The Cleaning Authority
Bottom line
- Total investment $82K – $173K including a $20K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.5M/year.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 41/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 149 loans (below the industry average).
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 The Cleaning Authority unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
112%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 The Cleaning Authority 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 $7.3M purchase
Total debt
$5.8M
SBA $3.6M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate residential and commercial cleaning services, managing crews of 2-4 employees who perform weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly deep cleaning in customer homes. Day-to-day responsibilities include customer acquisition/retention, scheduling crews, quality assurance, payroll, and invoicing—typically working 40-50 hours weekly as owner-operators.
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 · 5 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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Stagnant unit growth, undisclosed profitability data, and active franchisee litigation create meaningful investment uncertainty despite low initial franchise fee and protected territory.
Score breakdown · what drove the 41 / 100 rating
- 01MINORMinimal system growth (1.4% YoY) with only 224 units suggests market saturation or stagnation
- 02MEDNo average net income disclosed in FDD Item 19 prevents verification of profitability claims against $82k-$172k investment
- 03HIGHActive litigation by franchisee association (TCAF) regarding marketing funds indicates systemic franchisor-franchisee disputes
- 04MINORTiered royalty structure (6%-4%) requires $600k+ revenue to improve margins, creating cash flow pressure in early years
- 05HIGHGoing Concern issue (False) is unclear but warrants clarification on franchisor financial stability
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
99 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
The Cleaning Authority · FDD (2024) PDF