Bar-B-Clean Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $78K – $99K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Limited · 14 loans
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Bar-B-Clean is a home-services franchise that cleans, inspects, and repairs residential and commercial barbecue grills. Franchisees run a mobile, owner-operated service handling on-site grill cleanings in a territory.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Bar-B-Clean franchise requires a total initial investment of $78K – $99K, including a $50K 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: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - issued within the last 12 months
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 scored3 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $78K – $99K
- 18th pct Home Services
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Per franchisee, not per outletIncl. company outletsProjection
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 21st pct Home Services
- Units
- 107
- 60th 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 $78K – $99K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 discloses average/median/high/low "Revenue Per Job" (per-transaction) for 2025, not whole-unit average gross sales: Full Time (ex-Central Texas, n=13): avg $559/job (low $386, high $777, median $564); All Full Time incl. Affiliate (n=14): avg $572/job (low $386, high $777, median $569); All Part Time (n=9): avg $447/job (low $229, high $674, median $402). Separately, Table 1a/1b/1c/1d disclose 2025 Gross Revenue and Jobs at the reporting-Location level (which may combine multiple Bar-B-Clean Businesses reported together by one franchisee), ranging from $26,311 to $1,512,928 in Location-level annual Gross Revenue across 22 reporting Locations plus 1 Affiliate Location.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 66/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +29 franchised outlets in the latest year (33 opened, 4 closed); 6 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 278.6% CAGR over 3 years with 107 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Bar-B-Clean Franchising Inc.
- CEO title
- Director, President and Chief Financial Officer
- Bryan Weinstein
- Incorporated in
- California
- HQ
- 5390 Los Monteros, Yorba Linda, California 92887
- Auditor
- Suchan & Associates
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $119K
- vs $336K prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Bryan Weinstein
- Headquarters
- California
- Founded
- 2012
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 8
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 47% below the typical home services franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2026 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $50K | $50K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $8K | $13K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $21K | $37K |
| Total initial investment | $78K | $99K |
Source: Bar-B-Clean 2026 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $78K – $99K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $8K – $13K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $50K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- Set by a formula · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $750 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% 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 Bar-B-Clean 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 Bar-B-Clean 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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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for annual revenue, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 discloses average/median/high/low "Revenue Per Job" (per-transaction) for 2025, not whole-unit average gross sales: Full Time (ex-Central Texas, n=13): avg $559/job (low $386, high $777, median $564); All Full Time incl. Affiliate (n=14): avg $572/job (low $386, high $777, median $569); All Part Time (n=9): avg $447/job (low $229, high $674, median $402). Separately, Table 1a/1b/1c/1d disclose 2025 Gross Revenue and Jobs at the reporting-Location level (which may combine multiple Bar-B-Clean Businesses reported together by one franchisee), ranging from $26,311 to $1,512,928 in Location-level annual Gross Revenue across 22 reporting Locations plus 1 Affiliate Location.
Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures
Includes company-owned outlets
Reported per transaction, not per outlet
- Item 19 type
- per-transaction figures
- Sample size
- 70 franchisees
- vs category median 32 · large
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 8 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 319 Home Services brands
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 8.0% (near the Home Services median).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports per job revenue and location gross revenue rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Operator retention
System expanding at 278.6% CAGR over 3 years across 107 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
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 Bar-B-Clean Compares
Per franchisee, not per outlet - the category median is per-outlet only, so no comparison is shown
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
- 107
- Opened
- 33
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 4
- Terminated
- 4
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 3.7%
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 99%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- Outlier (see FDD)
- Likely small-sample artifact
- 3-yr CAGR
- Outlier (see FDD)
- Likely small-sample artifact
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 4
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 1
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 6
- 0.06 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 27
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 15 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
30 current owners across 16 states.
