bioPURE Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $23K – $78K
- Disclosed sales
- $206K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
bioPURE is a microbial disinfection and sanitizing franchise treating homes and businesses to control pathogens and pests. Franchisees run route-based operations, managing technicians, treatments, and recurring accounts.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A bioPURE franchise requires a total initial investment of $23K – $78K, including a $15K – $29K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2022 FDD, average unit revenue was $206K[2]. 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: high - issued more than two years ago
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 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $23K – $78K
- 6th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Avg gross sales
- $206K
- 2nd pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- 56th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Units
- 46
- 40th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Cleaning & Maintenance · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Cleaning & Maintenance 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 $23K – $78K including a $15K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $206K/year (median $99K). Note: this is gross profit, not take-home income.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 53/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative: net -2 franchised outlets in the latest year (7 opened, 9 closed) (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 4200.0% CAGR over 3 years with 46 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- bioPURE LLC
- Parent company
- bioPURE Holdings LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 10 of the 2022 FDD
- Predecessor
- Retail Service Systems, Inc. (RSS)
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Brandon Kinder
- Incorporated in
- OH
- HQ
- 655H Fairview Rd, Ste 333, Simpsonville, SC 29680
- Auditor
- Nartker, Grunewald, Eschleman & Cooper, LLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $1.3M
- vs $1.9M prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Brandon Kinder
- Headquarters
- SC
- Founded
- 2019
- FDD year
- 2022
- States available
- 13
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 70% below the typical cleaning & maintenance franchise.
Source: FDD 2022 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown13 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $15K | $29K | |
| Local Advertising Spendnot refundable | $0 | $5K | |
| Real Propertynot refundable | $0 | $4K | |
| Initial Ordernot refundable | $0 | $10K | |
| Office Furnishings, Signage & Fixturesnot refundable | $0 | $2K | |
| Tools, Equipment, Products, Uniforms & Suppliesnot refundable | $500 | $5K | |
| Vehicle & Decalsnot refundable | $3K | $6K | |
| Initial Trainingnot refundable | $0 | $2K | |
| Insurance, Office & Marketing Suppliesnot refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Professional Feesnot refundable | $0 | $1K | |
| Licensesnot refundable | $0 | $500 | |
| Additional Funds for 3 monthsnot refundable | $3K | $10K | |
| Computer, Internet Devices, Phones, Software Setup and Software Feesnot refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Total initial investment | $23K | $78K |
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
- $23K – $78K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $3K – $10K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $15K – $29K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- Tiered by sales volume · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 10.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% |
| Technology fee | $250 |
| Training fee | $2K |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $3K |
| Inventory (initial) | $0 – $10K |
| Total fee load | 10.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 62% below the cleaning & maintenance norm.
Source: FDD 2022 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for bioPURE until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$57K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one bioPURE 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 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.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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: 2022 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $206K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $99K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales and net income
- Sample size
- 30 outlets
- vs category median 32
- Range (low → high)
- $3K→$1.3MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 61 of the 2022 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2021
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2022
- Disclosed in the 2022 filing, covering 2021
- Transparency
- 9 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 191 Cleaning & Maintenance brands
Revenue is 4.1x the investment midpoint. At typical franchise margins, this suggests a payback under 3 years.
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $206K/year in gross sales. Median is $99K — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 4.1x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 10.0% — above the Cleaning & Maintenance median of 8.3%.
Disclosure
Transparency score 9/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System expanding at 4200.0% CAGR over 3 years across 46 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
Multi-unit rate
Only 1% of franchisees own multiple units. Could indicate challenging economics or a young system where operators haven't had time to expand.
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 Cleaning & Maintenance medians
How bioPURE Compares
Category median of published Cleaning & Maintenance 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 2022 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 46
- Opened
- 7
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 9
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 19.6%
- Company-owned
- 3
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 94%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 1.0%
- Net growth (3-yr)
- -4.4%
- Net unit change over 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 12
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Transfer rate
- 2.2%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Ceased ops
- 19.6%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 16 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
47 current owners across 16 states.
- TN 9
- TX 8
- SC 5
- LA 4
- NC 4
- GA 3
- WI 3
- AL 2
- AR 2
- CA 1
- ID 1
- KY 1
- +4 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.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
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
Contracting franchise system with high fees relative to revenue, missing financial transparency, and declining unit count raises concerns about market viability and franchisee ROI sustainability.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Nartker, Grunewald, Eschleman & Cooper, LLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
FY2021 audited Statements of Operations. Total revenues $1,285,244 comprised of franchise fees $277,815, royalty fees $553,875, marketing fees $95,215, software/technology fees $136,579, product sales $221,760. Other income of $374,981 (Note 8) arose from the Dec 31, 2021 Membership Interest and Asset Purchase Agreement under which BioPure Holdings LLC acquired BioPure, LLC from Retail Service Systems, Inc.; included in Statement of Operations and Members' Equity as 'Other Income'. Members' equity negative (-$418,069). Auditor: David Eschleman, CPA, Dublin OH; report dated April 21, 2022.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 53 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDUnit count declined 4.4% year-over-year (46 units), indicating system contraction and potential market saturation or franchisee dissatisfaction
- 02MINORHigh initial investment ($22.5K-$78K) relative to average net income ($193.9K), yielding only 2.5-8.6x annual payback, with unclear path to profitability in early years
- 03MINORWide variance in initial investment costs suggests inconsistent territory valuations or significant ancillary costs not clearly itemized in FDD Item 7
- 04MINORRoyalty structure up to 8% of gross sales is aggressive given modest average revenue of $206K; at max royalty, franchisees pay $16.5K annually just in fees
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 10.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2022 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 200 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Franklin County, Ohio |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | OH |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 16 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 0 hrs
- Training location
- Remote (phone, email, and video); optional visit to Simpsonville, SC headquarters
- Ongoing training
- Optional
- Site selection
- franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Jobber
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Jobber
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
47 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 bioPURE franchise?
The total investment to open a bioPURE franchise ranges from $23K – $78K, with an initial franchise fee of $15K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do bioPURE franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the bioPURE FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $206K. The median is $99K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns bioPURE?
bioPURE is franchised by bioPURE LLC. Its parent company is bioPURE Holdings LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2022 filing.
What is Item 19 in the bioPURE 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 bioPURE FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is bioPURE's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for bioPURE (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 bioPURE franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, bioPURE has 46 total units in the United States, including 43 franchised units and 3 company-owned units. 7 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is bioPURE a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates bioPURE as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 53 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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