Tutor Doctor
Bottom line
- Total investment $94K – $221K including a $55K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 55/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 99 loans (below the industry average).
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 Tutor Doctor unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
52%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Tutor Doctor franchisees operate in-home and online tutoring services, recruiting and managing tutor networks to serve K-12 and test-prep clients in their protected territory. Day-to-day operations include client acquisition, tutor scheduling/quality control, billing, and customer retention—requiring both sales acumen and operational management.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 28 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
Declining unit count, undisclosed financials, and historical fraud allegations create material uncertainty around unit economics and franchisor trustworthiness in a contracting system.
Score breakdown · what drove the 55 / 100 rating
- 01MINORUnit count declining 1.6% YoY indicates system contraction and potential market saturation
- 02MEDNo Item 19 (average revenue/income) disclosed—inability to validate ROI claims on $94k–$220k investment
- 03HIGHPrior litigation involving fraud and negligent misrepresentation allegations, even if withdrawn, signals historical franchisor credibility issues
- 04MEDHigh franchise fee ($54,700) combined with 8% royalty creates significant breakeven burden without disclosed profitability data
- 05MINOR10-year term is lengthy commitment for tutoring franchise in competitive, price-sensitive education market
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
95 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Tutor Doctor · FDD (2022) PDF