Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry
Bottom line
- Total investment $1.1M – $2.7M including a $40K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $575K/year (median $534K).
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 60/100.
- 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
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 Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
3%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$460K
on $2.3M purchase
Total debt
$1.8M
SBA $1.1M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees own and operate self-service laundromat facilities, managing coin/digital payment systems, equipment maintenance, facility cleaning, and customer service. Day-to-day operations include monitoring machine functionality, restocking supplies, collecting/processing revenue, and handling basic troubleshooting.
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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
A micro-franchise system with opaque profitability data, massive capital requirements, and unknown growth trajectory presents substantial investment risk despite no litigation history.
Score breakdown · what drove the 60 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNet Income not disclosed in FDD — impossible to verify profitability claims or calculate true ROI against $1.08M-$2.72M investment range
- 02MINOROnly 17 units system-wide with unknown growth trajectory — insufficient scale and unclear expansion momentum raises sustainability concerns
- 03MEDHigh capital requirement ($1.08M-$2.72M) paired with undisclosed net income creates extreme uncertainty about payback period and break-even timeline
- 04MINOR6% royalty on gross sales (not net) means franchisees pay royalties even during unprofitable months, compounding financial risk
- 05MINORExtremely wide investment range ($1.6M spread) suggests inconsistent site costs, build-out standards, or lack of predictable economics
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
35 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry · FDD (2026) PDF