TruBlue Home Service Ally
Bottom line
- Total investment $70K – $96K including a $50K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $438K/year (median $348K).
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 39/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 24 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 4360% CAGR over 3 years with 135 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 TruBlue Home Service Ally unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
50%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 TruBlue Home Service Ally units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$350K
on $1.8M purchase
Total debt
$1.4M
SBA $0.9M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
TruBlue Home Service Ally franchisees operate a multi-trade home service business offering plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and handyman services to residential customers. Daily operations involve managing technician teams, scheduling service calls, customer acquisition, and quality control across a protected local territory. Revenue is generated through billable service hours and parts markup.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 27 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
TruBlue presents moderate-to-concerning risk due to prior disclosure litigation, complete absence of profitability data, and royalty minimums that may exceed net income for average units.
Score breakdown · what drove the 39 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHLitigation history involving disclosure failures (officer bankruptcies) and regulatory non-compliance (unregistered CPA) suggests governance and transparency issues
- 02MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed despite $438,095 average revenue claim — inability or unwillingness to provide audited financial performance is a major transparency red flag
- 03MINORRoyalty structure with $1,000/month minimum (12% annualized on $100K revenue) creates cash flow burden for struggling locations; breakeven analysis unclear
- 04HIGH29.8% YoY unit growth is strong but unverified — litigation history raises questions about accuracy of franchisor-reported metrics
- 05MEDHigh initial investment ($70K-$96K) relative to disclosed average revenue without net income data means ROI timeline is completely opaque
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
99 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
TruBlue Home Service Ally · FDD (2026) PDF