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MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Other · independent · est. —
Murphy Business & Financial is a business brokerage firm that helps owners sell their companies and assists buyers with valuations and transactions. A franchisee operates an office-based or home-based brokerage practice, listing small and mid-sized businesses for sale and earning commissions on completed deals.
MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION net unit count grew 0.0% from 2023–2025 per its FDD Item 20.
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A franchise is a business where you (the franchisee) pay a company (the franchisor) for the right to open and run a location using their brand and system — think a local Anytime Fitness or Taco John's owned by a small-business owner, not the corporation.
Before you can buy in, U.S. law requires the franchisor to give you a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) — a long legal filing covering its fees, finances, and history. The numbers on this page come straight from that document:
- Franchise fee — the one-time cost to buy in.
- Royalty — the ongoing cut of your sales you pay the franchisor.
- Item 20 — how many locations opened and closed, the basis for our verdict (from Proven & strong down to Distressed — or Too new to judge).
The verdict
Proven & steady
Distress
A real track record with an unremarkable region of the ledger: neither the growth nor the exits stand out, for better or worse. The standout in the record: owner turnover is low.
Exit rate · latest year
5.9%
fiscal 2025, per Item 20
Cost to open
$66K–$88K
Item 7 total investment range
SBA loan defaults
Too few resolved
2 loans exist; too few resolved to rate
Behind the verdict
the record, factor by factor · Item 20
3-yr trend · Item 20 Table 1
terminations + ceased-ops vs. all exits · Table 3
transfers vs. base · Table 3
actual vs. projected openings · Table 5
Item 19 disclosure + completeness
Systemwide units
2023–2025
Survival record
FDD Item 20 · outlet status by year
In fiscal 2025, 8 of 135 franchised outlets left the system — a 5.9% annualized exit rate. Not every exit is a failure — but this is the measurable floor.
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| Status (FTC) | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlets at start | 135 | 134 | 136 |
| Opened | 5 | 15 | 6 |
| Transfers | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Terminations | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Non-renewals | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased — other reasons | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Outlets at end | 134 | 136 | 134 |
| Net change | -1 | +2 | -2 |
The lender's view
SBA 7(a)/504 loan performance · FY1991–present
Banks have made 2 SBA-backed loans to MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION franchisees since 2010. Most are still open, so there is not yet a resolved cohort large enough to rate.
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2 resolved · too thin to rate
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avg. charged-off $ ÷ approved $
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default rate × loss severity
$311,500
what recent franchisees borrowed
96 mo
approval → charge-off, defaulted loans
0 vs 1
distinct banks — pulling back
Charge-off rate by loan approval year (%)
SOURCE: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA LOAN DATA (DATA.SBA.GOV), FY1991–PRESENT · MATCHED TO MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION BY FRANCHISE NAME · RESOLVED = CHARGED-OFF + PAID-IN-FULL
What it costs — and what it drags
FDD Items 5–7 · fees, investment, royalty
Buying in means a $48K franchise fee (Item 5) and a total investment of $66K–$88K (Item 7). The franchisor publishes an earnings claim (Item 19) — read its methodology closely.
To open (Item 7)
$66K–$88K
all-in investment range
Franchise fee (Item 5)
$48K
upfront, one-time
Royalty (Item 6)
10%
of sales, ongoing
Your figure — cross-check against this brand's Item 19 and current-owner validation.
Royalty you'd pay / yr
$100K
10% of sales, before profit
Over a 10-yr term
$1M
royalties alone, excl. ad fund
This is not profit. It's the only money the FDD actually pins down — what you put in, and the royalty you owe on every dollar of sales. Your real take-home depends on labor, rent, food cost, and ramp-to-breakeven, none of which any FDD discloses.
Build a real pro-forma for MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION with an independent CPAModeled risk
FDD Risk Score · modeled from the public record
The public record puts this brand toward the riskier end of the systems we score — but the evidence is thin, so treat it as a range, not a number.
Risk percentile (range)
58–82 / 100
Directional
Modeled SBA charge-off
15.6%
Observed SBA charge-off
no resolved cohort
Top drivers: Investment ceiling (log) (raises) · Item 3 litigation (log) (raises) · System size (log units) (raises) · Net unit growth (raises). Thin loan history — treat this as a range, not a number. A linear scorecard built from this brand's own disclosure figures plus the federal loan record behind its franchisees; full spec and cross-validated accuracy on the methodology page. A score is context, not a verdict.
Distress signals
news-sourced · bankruptcies, closures, lawsuits
No recent closures, bankruptcies, or major lawsuits found in the news for MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION. That's a good sign — but it reflects news coverage, not a guarantee.
A broker is paid by the franchisor to place you. An independent CPA is paid by you — and the job is pressure-testing MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION's numbers, including talking you out of a bad deal.
Talk to an independent CPA before you buy →MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION franchise questions, answered from the filings
What percentage of MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION franchises closed last year?
In MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION's latest FDD Item 20 (fiscal 2025), 8 of 135 franchised outlets left the system — an annualized exit rate of 5.9%. That counts terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons." There is no official failure rate, and not every exit is a failure, but this is the measurable floor.
How much does a MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION franchise cost?
Per MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION's 2026 FDD, buying in requires an initial franchise fee of $48K (Item 5) and a total initial investment of $66K–$88K (Item 7).
What royalty does MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION charge?
MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION charges an ongoing royalty of 10.0% of gross sales, per Item 6 of its 2026 FDD.
Does MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION disclose earnings (Item 19)?
Yes — MURPHY BUSINESS & FINANCIAL CORPORATION makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2026 FDD. Read it closely: franchisors choose which units and which metrics to include.