Valcourt Building Services
Bottom line
- Total investment $23K – $37K including a $10K franchise fee.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100.
- No Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
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 Valcourt Building Services unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
235%
Above typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Valcourt Building Services franchisees perform commercial and residential building maintenance, repair, and cleaning services. Work is typically project-based, with franchisees bidding on or receiving assigned work orders from the franchisor or direct clients. Daily operations involve estimating jobs, managing crews, scheduling labor, and executing services while remitting royalties to the franchisor based on completed work order values.
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 12 · 2 states 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.
2
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
This is a high-risk franchise with a financially distressed franchisor (going concern status), opaque and potentially predatory royalty terms (up to 95%), zero financial performance disclosure, no territory protection, and a stagnant small unit base.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial distress or operational instability at franchisor level
- 02MINORRoyalty structure is extreme and predatory (5%-95% range) — lacks transparency and creates unpredictable profit margins; 95% royalty is effectively a loss for franchisee
- 03MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed — impossible to validate ROI or profitability; suggests franchisor hiding poor performer data
- 04MINORTerritory is completely unprotected — franchisees face direct competition from other franchisees and franchisor encroachment
- 05MEDOnly 37 units with unknown growth trajectory — small, potentially stagnating system with no disclosed unit growth or closure rates
- 06HIGHNo litigation disclosed but going concern risk suggests underlying legal/financial exposure not yet visible
- 07MINORVague work order-based royalty model creates misaligned incentives and potential franchisor-franchisee disputes over calculations
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
2 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Valcourt Building Services · FDD (2025) PDF