- TX 5
- CA 4
- AZ 3
- FL 3
- GA 2
- NC 2
- UT 2
- CO 1
- CT 1
- MO 1
- NV 1
- SC 1
- +4 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20; 8 entries carry no state. 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
- 14
- Loan volume
- $1.9M
- Median loan
- $138K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Limited · 14 loans
- Limited SBA coverage: 14 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 · 14 loans
- 5-yr charge-off
- Limited · 14 loans
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 6
- Defaults
- 0
- Typical loan rate
- 10.2%
- avg rate to borrowers
- Franchised industry avg
- 15.4%
- n=1,491 loans
- Jobs supported
- 66
- 3.4 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 36%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 79% went to startups / new businesses, 21% to established operators
Franchise vs independent — in janitorial services, franchised businesses charge off at 15.4% vs 22.8% for independents — franchising is associated with 32% lower SBA default risk in this category.
Top lenders financing Bar-B-Clean franchisees
Showing 3 of 6 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 Bar-B-Clean from SBA 7(a) FOIA data.
- Principal loss rate
- 0.0%
- Avg SBA guarantee
- 76%
- Avg interest rate
- 10.18%
- Lender concentration
- 35.7%
- Job velocity
- 3.4 per $100K
- NAICS benchmark
- 16.8%
- NAICS 561720
- Jobs supported
- 66
Top SBA lendersTop lender holds 36% of loans
| # | Lender | Loans | Volume | Default % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnifi Financial CU | 5 | $654K | N/A |
| 2 | The Huntington National Bank | 5 | $625K | N/A |
| 3 | Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc. | 1 | $32K | N/A |
| 4 | CenTrust Bank, A Division of SmartBiz Bank National Associat | 1 | $250K | N/A |
| 5 | Readycap Lending, LLC | 1 | $291K | N/A |
| 6 | The First National Bank of McGregor d/b/a TFNB Your Bank for | 1 | $65K | N/A |
Geographic failure vector
| State | Loans | Defaults | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| TXTexas | 4 | 0 | -- |
| CACalifornia | 3 | 0 | -- |
| FLFlorida | 2 | 0 | -- |
| IAIowa | 2 | 0 | -- |
| GAGeorgia | 1 | 0 | -- |
| INIndiana | 1 | 0 | -- |
| TNTennessee | 1 | 0 | -- |
SBA 7(a) lending trend
Borrower profile
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
Emerging franchise with unverified financial claims, high upfront costs relative to investment, and aggressive royalty minimums that pressure unit-level economics.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Suchan & Associates
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 66 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORHigh franchise fee ($49,500) represents 63% of total investment, limiting working capital flexibility
- 02MINORMinimum royalty floor of $500/month ($6,000 annually) creates break-even pressure for underperforming units
- 03MEDOnly 29 units with 21.7% YoY growth suggests emerging brand with limited operational track record and scale
- 04MINORAggressive royalty structure (greater of 6% or $500) means franchisees earning <$83,333 monthly revenue pay effective rate >7.2%
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% 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 | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory sizeℹ | Up to 75,000 qualified households (standard); expandable to 100,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 1 year |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 50 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 60 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Yorba Linda, California (principal city closest to franchisor's principal place of business) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | State where franchisee's Bar-B-Clean Business is located |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 4 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 16 hrs
- Training location
- Orange County, California (or other location designated by franchisor)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 2 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- CRM
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: CRM
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
38 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 Bar-B-Clean franchise?
The total investment to open a Bar-B-Clean franchise ranges from $78K – $99K, 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 Bar-B-Clean franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Bar-B-Clean 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 Bar-B-Clean?
Bar-B-Clean is franchised by Bar-B-Clean Franchising Inc.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Bar-B-Clean 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 Bar-B-Clean FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Bar-B-Clean's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Bar-B-Clean (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 Bar-B-Clean franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Bar-B-Clean has 107 total units in the United States, including 106 franchised units and 1 company-owned units. 33 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Bar-B-Clean a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Bar-B-Clean as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 66 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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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.