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Tire Pros

Automotive - Repair & ServiceFranchising since 2025Website
Investment
$111K – $504K
28th pct Repair & Serv…
Avg revenue
54th pct Repair & Serv…
Royalty
Units
605
89th pct Repair & Serv…
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $111K – $504K including a $7K franchise fee.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 49/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 42 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

Legal entity
Asphalt Tire Pros Francorp, LLC d/b/a Tire Pros Francorp
Parent company
Asphalt Buyer II, LLC d/b/a American Tire Distributors
Incorporated in
California
HQ
12200 Herbert Wayne Court, Suite 150, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078
Auditor
Holthouse | Carlin | Van Trigt LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$15.8M
vs $16.2M prior year
⚠ Going-concern note
Disclosed in FDD 2025
Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.

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 TIRE PROS 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: automotive
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $111K–$504K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $87K–$102K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

30%

Below typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$120K
EBITDA margin
16.0%
Total invested
$402K
Payback
40 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

Tire Pros franchisees operate tire retail and automotive service centers, handling customer tire sales, installation, balancing, wheel alignment, and related maintenance services. Day-to-day operations include inventory management, technician supervision, customer service, and competitive pricing in a saturated local market. Franchisees must manage both retail floor traffic and service bay scheduling while competing against both other Tire Pros units and independent competitors.

CEO
Ira B. Silver
Founded
2025
FDD year
2025
States available
41

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$111K – $504K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$87K – $102K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$7K
Royalty
$695 per month
Ad fund
$200 per month

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
605
Opened
70
Last reporting year
Closed
109
Turnover rate
18.0%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
-6.1%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-2.9%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
605-39
Franchised units
2024
644
Franchised units
2025
623
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 5 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
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RI
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DC
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CA
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MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 5 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
42
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

49
Risk · 0-100
STRONG49 / 100

Declining unit count, opaque financials, and zero territorial protection create material risk despite low disclosed litigation and active going concern status.

Score breakdown · what drove the 49 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORSystem contracting at -6.1% YoY (605 units) suggests declining franchisee viability or brand momentum
  2. 02MEDNo Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — cannot validate if $111K-$503K investment generates positive ROI
  3. 03MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk and cannibalization within system
  4. 04MINORFixed $695/month royalty may be insufficient leverage if franchisees are struggling; signals potential collection issues
  5. 05MEDWide investment range ($392K spread) suggests inconsistent unit economics or hidden costs not disclosed upfront

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Protected territory
No
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 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
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
North Carolina

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
0 hrs
On-the-job training
37 hrs
POS system
Tire Guru
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

98 numbers

Locked
(501) 725-••••
AR
(480) 966-••••
AZ
(530) 365-••••
CA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

TIRE PROS · FDD (2025) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above