Home Services
Two Men and a Truck Franchise
A residential and commercial moving-services franchise operating under the "Two Men and a Truck" name (and a separate junk-removal line, "Two Men and a Junk Truck"), sold in two formats sized to market population: a larger "Metro Market" franchise and a smaller "Mod Market" franchise. The current franchisor entity was organized in Delaware in 2021 when ServiceMaster (backed by Roark Capital) acquired the brand; its predecessor, Two Men and a Truck/International, had offered franchises since February 1989. Now a sibling of Merry Maids and ServiceMaster Clean/Restore under common ownership. Franchised unit count grew every year in the FDD's three-year window.
Disclosed in the FDD's litigation section (Item 3)
Item 3 discloses no litigation against Two Men and a Truck SPE LLC itself, only a resolved 2019 no-poach antitrust settlement involving affiliate Arby's Restaurant Group under the same ultimate Roark Capital ownership umbrella -- not evidence of conduct by this franchisor.
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 Two Men and a Truck'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
$50,000
Total to open
$146,950–$512,450
Ongoing royalty
6% of gross sales
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 Two Men and a Truck's own FDD -- change it to your own estimate.
Total cost of ownership over 5 years
$326,950 – $692,450
Startup investment
$146,950–$512,450
Royalty per year (6%)
$36,000
Total royalty, 5yr
$180,000
When would you break even?
Revenue alone doesn't tell you this -- it depends on what's left after rent, labor, and everything else. Two Men and a Truck'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 Two Men and a Truck'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
1.6–5.7 years
Weigh that payback period against what you already know: Two Men and a Truck 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 Two Men and a Truck 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 Two Men and a Truck's FDD, the section franchisors use to disclose real openings and closings.
| Year | Franchised units, start | Franchised units, end | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 293 | 313 | +20 |
| 2024 | 313 | 338 | +25 |
| 2025 | 338 | 350 | +12 |
Most recent year (2025): gained 12 franchised units, ending the year at 350 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)
Item 11: Two Men and a Truck provides initial training at "Stick Men University" at its Lansing, Michigan support center, plus ongoing marketing support funded by the 1% Advertising Fund and an optional in-house digital-advertising program (billed at cost plus a 15-20% administrative fee). Franchisees separately owe Minimum Local Marketing Spend requirements.
Territory protection (Item 12)
Item 12: franchisees get a protected "Marketing Area" defined by zip codes (population ~420,000-600,000 for Metro Market, ~100,000-250,000 for Mod Market), within which the franchisor won't place another Unit -- but multi-unit owners can be authorized to serve their Marketing Area from an office outside it if they keep pace with system-wide growth rates.
Renewal & termination terms (Item 17)
Item 17: 5-year initial term, with one additional 5-year renewal option if requirements (timely notice, no more than 3 defaults, Minimum Performance Requirement compliance) are met; failing to complete renewal within 60 days of term-end triggers a 50% renewal fee based on the then-current initial franchise fee.
How Two Men and a Truck compares to other Home Services franchises
Across the 8 home services franchises we've hand-verified so far, the typical range to open runs $170,524–$350,107, with royalties averaging around 7.5% of gross sales (based on the 6 of them that charge a flat %-of-revenue royalty).
$258,100–$480,500 · 7% royalty
1-800 Water Damage$142,903–$312,398 · 10% royalty
Pool Scouts$96,662–$133,787 · 8% royalty
PuroClean$108,503–$152,618 · non-%-of-revenue royalty
1-800-GOT-JUNK?$182,300–$303,500 · 8% royalty
Re-Bath$275,875–$606,925 · non-%-of-revenue royalty
Mr. Rooter$152,900–$298,675 · 6% royalty
Keep going
- Two Men and a Truck and 1-800 Water Damage are both home services franchises; 1-800 Water Damage's total investment starts about $4,047 lower than Two Men and a Truck's. 1-800 Water Damage Franchise
- Two Men and a Truck and Mr. Rooter are both home services franchises; Two Men and a Truck's total investment starts about $5,950 lower than Mr. Rooter's. Mr. Rooter Franchise
Where this came from: California DFPI Registration, App ID APP00005652, filed 5/9/2026, effective 7/28/2026. FDD issued April 30, 2026. Item 5: Initial Franchise Fee for a Metro Market Franchise is $50,000-$165,000 depending on the Marketing Area's population (Mod Market is a flat $30,000-$40,000); $50,000 used here as the base rate. Item 6: Royalty Fee is a flat 6% of Gross Sales, plus a 1% Advertising Fund contribution, an optional Cooperative Advertising assessment up to 1-2%, and a separate 1-2% Technology and Support Fee -- none of these additional fees change the 6% royalty itself. Item 7: three TOTAL rows (Metro Market single-unit $146,950-$512,450, used here; Mod Market single-unit $92,100-$251,500; a 2-unit Development Agreement total $199,450-$1,177,450) -- the Metro Market single-unit total is the correct pick. Item 20 Table 1 franchised outlets. You can pull the same filing yourself from the California DFPI's public franchise search. Filed 2026-05-09. 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.