Bottom line
- Total investment $324K – $1.0M including a $50K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $1.4M/year. Estimated payback in 3.3 years.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 68/100.
- Emerging franchise — only 2 years of franchising with 2 units. Early-stage systems carry higher risk but may offer better territory availability.
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 Well Infused unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
37%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Well Infused units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
29.8%
3.68× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
2.70×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$8.7M
on $19.5M purchase
Total debt
$10.9M
SBA $5.0M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Well Infused appears to be a beverage or wellness infusion concept where franchisees operate retail locations preparing and selling infused drinks or health beverages. Day-to-day operations likely involve inventory management, product preparation, customer service, point-of-sale management, and local marketing to drive foot traffic in a 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 20 · 17 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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
This is a pre-scale franchise with only 2 operating units, undisclosed growth, going concern status, and no financial performance substantiation—representing substantial execution and franchisor viability risk.
Score breakdown · what drove the 68 / 100 rating
- 01MEDOnly 2 existing units with unknown growth trajectory indicates extremely limited operating history and proof of concept
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status of False suggests financial instability or viability concerns at franchisor level
- 03MEDNo Item 19 (financial performance representations) disclosed limits ability to validate the $208k avg net income claim
- 04MINORWide investment range ($324k-$1M) with only 2 comparable units makes ROI projections unreliable
- 05MINORMinimal franchisee network (2 units) creates execution risk and insufficient peer support/troubleshooting resources
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
21 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Well Infused · FDD (2025) PDF