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TemperaturePro

Formerly known as SystemForward America

Home Services - Plumbing & HVACFranchising since 2014Website
Investment
$444K – $484K
92nd pct Plumbing & HV…
Avg revenue
63rd pct Plumbing & HV…
Royalty
6.0%
21st pct Plumbing & HV…
Units
24
29th pct Plumbing & HV…
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $444K – $484K including a $148K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 56/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 56 loans (below the industry average).
  • Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
SystemForward America, LLC
Incorporated in
Louisiana
HQ
1018 Harding Street, Suite 101, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503
Auditor
Kolder, Slaven & Company, LLC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$5.3M
vs $5.2M prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2025
Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.

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 TemperaturePro 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: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $444K–$484K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $130K–$150K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

15%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$90K
EBITDA margin
12.0%
Total invested
$604K
Payback
81 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

TemperaturePro franchisees operate HVAC repair, maintenance, and installation services—likely managing technician teams, customer acquisition via local marketing, service dispatch, and emergency calls. Day-to-day involves scheduling, quality control, invoicing, and inventory management for heating/cooling systems.

CEO
Donald B. Marks
Founded
2003
FDD year
2025
States available
14

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$444K – $484K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$130K – $150K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$148K
Royalty
6.0%
Percentage of Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
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
24
Opened
1
Last reporting year
Closed
4
Turnover rate
16.7%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
96%
vs corporate-owned
Multi-unit owners
1.0%
Net growth (yr3)
-11.5%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-20.7%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
23-3
Franchised units
2024
26
Franchised units
2025
29
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 13 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 · 13 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
56
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

56
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE56 / 100

TemperaturePro presents meaningful risk due to declining unit count, missing financial disclosures, and high upfront costs relative to a small franchise system.

Score breakdown · what drove the 56 / 100 rating

  1. 01MED11.5% unit decline YoY indicates system contraction and potential market saturation or franchisee dissatisfaction
  2. 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents ROI validation—critical gap for $444K+ investment
  3. 03MINORHigh franchise fee ($147,500) combined with 6% royalty creates significant break-even hurdle with opaque unit economics
  4. 04MEDOnly 24 units remaining suggests limited brand recognition, operational support infrastructure, and peer network
  5. 05MEDProtected territory alone does not offset shrinking franchise base and undisclosed profitability metrics

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Zip Code
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
0
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
Louisiana

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
18 hrs
On-the-job training
80 hrs
POS system
Service Titan, Inc.
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

16 numbers

Locked
(337) 233-••••
Michael Kleimeyer Monique Hymel
LA
(217) 782-••••
IL
(317) 232-••••
IN

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

TemperaturePro · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above