Bottom line
- Total investment $55K – $102K including a $20K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.5M/year. Estimated payback in 0.2 years.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 60/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 1 year 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 SteamPro unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
245%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 SteamPro units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
45.9%
6.62× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.96×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$2.5M
on $10.7M purchase
Total debt
$8.2M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
SteamPro franchisees operate steam cleaning and pressure washing services, servicing residential and commercial properties. Day-to-day activities include customer acquisition, equipment operation and maintenance, scheduling jobs, managing crews (if applicable), and billing/invoicing for services rendered.
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 · 29 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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
SteamPro presents substantial risk due to single-unit system status, franchisor going concern issues, lack of financial performance disclosure, and unproven scalability.
Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 100 rating
- 01MEDOnly 1 disclosed unit with unknown growth trajectory suggests an extremely nascent or non-expanding franchise system
- 02HIGHGoing Concern designation indicates franchisor may lack financial stability or be at risk of business failure
- 03MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed limits ability to validate the $1.52M average revenue claim
- 04MINORWide investment range ($54.5K-$102K) with vague cost structure raises questions about transparency and actual unit economics
- 05MINOR7% royalty on a $1.5M revenue base equals ~$106K annually; profitability sustainability unclear against franchisor viability
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
29 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
SteamPro · FDD (2025) PDF