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Cleaning Franchises
What these brands actually cost to open, and whether they're opening more locations or losing them -- straight from each one's FDD, not a "starting at" number from a sales page.
Across the 7 cleaning franchises verified here, the initial investment averages $113,364 to $157,614; the lowest entry point is Office Pride at $71,000, and Spaulding Decon runs up to $204,550. Initial franchise fees range from $20,000 to $94,950. Royalties average 7.3% of gross sales (1 of these disclose a non-percentage royalty). By the most recent Item 20 filing, 3 are opening more franchised locations than they close, 4 are losing locations.
Computed from the 7 entries listed below, each sourced from its own FDD -- not an industry-wide estimate.
How cleaning compares to the rest of the portfolio
Cleaning franchises here average a low-end investment of $113,364, against $607,082 across all 130 brands verified on the site -- about 81% lower than the portfolio average.
Royalties here average 7.3% of gross sales, against 6.1% across every verified brand on the site.
43% of the 7 verified cleaning brands are in a net-growth year by their latest Item 20 filing.
The investment range above is Item 7 of each cleaning franchisor's FDD -- it bundles the initial franchise fee with real estate or lease costs, equipment and signage, opening inventory, training expenses, and a working-capital reserve, not just the fee itself. Two cleaning brands with the same fee can still land at very different totals depending on how much build-out their concept needs.
$93,440–$149,890
$129,149–$150,949
$126,880–$170,110
$162,510–$204,550
$71,000–$139,500
$92,850–$147,100
$117,720–$141,200
Keep going
- Cleaning franchises average $113,364 to get in the door; see how that compares to every other industry in the same under $250,000 tier. Franchises Under $250,000 to Start
- 3 of the 7 cleaning franchises here are in a net-growth year; see how they stack up against growing brands in every other industry. Franchises That Are Actually Growing
Only brands we've hand-verified against their actual filing show up here -- more cleaning franchises are added as they're checked.