Bottom line
- Total investment $1.1M – $1.7M including a $50K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated CAUTION with a risk score of 72/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 2 loans (below the industry average).
- Emerging franchise — only 3 years of franchising with 10 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 Yoga Joint unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
14%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Yoga Joint franchisees operate boutique yoga studios offering classes (likely hot yoga, vinyasa, or specialty formats) to local membership bases. Day-to-day operations include managing class scheduling, instructor hiring/training, member retention, facility maintenance, marketing, and front-desk/administrative functions.
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 20 · 30 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
Litigation-tainted leadership, absent financial disclosures, minimal system size, and high capital requirements create substantial risk for franchisee capital recovery.
Score breakdown · what drove the 72 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHBoard member David Lopez has documented litigation history involving franchise misrepresentation, revenue forecast fraud, and use of unregistered brokers at prior company—raises governance and integrity concerns
- 02MEDNo average revenue or net income disclosed (Item 19 missing)—impossible to validate ROI claims or assess actual unit profitability
- 03MEDOnly 10 franchised units with unknown growth trajectory—suggests minimal scale, limited support infrastructure, and potential system contraction
- 04MINORHigh initial investment ($1.1M-$1.7M) combined with 8% royalty creates significant cash flow burden with no performance benchmarks to justify costs
- 05HIGHGoing Concern status is false but coupled with small unit count and non-disclosure raises questions about financial stability and franchisor sustainability
- 06MEDNo disclosed average unit volumes means franchisees cannot calculate break-even or assess realistic payback periods
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
31 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Yoga Joint · FDD (2025) PDF