that may unsustainably compress margins for underperforming locations.

Score breakdown · what drove the 52 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORActive arbitration alleging materially deficient Franchise Disclosure Document—suggests legal/transparency issues with franchisor
  2. 02MINOROnly 26 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory—indicates stagnant or declining network; insufficient scale for support infrastructure
  3. 03HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE—franchisor may have financial viability questions or accounting irregularities
  4. 04MINORHigh royalty floor structure (7% of Minimum Gross Sales regardless of actual revenue)—creates financial burden during slow periods and may explain 15.7% net margin compression
  5. 05MINORNo Item 19 financial performance representations—cannot independently verify if $60,723 average net income is achievable or representative

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Household count
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
Delaware

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
64 hrs
On-the-job training
74 hrs
POS system
Spray-Network
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

39 numbers

Locked
(915) 309-••••
TX
(615) 686-••••
TN
(405) 833-••••
OK

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FDD download

Spray-Net · FDD (2024) PDF

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