United Defense Tactical
Formerly known as Dynamic Combatives
Bottom line
- Total investment $484K – $831K including a $50K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $2.6M/year. Estimated payback in 0.8 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 42/100. 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
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 United Defense Tactical 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 United Defense Tactical units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
30.5%
3.79× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.64×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$8.0M
on $18.5M purchase
Total debt
$10.6M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
United Defense Tactical franchisees operate retail/training facilities focused on tactical equipment, firearms accessories, and related services. Day-to-day operations likely include inventory management, customer sales, training program administration, compliance with weapons regulations, and marketing within their protected territory.
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 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
Extreme caution warranted: single-unit franchise with undisclosed growth, no financial performance claims, and high capital requirements creates unvalidatable ROI projections.
Score breakdown · what drove the 42 / 100 rating
- 01MINORSingle operating unit with unknown growth trajectory creates inability to validate system scalability and replicability
- 02MEDNo Item 19 financial performance representations disclosed despite strong claimed averages ($830k net income) — suggests franchisor may lack confidence in reproducibility
- 03MINORHigh initial investment ($483k-$831k) against single-unit sample creates significant risk if that unit's performance is an outlier
- 04MEDTactical/firearms-adjacent business model may face regulatory, banking, or insurance headwinds not disclosed
- 05MINOR10-year term is longer than industry standard (5-7 years), reducing franchisee flexibility and exit optionality
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
1 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
United Defense Tactical · FDD (2025) PDF