Bottom line
- Total investment $151K – $208K including a $25K franchise fee.
- 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 6 loans (below the industry average).
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
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 Sensory Club unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
120%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
The Sensory Club operates experiential facilities focused on sensory engagement activities (likely targeting children with sensory needs, autism spectrum, or general developmental enrichment). Franchisees manage day-to-day operations including staffing sensory rooms, scheduling client sessions, maintaining specialized equipment, and delivering therapeutic or recreational sensory experiences.
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 · 15 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
Early-stage sensory brand with minimal unit count, undisclosed financials, and aggressive royalty floor presents meaningful execution risk without proven unit-level profitability benchmarks.
Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed in FDD Item 19 — unable to validate ROI claims or unit economics
- 02MINOROnly 4 units system-wide with 33.3% YoY growth insufficient to establish proven business model at scale
- 03MINORHigh royalty structure ($200/month minimum OR 5% of gross) creates aggressive fee burden on low-revenue locations
- 04MEDEarly-stage franchise (likely <5 years old given unit count) with limited historical performance data
- 05HIGHGoing concern status suggests parent company financial fragility or recent restructuring
- 06HIGHNo disclosed litigation may indicate FDD is newly filed or brand operates below regulatory radar
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
19 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
The Sensory Club · FDD (2025) PDF