1-800-Plumber +Air Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $179K – $346K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Limited · 28 loans
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
1-800-Plumber +Air is a plumbing and HVAC services franchise for residential and commercial customers. Franchisees run local operations, dispatching technicians for plumbing, heating, and cooling work and managing scheduling and sales.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A 1-800-Plumber +Air franchise requires a total initial investment of $179K – $346K, including a $47K – $57K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. The 2026 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: 2026 filing · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - the current year's filing
Evidence: strong✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✓ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored5 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $179K – $346K
- 73rd pct Home Services
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Incl. company outlets
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 21st pct Home Services
- Units
- 61
- 49th pct Home Services
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Home Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Home Services median · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $179K – $346K including a $57K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 Table A reports 2025 actual annual Total Revenue per Operator (26 operators, including the company-owned affiliate), grouped into Top Tier (>$1M, n=5, avg $3,782,882.22), Middle Tier ($500K-$1M, n=10, avg $661,243.54), and Lower Tier (<$500K, n=11, avg $166,015.41). Table B additionally reports per-job metrics (Average/High/Median/Low Sales Price of Closed Jobs) which are NOT whole-unit revenue figures. No franchisee net income/profit is disclosed anywhere in Item 19.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 46/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +7 franchised outlets in the latest year (7 opened, 11 closed); 36 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- DATAItem 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- 1-800-Services, LLC
- Parent company
- The Shaded Oak Group, LLC d/b/a Elevate Franchise Brands
- Predecessor
- 1-800-Plumber, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- CEO and President
- Mark Collins
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- Texas
- HQ
- 1331 Broadway Street, Suite J, Pearland, Texas 77581
- Auditor
- CPA firm, Ft. Collins, Colorado (2024 report); St. George, Utah firm (2025 report)
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.2M
- vs $2.0M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Overview
About
- CEO
- Mark Collins
- Headquarters
- Texas
- Founded
- 2015
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 24
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 56% above the typical home services franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown15 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise Fee | $57K | $57K | |
| Real Property/Site Lease | $1K | $5K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $1K | $20K | |
| Vans and Signage | $3K | $35K | |
| Start Up Bundle | $48K | $48K | |
| Office Furniture | $500 | $5K | |
| Computers/Office Equipment | $0 | $5K | |
| Global Positioning System ("GPS") | $200 | $200 | |
| Insurance | $1K | $30K | |
| Training Costs | $1K | $3K | |
| Security and Utility Deposits | $500 | $6K | |
| 1-800-PLUMBER Business Licenses | $10 | $10K | |
| Market Penetration Strategy | $17K | $17K | |
| Professional Fees | $500 | $6K | |
| Additional Funds - 3 Months | $50K | $100K | |
| Total initial investment | $179K | $346K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $179K – $346K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $50K – $100K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Franchise fee
- $47K – $57K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- Tiered by sales volume · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 5.5%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% |
| Technology fee | $300 |
| Transfer fee | $15K |
| Renewal fee | $14K |
| Inventory (initial) | $48K – $48K |
| Total fee load | 5.5% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for 1-800-Plumber +Air is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one 1-800-Plumber +Air unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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Item 19 · Source: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 Table A reports 2025 actual annual Total Revenue per Operator (26 operators, including the company-owned affiliate), grouped into Top Tier (>$1M, n=5, avg $3,782,882.22), Middle Tier ($500K-$1M, n=10, avg $661,243.54), and Lower Tier (<$500K, n=11, avg $166,015.41). Table B additionally reports per-job metrics (Average/High/Median/Low Sales Price of Closed Jobs) which are NOT whole-unit revenue figures. No franchisee net income/profit is disclosed anywhere in Item 19.
Includes company-owned outlets
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 26
- vs category median 32
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 3 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · below
Compared against 319 Home Services brands
Item 19 · by group
What the filing does disclose
Item 19 of this FDD reports performance in more than one group. We publish no single average for this brand; the groups the filing does disclose are listed below, quoted from its own Item 19 table.
Each row below is quoted from the FDD's own Item 19 table. Gross sales are not profit.
Incl. company outletsItem 19 detail
Item 19 Table A reports 2025 actual annual Total Revenue per Operator (26 operators, including the company-owned affiliate), grouped into Top Tier (>$1M, n=5, avg $3,782,882.22), Middle Tier ($500K-$1M, n=10, avg $661,243.54), and Lower Tier (<$500K, n=11, avg $166,015.41). Table B additionally reports per-job metrics (Average/High/Median/Low Sales Price of Closed Jobs) which are NOT whole-unit revenue figures. No franchisee net income/profit is disclosed anywhere in Item 19.
revenue tier
| Segment | Sample | Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Top Tier ($1M+) | 5 | $3.8M |
| Middle Tier ($500K-$1M) | 10 | $661K |
| Lower Tier ($0-$500K) | 11 | $166K |
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 5.5% — below the Home Services median of 8.0%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands.
