Bottom line
- Total investment $356K – $885K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100.
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
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 Stiltz Homelifts unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
8%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Stiltz Homelifts franchisees install, service, and sell residential mobility lifts (elevators/stairlifts) to aging homeowners and people with mobility disabilities. Day-to-day work involves customer consultations, equipment installation, maintenance contracts, and service calls in their protected territory.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 16 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
Zero-unit startup franchise with undisclosed financials, going concern status, and no franchisee validation data makes this a pre-revenue concept investment with existential franchisor risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates the franchisor itself may have financial viability issues
- 02MINORZero existing franchise units with unknown growth trajectory — no proven system or franchisee success stories
- 03MINORNo Item 19 disclosure (average revenue/net income) — impossible to evaluate ROI on $355K-$885K investment
- 04MINORWide investment range ($530K spread) with no correlation data — suggests unclear cost structure or unit economics
- 05MEDHigh royalty rate (6-10%) combined with undisclosed profitability — franchisees absorb risk without knowing franchisor's baseline performance
- 06MINORNo franchisee track record to validate business model — system has zero operational history
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
18 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Stiltz Homelifts · FDD (2025) PDF