Bottom line
- Total investment $241K – $488K including a $42K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 4 loans (below the industry average).
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
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 Salt Suite unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
24%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Franchisees operate halotherapy (salt therapy) wellness centers offering salt cave/chamber sessions, often combined with yoga, meditation, and respiratory health treatments. Daily operations include managing client bookings, maintaining salt room equipment/air quality, staffing sessions, and retail merchandise sales.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 21 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
The Salt Suite presents meaningful risk due to micro-scale system size, complete absence of financial transparency (no Item 19), undisclosed unit performance, and unclear franchisor financial health despite high franchisee capital requirements.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MINOROnly 9 units in system with unknown growth trajectory — extremely small franchise with minimal scale
- 02MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed — unable to assess profitability or validate ROI claims
- 03MINORHigh initial investment ($240K-$488K) relative to system size creates concentration risk and limits exit opportunities
- 04MED8% royalty on undisclosed revenue base makes unit economics impossible to model
- 05MINORNo financial performance data (revenue/net income) prevents validation of franchise viability
- 06HIGHGoing Concern status is False — potential financial instability of franchisor itself
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
28 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
The Salt Suite · FDD (2024) PDF