Bottom line
- Total investment $118K – $141K including a $60K franchise fee, 6.9% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.2M/year (median $764K). Estimated payback in 0.6 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 42/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 157 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 Maids unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
75%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 The Maids units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$734K
on $3.7M purchase
Total debt
$2.9M
SBA $1.8M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate residential and commercial cleaning services under The Maids brand, managing a team of cleaners who perform house or office cleaning on recurring schedules. Day-to-day operations include scheduling, quality control, customer acquisition/retention, staff management, and pricing within brand guidelines.
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 · 25 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
Moderate-to-high risk profile driven by undisclosed financial performance data, active multi-party litigation, opaque unit growth, and a payback period dependent entirely on unverified income claims.
Score breakdown · what drove the 42 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — cannot independently verify $220k avg net income claim
- 02MINORFour active lawsuits against franchisees for breach, non-compete, and trademark violations suggest enforcement issues or franchisee dissatisfaction
- 03MINORUnknown unit growth trajectory — 369 units may be stagnant or declining; no growth rate transparency
- 04MINORRoyalty structure (6.9% down to 3.9%) indicates potential margin compression for mature units
- 05MEDHigh initial investment ($117.7k–$141.2k) relative to disclosed average net income ($220k) yields modest 1.5–1.9 year payback with no buffer for underperformance
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
94 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
The Maids · FDD (2026) PDF