Bottom line
- Total investment $151K – $261K including a $50K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $921K/year. Estimated payback in 1.3 years.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 70/100.
- 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 Stone Environmental Services™ unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
43%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Stone Environmental Services™ units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$1.5M
on $7.4M purchase
Total debt
$5.9M
SBA $3.7M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Stone Environmental Services provides environmental remediation, site assessment, or hazardous material management services to commercial/industrial clients. Franchisees manage daily operations including client acquisition, project oversight, regulatory compliance, and crew coordination to deliver environmental cleanup or compliance services.
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 · 3 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
Single-unit environmental services franchise with undisclosed going concern issues, zero system growth, and unvalidated financial claims presents extreme scalability and franchisor stability risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 70 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 1 franchised unit indicates system has never scaled or is collapsing; no growth trajectory data available
- 02HIGHGoing Concern = FALSE signals potential franchisor financial instability or inability to support franchisees long-term
- 03MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed despite $921k claimed average revenue—suggests data may be cherry-picked or unreliable
- 04MINORHigh initial investment ($150k-$260k) creates significant risk with unproven single-unit system and no peer performance validation
- 05MINOR7% royalty on claimed $921k average = $64,500/year to franchisor, but sustainability unclear with only 1 operating unit
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
14 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Stone Environmental Services™ · FDD (2025) PDF