Franchise Decision Reports

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✓ Fee burden at 4 revenue levels
✓ Net growth & attrition rates
✓ Investment ranges & midpoints
✓ Royalty & marketing structure
✓ Disclosure quality ratings
✓ Key watchout flags

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Decision Report Recommended

$99 / single brand

✓ Executive summary & decision scorecard
✓ Buyer-fit profile (who should / shouldn’t buy)
✓ Full fee modeling with cohort comparison visual
✓ Item 19 translation & revenue triangulation
✓ Buyer-side economics reality check
✓ Investment breakdown & payback sensitivity
✓ System health, risk flags & litigation
✓ Peer positioning with decision overlay
✓ Discovery day diligence script (8–10 questions)

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What’s in a Decision Report

Executive Summary & Decision Scorecard

The headline assessment: where this brand is strong, where it’s weak, and what the overall posture looks like. A rated scorecard across 8 dimensions — entry cost, ongoing fees, system stability, revenue disclosure, disclosure quality, downside risk, buyer fit, and overall.

Buyer-Fit Profile

Who this brand is best for, who it’s a weaker fit for, and the specific conditions that should be true before you proceed. Not a sales pitch — a calibration tool.

Fee Burden Analysis

Total ongoing cost modeled at 4 revenue levels with full component breakdown, plus a visual comparison showing where this brand sits among its direct competitors. Marketing minimums, technology fee tiers, escalation triggers, and hidden conditional fees.

Item 19 Translation

What the financial performance data actually tells you about likely revenue — and what it conspicuously omits. Exclusion rates, population definitions, per-territory vs. per-franchisee distinctions, and what the reported averages really mean for a new single-territory operator.

Economics Reality Check & Payback Sensitivity

Illustrative scenarios showing what revenue, fees, and costs look like at different operating levels. Payback timelines under conservative, moderate, and strong assumptions. Not a forecast — a framework for understanding the math before you commit.

Investment Breakdown

Where the initial investment actually goes. What’s negotiable vs. fixed. What the FDD buries in footnotes about working capital, mandatory vendor programs, and pre-opening marketing obligations.

System Health & Risk Signals

Unit growth trends in context. Termination patterns, transfer activity, and company-owned footprint. Regulatory history, entity structure changes, litigation outcomes, and the cross-brand context a single-brand attorney review wouldn’t have.

Peer Context & Decision Overlay

How this brand compares across the full category on 7+ dimensions. Which brand wins on each buyer priority — lowest cost, best disclosure, most stability, best for first-time buyers — with the rationale.

Discovery Day Diligence Script

8–10 specific questions derived from this brand’s actual FDD — each with context on why it matters, what a strong answer sounds like, what evasion sounds like, and follow-up questions. Not a generic checklist.

Who this is for

You’ve narrowed to one or two brands. You’re past browsing and into evaluating. You want to walk into your FDD review and attorney conversation already knowing the fee structure, system health trends, and how this brand compares to its direct competitors — so you ask better questions and spot what matters.

Not legal advice. Not a franchise valuation. Not a recommendation to buy or avoid. The report gives you structured, data-driven analysis so you can make the decision with your eyes open.

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