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To the T Plumbing and Heating

Home Services - Plumbing & HVACFranchising since 2024Website
Investment
$106K – $205K
33rd pct Plumbing & HV…
Avg revenue
63rd pct Plumbing & HV…
Royalty
6.0%
21st pct Plumbing & HV…
Units
2
8th pct Plumbing & HV…
SBA default

Bottom line

  • Total investment $106K – $205K including a $40K franchise fee, 6.0% 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.
  • 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
To the T Plumbing & Heating Franchise, LLC
Incorporated in
Colorado
HQ
1317 W. 121st Ave, Westminster, CO 80234
Auditor
MUHAMMAD ZUBAIRY, CPA PC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$26K
Most recent fiscal 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 To the T Plumbing and Heating 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: $106K–$205K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $30K–$60K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

45%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$90K
EBITDA margin
12.0%
Total invested
$200K
Payback
27 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

Franchisees operate residential and commercial plumbing and heating service businesses, managing emergency repairs, installations, maintenance contracts, and customer service. Day-to-day activities include scheduling service calls, managing technician teams, invoicing customers, and maintaining equipment/inventory while adhering to brand standards.

CEO
Megan J. Trail
Founded
2023
FDD year
2025
States available
2

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$106K – $205K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$30K – $60K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$40K
Royalty
6.0%
percentage of gross sales · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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
2
Opened
1
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
1
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
50%
vs corporate-owned
2023
1+1
Franchised units
2024
0
Franchised units
2025
0
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 10 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 · 10 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.

No SBA loan data available for this brand.

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

Risk & Legal

65
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE65 / 100

Micro-franchise system with opaque financial disclosure, minimal operating units, and unvalidated unit economics presents moderate-to-high risk for capital recovery.

Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDOnly 2 existing units indicates extremely limited track record and system maturity
  2. 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents ROI validation and raises transparency concerns
  3. 03MINORHigh initial investment range ($105.6K-$204.5K) with no published performance benchmarks creates repayment risk
  4. 04MINORTiny franchisee base (2 units) means minimal peer support network and unproven scalability
  5. 05MED6% royalty on undisclosed revenue streams makes cost-benefit analysis impossible
  6. 06MEDNo disclosed growth trajectory despite 10-year term suggests stalled or nascent expansion

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 around location or other boundaries
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 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
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
Colorado

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
54 hrs
On-the-job training
16 hrs
POS system
HOUSECALL PRO -CRM
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

16 numbers

Locked
(517) 373-••••
MI
(503) 378-••••
OR
(651) 539-••••
MN

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

To the T Plumbing and Heating · FDD (2025) PDF

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