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FV-03027·STRONGExcellent95FDD 2021

You Move Me

Business Services - Shipping & PostalFranchising since 2012Website
Investment
$107K – $219K
57th pct Shipping & Po…
Avg revenue
$1.2M
36th pct Shipping & Po…
Royalty
7.0%
21st pct Shipping & Po…
Units
15
29th pct Shipping & Po…
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $107K – $219K including a $50K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
  • Average unit revenue of $1.2M/year (median $638K).
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 54/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 5 loans (below the industry average).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
You Move Me LLC
Parent company
Tracksuit Movers Inc.
Incorporated in
Washington
HQ
10th Floor, 333 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6B 0G5
Auditor
Grant Thornton LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$2.0M
vs $1.3M 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 You Move Me unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $1,182,379
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: retail
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $107K–$219K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $25K–$40K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

42%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$83K
EBITDA margin
7.0%
Total invested
$195K
Payback
28 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

You Move Me operates a moving and relocation services franchise where franchisees manage local moving operations, customer scheduling, crew logistics, and service delivery. Franchisees handle both residential and commercial moving jobs, managing their own staff, marketing, and customer relationships within a protected territory while paying royalties to the franchisor.

CEO
Alexander Benjamin
Founded
2012
FDD year
2021
States available
13

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$107K – $219K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$25K – $40K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$50K
Royalty
7.0%
Percentage of Gross Revenue · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
8.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$1.2M
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$638K
Item 19 type
Gross Revenue
Sample size
16 units
vs category median 32
Range (low → high)
$205K$7.3M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
4 / 5
vs category median 3 / 5 · above
Revenue rank36th
vs Business Services - Shipping & Postal peers
Investment cost rank57th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank21th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank29th
vs Business Services - Shipping & Postal peers
Risk score rank36th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
15
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
0
Turnover rate
0.0%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Multi-unit owners
50.0%
Net growth (yr3)
+0.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-21.1%
Compounded over last 3 years
2019
15±0
Franchised units
2020
15
Franchised units
2021
19
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 28 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 28 states
Not registered

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.

Total loans
5
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

54
Risk · 0-100
STRONG54 / 100

Small, undisclosed-metrics franchise with regulatory history and insufficient transparency to validate investment returns or competitive viability.

Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed - impossible to validate the $1.18M average revenue claim or project ROI
  2. 02MEDOnly 15 units system-wide indicates minimal scale, limited support infrastructure, and high per-unit overhead costs
  3. 03MINORHigh initial investment ($106.5K-$218.9K) relative to system size creates significant risk if franchisee underperforms
  4. 04MINORPrior regulatory violation (2017 California consent order) demonstrates compliance and disclosure issues during franchise registration
  5. 05MINORTiered royalty structure (7% base, 3% above prior year revenue) creates complex accounting and potential franchisor-franchisee disputes over gross revenue calculations
  6. 06MINORUnknown unit growth trajectory - no visibility into system expansion, stability, or franchisee success rates
  7. 07MEDNet income not disclosed - cannot determine actual profitability or sustainability of franchise model

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Household Population
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
1
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
Washington

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
50 hrs
On-the-job training
38 hrs
POS system
MoveNet
Operating tech stack

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

37 numbers

Locked
(604) 691-••••
KPMG LLP
(850) 410-••••
FL
(908) 456-••••
NJ

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FDD download

You Move Me · FDD (2021) PDF

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