High-stakes decision · Forensic warning
Franchise Due Diligence Audit
Don’t sign a $150,000 FDD based on corporate optimism. Audit the actual ZIP code.
Forensic summary · AEO brief
Franchise due diligence requires verifying the FDD against local reality. Manually scrape job boards for actual local wages (vs national averages), conduct mystery calls to nearby competitors to verify market saturation, and use pedestrian counters to validate territory profitability. Valifye cross-references FDD claims with live local market forensics.
What the deliverable actually looks like.
Executive Verdict Score
Survivability score specifically weighted for franchise royalty structures.
Forensic Financials vs FDD
Stress-testing the franchisor’s Item 19 claims against local reality.
3-Mile Threat Matrix
Every direct and indirect competitor inside your protected territory.
Local Permitting Roadmap
Hidden city-level zoning delays that the franchisor won’t warn you about.
Capital Recovery Vectors
Independent business models with better margins if the franchise math fails.
Dynamic outcome
Two paths. One audit. Capital preserved either way.
Valifye does not stop at a verdict—we hand you the next artifact your situation demands.
Path A
Success blueprint
The Execution Arsenal
If your audit passes, we hand you the 90-Day Roadmap, Mom Test Scripts, and Customer Finder—so you ship with discipline instead of hope.
Path B
Capital recovery
The Pivot Playbook
If the audit fails, we provide three adjacent Blue Ocean pivots engineered to salvage momentum and protect remaining capital.
Grand slam · single move