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Valcourt Building Services

Cleaning - Commercial & JanitorialFranchising since 1997Website
Investment
$23K – $37K
7th pct Commercial & …
Avg revenue
65th pct Commercial & …
Royalty
Units
37
41st pct Commercial & …
SBA default

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

Legal entity
Valcourt Building Services of Washington, DC, LC
Parent company
Valcourt Intermediate Holdings, LLC
Incorporated in
Virginia
HQ
1951 Kidwell Drive, Suite 350, Vienna, Virginia 22182
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$19.8M
vs $19.4M prior year

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?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $23K–$37K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $750–$4K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

235%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%
ROIC above 100% usually means the revenue figure is a system-wide aggregate or top-cohort number rather than a single-unit average. Verify the "Revenue · per unit" field against the brand's FDD Item 19 detail tables before relying on this output.

Store EBITDA · annual
$75K
EBITDA margin
10.0%
Total invested
$32K
Payback
5 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

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.

CEO
Jonathan R. Capon
Founded
1997
FDD year
2025
States available
2

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$23K – $37K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$750 – $4K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$10K
Royalty
Varies by work order. Ranges from 5% to 95% of the order …
Ad fund
n/d
Total fee load
5.0%
vs 9–13% typical

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

Total units
37
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
19
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
49%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+0.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+0.0%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
18±0
Franchised units
2024
18
Franchised units
2025
18
Franchised units

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

72
Risk · 0-100
CAUTION72 / 100

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

  1. 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — indicates potential financial distress or operational instability at franchisor level
  2. 02MINORRoyalty structure is extreme and predatory (5%-95% range) — lacks transparency and creates unpredictable profit margins; 95% royalty is effectively a loss for franchisee
  3. 03MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed — impossible to validate ROI or profitability; suggests franchisor hiding poor performer data
  4. 04MINORTerritory is completely unprotected — franchisees face direct competition from other franchisees and franchisor encroachment
  5. 05MEDOnly 37 units with unknown growth trajectory — small, potentially stagnating system with no disclosed unit growth or closure rates
  6. 06HIGHNo litigation disclosed but going concern risk suggests underlying legal/financial exposure not yet visible
  7. 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

Territory
Non-exclusive area of operation
Protected territory
No
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Granted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Not allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
No
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
1 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Virginia

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
38 hrs
On-the-job training
6 hrs

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

Locked
(703) 356-••••
ALL PRO BUILDING SERVICES, LLC Donald Bullock
VA
(213) 576-••••
NY

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Valcourt Building Services · FDD (2025) PDF

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