Multi-unit rate
69% of franchisees own multiple units — high repeat-buyer rate signals strong unit economics and operator satisfaction.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Home Services medians
How 1-800-Plumber +Air Compares
Category median of published Home Services brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 61
- Opened
- 7
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 11
- Turnover rate
- 22.0%
- Company-owned
- 4
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 93%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 69.2%
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Transferred
- 5
- Signed, not yet open
- 36
- 0.59 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 11
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Transfer rate
- 50.0%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 23 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator. Not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
45 current owners across 24 states.
- TX 7
- FL 5
- NC 3
- UT 3
- VA 3
- CA 2
- GA 2
- IN 2
- NY 2
- OH 2
- AL 1
- AZ 1
- +12 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 28
- Loan volume
- $5.8M
- Median loan
- $205K
- average
- Charge-off rate
- Limited · 28 loans
- Limited SBA coverage: 28 loans, rate hidden until 10 have resolved and loans reach 2% of franchised units
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Limited · 28 loans
- 5-yr charge-off
- Limited · 28 loans
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 4
- Defaults
- 3
Vintage analysis
1-800-Plumber +Air charge-off rate by loan vintage
Top lenders financing 1-800-Plumber +Air franchisees
Showing 3 of 4 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Lender network · 7(a) + 504
SBA Lending Report
Full lending analysis for 1-800-Plumber +Air from SBA 7(a) FOIA data.
Top SBA lenders
| # | Lender | Loans | Volume | Default % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Midwest Savings Bank National Association | 21 | $3.1M | 33.3% |
| 2 | The Huntington National Bank | 4 | $934K | N/A |
| 3 | KeyBank National Association | 2 | $1.4M | N/A |
| 4 | Simmons Bank | 1 | $285K | 100.0% |
Geographic failure vector
| State | Loans | Defaults | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| TXTexas | 8 | 1 | 100.0% |
| COColorado | 3 | 0 | -- |
| FLFlorida | 3 | 0 | -- |
| OROregon | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| CACalifornia | 2 | 1 | 100.0% |
| ALAlabama | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| GAGeorgia | 1 | 0 | -- |
| IDIdaho | 1 | 0 | -- |
| MNMinnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| OHOhio | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
Source: SBA 7(a) + 504 FOIA loan-level data, matched by FranchiseVerdict
What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
Small, under-transparent plumbing franchise with high capital requirement, no revenue disclosure, and modest growth trajectory — suitable only for franchisees willing to conduct extensive validation due to missing financial benchmarks.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation is required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · CPA firm, Ft. Collins, Colorado (2024 report); St. George, Utah firm (2025 report)
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 46 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDSmall system (54 units) with modest 13.6% YoY growth — limited scale, higher operational risk, reduced support infrastructure
- 02MED4-6% royalty on undisclosed revenues creates earnings uncertainty — franchisees cannot benchmark profitability
- 03MINORNo 'going concern' status suggests potential franchisor stability questions or recent reorganization
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 5.5% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory population | 350,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 100 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Houston, Texas |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Texas |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation is required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 40 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 0 hrs
- Training location
- Franchisor's headquarters in Pearland, Texas
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Field support
- 40 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Time to open
- 5 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee (subject to franchisor approval)
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Field Management Software System
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Field Management Software System
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
45 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a 1-800-Plumber +Air franchise?
The total investment to open a 1-800-Plumber +Air franchise ranges from $179K – $346K, with an initial franchise fee of $57K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do 1-800-Plumber +Air franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the 1-800-Plumber +Air FDD discloses figures for part of the system but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns 1-800-Plumber +Air?
1-800-Plumber +Air is franchised by 1-800-Services, LLC. Its parent company is The Shaded Oak Group, LLC d/b/a Elevate Franchise Brands. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the 1-800-Plumber +Air FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the 1-800-Plumber +Air FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is 1-800-Plumber +Air's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for 1-800-Plumber +Air (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many 1-800-Plumber +Air franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, 1-800-Plumber +Air has 61 total units in the United States, including 57 franchised units and 4 company-owned units. 7 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is 1-800-Plumber +Air a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates 1-800-Plumber +Air as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 46 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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