1-800-StriperFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A 1-800-STRIPER franchise requires a total initial investment of $250K – $430K, including a $50K franchise fee. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $284K[2]. Verdict grade: A. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 21, 2026 · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $250K – $430K
- 74th pct Home Services
- Avg gross sales
- $284K
- 5th pct Home Services
- Royalty
- N/A
- Units
- 130
- 59th pct Home Services
- SBA default
- N/A
Quick verdict · Home Services · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Home Services avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- Total investment $250K – $430K including a $50K franchise fee.
- Average unit revenue of $284K/year. Note: this is gross profit, not take-home income.
- Verdict A (Top Quintile) with a risk score of 49/100.
- Bankruptcy history disclosed in the FDD. Review Item 4 for details before proceeding.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- Striper Industries, Inc.
- Incorporated in
- NY
- HQ
- 69 Deep Rock Road, Rochester, NY 14624
- Auditor
- Muhammad Zubairy, CPA PC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $450K
- vs $3.1M prior year
Affiliated brands
- Striper Outreach
- Striper Outlet
- Striper Holdings
- United Striping Co
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
1-800-STRIPER franchisees operate mobile window tinting, paint protection, and vehicle wrap services, traveling to customer locations or operating from small service centers. Daily operations involve scheduling appointments, performing installation work, managing materials, and handling customer service for automotive exterior protection services.
- CEO
- Luke Menear
- Headquarters
- NY
- Founded
- 2019
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 22
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing · 13 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $50K | $50K | |
| Vehiclenot refundable | $40K | $85K | |
| Initial Training Feenot refundable | $8K | $8K | |
| Travel and Living Expenses While Trainingnot refundable | $2K | $3K | |
| Equipment and Tool Packagenot refundable | $101K | $106K | |
| Office Supplies and Softwarenot refundable | $2K | $5K | |
| Product Supplies/Inventory (3 months)not refundable | $5K | $6K | |
| Signage and Vehicle Graphics Signagenot refundable | $3K | $5K | |
| Rent and Utility Depositsnot refundable | $0 | $7K | |
| Insurance - 3 Monthsnot refundable | $2K | $3K | |
| Professional Feesnot refundable | $3K | $5K | |
| Initial Launch Marketingnot refundable | $15K | $15K | |
| Additional Funds (3 Months)not refundable | $20K | $25K | |
| Total initial investment | $250K | $322K |
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.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$31K
11.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
9%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
11.6 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $250K – $430K
- Below avg, review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $20K – $25K
- Near category avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $158K
- Better than avg vs category
- Royalty
- the greater of 7% of monthly Gross Revenue or Minimum Mon…
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 9.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $550 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Inventory (initial) | $5K – $6K |
| Total fee load | 9.0% of rev |
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $284K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- N/A
- Item 19 type
- gross_sales
- Sample size
- 6 units
- vs category median 25 · small
- Range (low → high)
- $122K→$446K
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Transparency tier
- revenue_only
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Transparency
- 9 / 5
- vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Compared against 349 Home Services brands
Revenue is only 0.8x the investment. This means each unit may take 5+ years to recoup the initial outlay at typical margins.
vs Home Services averages
How 1-800-Striper Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 130
- Opened
- 120
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Turnover rate
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 2
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 99%
- vs corporate-owned
3-year detail · Item 20
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 30 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.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 37
- Loan volume
- $7.5M
- Median loan
- $228K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- N/A
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- N/A
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 7
- Defaults
- 0
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SBA Lending Report
Deep-dive into 1-800-Striper's SBA lending history: lender network, geographic footprint, interest rates, and more.
SBA Lending Report
- Principal loss rate and NAICS industry benchmark
- 7 lenders with concentration factor
- Per-state charge-off rates across 15 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
- 3-year lending trend
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Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Rapidly scaling franchisor with unverified financial claims, no Item 19 disclosure, and unclear financial stability makes this a speculative investment requiring extensive validation.
Litigation (Item 3)
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Largest disclosed settlement: $158,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
Disclosed in last 7 years
Bankruptcy Code; (b) obtained a discharge of its debts under the bankruptcy code; or (c) was a principal officer of a company or a general partner in a partnership that either filed as a debtor (or had filed against it) a petition to start an action under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or that obtained a
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Muhammad Zubairy, CPA PC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 49 / 100 rating
- 01MINORExplosive 1500% YoY unit growth (130 units) is unsustainable and suggests either aggressive recruitment, acquisition of existing chains, or inflated reporting — requires verification of organic vs. acquired growth
- 02MEDNo Item 19 (Financial Performance Representations) disclosed despite $652k average net income claim — inability to verify actual franchisee profitability and potential selection bias in reported averages
- 03MINORDual royalty structure (7% or minimum fee) creates cash flow unpredictability; minimum fee amount not specified, creating hidden cost risk
- 04HIGHGoing Concern = False is ambiguous — unclear if franchisor has financing/viability concerns that could affect support infrastructure
- 05MINORHigh investment ceiling ($430k) combined with unverified income claims creates significant downside risk if actual franchisee results differ materially from stated averages
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Population/Business Count |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Territory population | 300,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 4 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 1 |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | New York |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
0 case reference(s): 0 pending, 0 settled.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 30 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 44 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Site selection
- franchisee
- POS system
- QuickBooks Online and CRM System
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: QuickBooks Online and CRM System
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
60 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
1-800-STRIPER · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a 1-800-STRIPER franchise?
The total investment to open a 1-800-STRIPER franchise ranges from $250K – $430K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do 1-800-STRIPER franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the 1-800-STRIPER FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $284K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is 1-800-STRIPER's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for 1-800-STRIPER (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-STRIPER franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, 1-800-STRIPER has 130 total units in the United States, including 0 franchised units and 2 company-owned units. 120 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is 1-800-STRIPER a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates 1-800-STRIPER as a A-grade franchise with a risk score of 49 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. 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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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.