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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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These brands report different earnings metrics (Net Income, P&L Bottom Line). Financial figures may not be directly comparable.

These figures come from FDDs of different years (2025, 2026). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

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Brand
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives logoDBelow average
Outdoor Lighting Perspectives
Business Services
2026 FDD
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Square Cow logoBAbove average
Square Cow
Business Services
2025 FDD
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College Hunks Hauling Junk logoCAverage
College Hunks Hauling Junk
Business Services
2026 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Jan 23, 2026
FDD issued Mar 18, 2025
FDD issued Apr 30, 2026
Investment range
$181K – $227K
$167K – $233K
$158K – $252K
Liquid capital
$20K – $20K
$30K – $60K
$50K – $75K
Franchise fee
$60K
$60K
$55K
Royalty rate
7.0%
7.0%
7.0%
Ad fund rate
1.5%
1.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$770KPer franchisee, not per outlet
$1.8MCompany-owned onlyNet sales
$1.6M
Median gross sales
$526KPer franchisee, not per outlet
Not extracted
$1.1M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Net Income
P&L Bottom Line
Not classified
Risk
Rating
DBelow average
BAbove average
CAverage
Verdict score
31 / 100
61 / 100
38 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
50.0% (n=34)
Under 10 loans (2)
28.6% (n=161)
SBA loans on record
34
2
161
Scale
Total units
141
9
165
Net change (latest yr)
+6
+2
-27
Signed, not yet open
Not extracted
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
Not extracted
Turnover rate
1.4%
11.1%
17.6%
Contract
Initial term (years)
7
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
88
27
Not extracted
Contacts
Franchisee phones
65
4
178

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