Home Services
PuroClean Franchise
Property restoration franchise providing water, fire, and mold damage mitigation, remediation, and reconstruction services for residential and commercial properties. Competes with larger national brands like ServPro in the disaster-restoration franchise category.
Disclosed in the FDD's litigation section (Item 3)
The FDD's Item 3 discloses four matters. Pending: a franchisee (Born Active, LLC) sued PuroSystems in February 2026 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleging breach of contract, fraud in the inducement, and violations of the California Franchise Investment Law tied to the FDD's disclosures and the support PuroSystems provided; PuroSystems intends to seek arbitration and plans counterclaims for unpaid amounts. Two 2025 arbitrations were filed by PuroSystems against franchisees to collect unpaid royalties ($62,981.56, settled October 2025; $608,935.38, still pending, with a franchisee counterclaim alleging wrongful termination). A 2019 arbitration by PuroSystems against a former franchisee over $70,000 in unpaid royalties was settled in 2022 for $32,702.50 after the franchisee's own counterclaim.
Every franchisor has to file a document called an FDD before they can legally sell you a franchise. Buried in it are the two things a sales rep won't volunteer: what you'll actually spend to open, and whether existing locations are opening or closing. That's what's below, pulled straight from PuroClean's own filing.
What it costs to open
From the filing's investment breakdown -- not a "starting at" number a sales rep quoted you.
Franchise fee
$59,000
Total to open
$108,503–$152,618
Ongoing royalty
Not a %-of-revenue fee -- see FDD
What you'd actually spend, over time
The upfront cost is only part of it. Plug in what you expect a location to bring in, and see the real total once royalties over a few years are added on top.
Defaulted to a rough home services industry average, not a figure from PuroClean's own FDD -- change it to your own estimate.
Startup investment (royalty not included -- see below)
$108,503 – $152,618
PuroClean doesn't charge a straightforward percentage-of-revenue royalty -- its FDD describes a different ongoing-fee structure instead. That cost isn't included in the total above; check the FDD directly for the real terms before using this figure to compare against other franchises.
When would you break even?
Revenue alone doesn't tell you this -- it depends on what's left after rent, labor, and everything else. PuroClean's FDD doesn't disclose a reliable profit figure (most franchisors don't), so this starts from a typical home services profit margin (~15%) and applies it to the revenue you entered above -- adjust the percentage to your own realistic estimate.
Defaulted to a general home services industry benchmark, not a figure from PuroClean's own filing -- this is a starting point to adjust, not a promise about what franchisees actually make.
At that profit, you'd break even in about
1.2–1.7 years
Weigh that payback period against what you already know: PuroClean is opening more locations. A long payback period on a shrinking brand is a very different bet than the same payback period on a growing one.
Is PuroClean actually growing?
Franchisors have to report, every year, how many locations opened, closed, or changed hands. Most franchise sites never show you this. Here it is:
Locations opened vs. closed, by year
GrowingFrom Item 20 of PuroClean's FDD, the section franchisors use to disclose real openings and closings.
| Year | Franchised units, start | Franchised units, end | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 351 | 403 | +52 |
| 2024 | 403 | 411 | +8 |
| 2025 | 411 | 433 | +22 |
Most recent year (2025): gained 22 franchised units, ending the year at 433 total.
What you're actually signing up for
The cost and growth numbers above are only part of the picture. These three FDD items are the ones a prospective franchisee tends to weigh most heavily once they're past the sticker price.
Training & ongoing support (Item 11)
17-day New Franchise Training at the "PuroClean Academy" in Tamarac, FL (about 3 days online, 14 in-person/hands-on), plus mandatory IICRC industry certifications, an optional 5-day mentoring program paired with an experienced franchisee, and a 16-session "PuroLaunch" online follow-up program over the first six months -- one of the more structured training pipelines in this dataset.
Territory protection (Item 12)
Runs an "open territory" system rather than a traditional exclusive area: franchisees get a Protected Office Location (population up to ~100,000) where no other PuroClean office can be sited, plus an optional additional "Halo" territory (up to ~150,000 population) with similar protection -- but franchisees can still be marketed into from outside their own area, and vice versa.
Renewal & termination terms (Item 17)
20-year initial term with one 20-year renewal option -- one of the longest terms in this dataset. No termination-without-cause provision. Disputes go through mediation (or review by a franchisee "National Leadership Council" panel), then arbitration in Broward County, Florida -- consistent with the active arbitrations already disclosed above.
How PuroClean compares to other Home Services franchises
Across the 4 home services franchises we've hand-verified so far, the typical range to open runs $151,542–$269,826, with royalties averaging around 8.3% of gross sales (based on the 3 of them that charge a flat %-of-revenue royalty). That's still a small sample -- treat it as a rough starting point, not an industry-wide benchmark.
Where this came from: Sourced from PuroSystems, LLC's FDD filed with the California DFPI (App ID APP00005252), a Registration Renewal, Issuance Date April 20, 2026 -- a full registration renewal, not an exemption notice. You can pull the same filing yourself from the California DFPI's public franchise search. Filed April 20, 2026. None of this is investment advice -- get the franchisor's current FDD and talk to a real attorney or accountant before you sign anything.
If you see a different unit count elsewhere: franchisors only have to refile their FDD annually, so the numbers here can run 6–18 months behind a franchisor's own real-time marketing claims -- which often aren't independently verified, and sometimes count signed-but-not-yet-open locations. A gap isn't necessarily an error on either side; it's two different snapshots in time from two different sources.