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Success On The Spectrum

OtherFranchising since 2018Website
Investment
$321K – $848K
77th pct Other
Avg revenue
50th pct Other
Royalty
5.0%
6th pct Other
Units
52
65th pct Other
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $321K – $848K including a $45K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 44/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 136 loans (below the industry average).
  • System growing at 200.0% CAGR over 3 years with 52 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
SOS Franchising, LLC
Incorporated in
Texas
HQ
8181 Commerce Park Drive, #726 Houston, Texas 77036
Auditor
Jung H. Sung, CPA
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.1M
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 Success On The Spectrum unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: generic
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $321K–$848K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $30K–$60K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

18%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$113K
EBITDA margin
15.0%
Total invested
$629K
Payback
67 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.

Overview

About

Success On The Spectrum franchisees provide services for neurodivergent individuals (autism, ADHD, dyslexia focus). Day-to-day operations likely involve therapeutic coaching, life skills training, educational support, or employment readiness programs delivered to clients in the protected territory, with staff management and client outcome tracking as core responsibilities.

CEO
Nichole Daher
Founded
2018
FDD year
2025
States available
16

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$321K – $848K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$30K – $60K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$45K
Royalty
5.0%
Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
n/d
Total fee load
5.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
52
Opened
22
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
98%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+75.9%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+200.0%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
51+21
Franchised units
2024
29
Franchised units
2025
17
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 19 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 · 19 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
136
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

44
Risk · 0-100
STRONG44 / 100

Rapid growth without disclosed financials, litigation history, and unclear franchisor stability create meaningful risk despite protected territories and reasonable royalty caps.

Score breakdown · what drove the 44 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo Item 19 financial disclosure (avg revenue and net income not disclosed) prevents accurate ROI assessment on $320.5K-$848.2K investment
  2. 02HIGHTwo litigation cases involving breach of contract and tortious interference suggest franchisor-franchisee relationship tensions despite settlements
  3. 03MINORRapid unit growth (75.9% YoY) may indicate aggressive expansion ahead of proven unit economics, increasing failure risk for newer franchisees
  4. 04MINORHigh investment range ($528K spread) with capped $5K/month royalty suggests unclear path to profitability for lower-investment models
  5. 05HIGHGoing concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial instability at franchisor level, though context unclear

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Not allowed
Litigation count
2
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Texas

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
40 hrs
On-the-job training
40 hrs
POS system
proprietary practice management software
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

82 numbers

Locked
(816) 282-••••
MO
(908) 505-••••
NJ
(470) 870-••••
GA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Success On The Spectrum · FDD (2025) PDF

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