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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Focus by buyer type

Brand
Ivybrook Academy logoAStrongest tier
Ivybrook Academy
Education
2025 FDD
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SarahCare logoFWeakest tier
SarahCare
Education
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Mar 28, 2025
FDD issued Oct 29, 2025
Investment range
$541K – $870K
$351K – $921K
Liquid capital
$30K – $35K
$50K – $156K
Franchise fee
$50K
$39K
Royalty rate
7.0%
5.0%
Ad fund rate
1.0%
Not extracted
Performance
Avg gross sales
$858KOutlet subset
$712KOutlet subset
Median gross sales
$839KOutlet subset
Not extracted
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
$159K
Not extracted
Earnings metric
EBITDA 6
Not classified
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
FWeakest tier
Verdict score
76 / 100
20 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
0.0% (n=43)
33.3% (n=17)
SBA loans on record
43
17
Scale
Total units
41
21
Net change (latest yr)
+7
0
Signed, not yet open
42 (1.02 per open outlet)
Not extracted
Turnover rate
2.4%
0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
15
10
Renewal term (years)
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
80
63
Contacts
Franchisee phones
41
22

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