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Tile Liquidators

Home Services - OtherFranchising since 2019Website
Investment
$80K – $164K
28th pct Other
Avg revenue
64th pct Other
Royalty
Units
19
33rd pct Other
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $80K – $164K including a $39K franchise fee.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 62/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 8 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

Legal entity
Tile Liquidators LLC
Incorporated in
California
HQ
9778 Business Park Drive, Suite A, Sacramento, CA 95827
Auditor
George Dimov CPA
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$294K
vs $371K prior year

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 Tile Liquidators unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $80K–$164K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $6K–$22K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

55%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$75K
EBITDA margin
10.0%
Total invested
$136K
Payback
22 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Overview

About

Tile Liquidators franchisees operate retail showrooms selling discounted tile, flooring, and related materials to contractors and homeowners. Day-to-day operations include inventory management, customer consultations, installation coordination, sales transactions, and local marketing within their protected territory.

CEO
Doug Disney
Founded
2016
FDD year
2025
States available
9

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$80K – $164K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$6K – $22K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$39K
Royalty
$1,800 per month
Ad fund
n/d

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

Total units
19
Opened
2
Last reporting year
Closed
2
Turnover rate
10.5%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+0.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+72.7%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
19±0
Franchised units
2024
19
Franchised units
2025
11
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 11 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 11 states
Not registered

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.

Total loans
8
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

62
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE62 / 100

Tile Liquidators presents elevated risk due to non-disclosure of unit economics, questionable franchisor financial health, minimal system size, and high fixed costs with no revenue benchmarks.

Score breakdown · what drove the 62 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure — cannot verify if $79.7K-$164.3K investment generates positive ROI
  2. 02MINOROnly 19 units systemwide with unknown growth trajectory suggests stagnant or declining system
  3. 03MINORHigh monthly royalty ($1,800) creates $21,600 annual fixed cost burden with no revenue visibility
  4. 04HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial instability at franchisor level
  5. 05MED15-year term is unusually long for tile/flooring retail with no performance milestones disclosed
  6. 06MEDHigh franchise fee ($39,000) represents 49% of minimum investment with no disclosed unit economics

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Radius
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
15 years
Renewal term
15 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
California

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
30 hrs
On-the-job training
21 hrs
POS system
QuickBooks Online plus version or higher
Operating tech stack

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

23 numbers

Locked
(480) 910-••••
AZ
(818) 836-••••
CA
(501) 319-••••
AR

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Tile Liquidators · FDD (2025) PDF

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