The Glass Guru
Bottom line
- Total investment $141K – $369K including a $50K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $740K/year (median $659K).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 42/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 44 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 Glass Guru unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
23%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 The Glass Guru units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$444K
on $2.2M purchase
Total debt
$1.8M
SBA $1.1M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
The Glass Guru franchisees operate mobile or shop-based glass repair and replacement services, serving residential and commercial customers with windshield repair, window replacement, and related glass services. Day-to-day operations include customer scheduling, on-site or in-shop glass work, parts inventory management, and service delivery within their protected territory.
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 · 7 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
Glass Guru presents moderate-to-cautionary risk due to missing profitability data, modest growth trajectory, high capital requirements, and gross-sales-based royalties that lack income transparency.
Score breakdown · what drove the 42 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet income not disclosed in Item 19 — unable to validate actual profitability against $740K average revenue claim
- 02MINORHigh initial investment range ($140K–$369K) with no transparent breakdown of how capital is deployed
- 03MEDModest unit growth (11.1% YoY) with only 81 units suggests limited brand momentum and market saturation risk in protected territories
- 04MINOR7% royalty on gross sales (not net) means franchisees pay regardless of profitability
- 05MINORFranchise fee ($49,500) represents 6.7% of minimum investment — high front-loaded cost before operations begin
- 06HIGHNo litigation disclosed is positive, but small unit count limits visibility into systemic legal patterns
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
8 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
The Glass Guru · FDD (2025) PDF