Bottom line
- Total investment $14K – $68K including a $10K franchise fee, 22.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $350K/year (median $107K).
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 57/100.
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 DOAN GROUP unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
-8%
Negative
Overview
About
The Doan Group franchisees appear to operate service-based or real estate-adjacent businesses generating ~$350K in annual revenue. Without disclosed business details, the exact nature of daily operations and service delivery model remains unclear, limiting due diligence depth.
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 · 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).
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
The Doan Group presents elevated risk due to absent profitability data, going concern status, aggressive royalty rates, and insufficient system maturity to validate franchisee success rates.
Score breakdown · what drove the 57 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Average Net Income) disclosed — impossible to assess actual profitability despite $350K average revenue
- 02MINOR22% royalty rate is substantially high, reducing net margins significantly on ~$350K average revenue
- 03HIGHGoing Concern status is False — suggests the franchisor may have liquidity or operational sustainability issues
- 04MINORRapid unit growth (44.4% YoY) without profitability transparency raises quality-of-growth concerns and potential oversaturation risk
- 05MINORWide investment range ($14,050–$68,000) indicates inconsistent territory valuations or undefined startup costs
- 06MEDOnly 26 units system-wide — limited track record and small sample size for validating business model viability
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
THE DOAN GROUP · FDD (2025) PDF