Home Services
Weed Man Franchise
A residential and commercial lawn-care franchise (fertilization, weed control, pest and disease treatment) sold by population-sized Territory rather than a flat fee. Majority-owned (82.6%) by the Canadian parent that operates Weed Man franchises in Canada, with the remaining ownership held by former U.S. sub-franchisor organizations that merged into the franchisor entity effective January 1, 2025.
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 Weed Man'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
$30,000
Total to open
$81,150–$109,400
Ongoing royalty
7% 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 Weed Man's own FDD -- change it to your own estimate.
Total cost of ownership over 5 years
$291,150 – $319,400
Startup investment
$81,150–$109,400
Royalty per year (7%)
$42,000
Total royalty, 5yr
$210,000
When would you break even?
Revenue alone doesn't tell you this -- it depends on what's left after rent, labor, and everything else. Weed Man'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 Weed Man'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
0.9–1.2 years
Weigh that payback period against what you already know: Weed Man is currently losing locations. A long payback period on a shrinking brand is a very different bet than the same payback period on a growing one.
Is Weed Man 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
FlatFrom Item 20 of Weed Man's FDD, the section franchisors use to disclose real openings and closings.
| Year | Franchised units, start | Franchised units, end | Net change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 241 | 255 | +14 |
| 2024 | 117 | 121 | +4 |
| 2025 | 121 | 121 | +0 |
Most recent year (2025): gained 0 franchised units, ending the year at 121 total.
How Weed Man compares to other Home Services franchises
Across the 11 home services franchises we've hand-verified so far, the typical range to open runs $168,982–$317,036, with royalties averaging around 7.4% of gross sales (based on the 7 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
Two Men and a Truck$146,950–$512,450 · 6% royalty
Mr. Rooter$152,900–$298,675 · 6% royalty
Servpro$263,305–$385,570 · non-%-of-revenue royalty
Mosquito Joe$150,155–$191,575 · non-%-of-revenue royalty
Weed Man Franchise FAQ
How much does it cost to franchise a Weed Man?
Based on Weed Man's own FDD, total initial investment to open one location runs $81,150–$109,400, including the $30,000 franchise fee. MN CARDS file 11432, Clean FDD issued March 31, 2026, filed 4/24/2026, effective 6/1/2026. Item 1: principal place of business 9 Cobbledick St., P.O. Box 490, Orono, Ontario L0B 1M0, Canada -- the automated parser guessed "Washington, DC" here (likely matching a registered-agent address elsewhere in the filing), corrected by hand from the actual FDD text. Item 5: Initial Franchise Fee is $30,000 for a single Unit Territory (population up to 150,000) or $50,000 for 2 Unit Territories (population 150,000-300,000, the size most new grants use); the low end is used here, see the fee scale in this note rather than treating $30,000 as the typical cost. Item 6: 7% royalty (called a "License Fee") with a $7,000/year minimum per Unit Territory, plus a 1.2% ad fund contribution. The 2024 Net Change in the table below looks like a steep decline (255 to 117 outlets at the start of the year) but is explained directly in Item 20: many existing franchise agreements were merged into single combined agreements effective January 1, 2024 as part of the sub-franchisor consolidation -- not a loss of locations. As of 12/31/2025 there were 153 physical business locations across 121 franchise agreements. Item 19 discloses 2025 US system average gross sales of $2,042,513 and median $1,693,229 across 149 reporting locations (of 153 total); not reproduced in full here -- read Item 19 directly. Item 20 Table No. 1 confirmed, franchised outlets 2023-2025.
What is the Weed Man franchise fee and royalty rate?
The initial franchise fee is $30,000, and the ongoing royalty is 7% of gross sales, per the filing on record.
Is the Weed Man franchise growing or shrinking?
Flat. Weed Man's franchised unit count didn't change on net across 2023–2025, per its own annual FDD filings.
Keep going
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Where this came from: MN CARDS file 11432, Clean FDD issued March 31, 2026, filed 4/24/2026, effective 6/1/2026. Item 1: principal place of business 9 Cobbledick St., P.O. Box 490, Orono, Ontario L0B 1M0, Canada -- the automated parser guessed "Washington, DC" here (likely matching a registered-agent address elsewhere in the filing), corrected by hand from the actual FDD text. Item 5: Initial Franchise Fee is $30,000 for a single Unit Territory (population up to 150,000) or $50,000 for 2 Unit Territories (population 150,000-300,000, the size most new grants use); the low end is used here, see the fee scale in this note rather than treating $30,000 as the typical cost. Item 6: 7% royalty (called a "License Fee") with a $7,000/year minimum per Unit Territory, plus a 1.2% ad fund contribution. The 2024 Net Change in the table below looks like a steep decline (255 to 117 outlets at the start of the year) but is explained directly in Item 20: many existing franchise agreements were merged into single combined agreements effective January 1, 2024 as part of the sub-franchisor consolidation -- not a loss of locations. As of 12/31/2025 there were 153 physical business locations across 121 franchise agreements. Item 19 discloses 2025 US system average gross sales of $2,042,513 and median $1,693,229 across 149 reporting locations (of 153 total); not reproduced in full here -- read Item 19 directly. Item 20 Table No. 1 confirmed, franchised outlets 2023-2025. You can pull the same filing yourself from the California DFPI's public franchise search. Filed 2026-06-01. 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.