WaveMAX Laundry
Bottom line
- Total investment $359K – $1.6M including a $55K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $446K/year (median $431K). Estimated payback in 4.0 years.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 39/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 56 loans (below the industry average).
- System growing at 25.0% CAGR over 3 years with 66 total units — strong expansion trajectory.
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 WaveMAX Laundry unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
5%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 WaveMAX Laundry units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$446K
on $2.2M purchase
Total debt
$1.8M
SBA $1.1M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Franchisees operate automated, self-service laundry facilities (laundromats), managing equipment maintenance, supplies restocking, customer service, and facility cleaning. Daily operations involve cash handling, machine troubleshooting, and transaction monitoring across coin/card payment systems.
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 · 32 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
WaveMAX presents moderate-to-cautionary risk due to absence of financial performance data, opaque cost structure, and unverified profitability claims in a capital-intensive, low-margin industry.
Score breakdown · what drove the 39 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed — cannot verify claimed $252k average net income independently
- 02MINORWide investment range ($359k-$1.6M) suggests inconsistent unit economics or unclear cost structure
- 03MINOR14% YoY unit growth is modest for a laundry franchise in a consolidating market; growth may be plateauing
- 04MINOR6% royalty on $445k average revenue = ~$26,700/year — relatively low royalties can indicate weak franchisor support or cash flow issues for franchisor
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
93 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
WaveMAX Laundry · FDD (2026) PDF