Bubbly Laundry Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Bubbly Laundry is a laundromat franchise operating self-service and attended laundry facilities. Franchisees run the stores, managing equipment upkeep, supplies, and operations.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Bubbly Laundry franchise requires a total initial investment of $48K – $186K, including a $25K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. The 2025 FDD does not disclose unit-level revenue (no Item 19). FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $48K – $186K
- 13th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 9th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Units
- 4
- 12th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Cleaning & Maintenance · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Cleaning & Maintenance avg · 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 $48K – $186K including a $25K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 21 states Exhibit C contains an audited balance sheet for periods ending December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 for Bubbly Laundry Franchise LLC (formed Oct 14, 2020; fiscal year end Dec 31). However, the Exhibit C financial statement pages in this OCR text are blank (scanned image tables not captured), so no balance sheet, income, revenue, net worth, or auditor/CPA name could be extracted. All Item 21 figures null.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 39/100 (higher is better).
- DATANo Item 19 financial performance representation. Without franchisor-disclosed revenue data, you'll need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Bubbly Laundry Franchise LLC
- Ultimate parent
- JNJ Laundromat Corp.
- CEO title
- CEO
- Jonel Gonzalez
- CEO experience
- 6 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- NY
- HQ
- 85 High Street, Armonk, New York 10504
- Auditor
- Renee Glover, CPA
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $51K
- vs $0 prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Jonel Gonzalez
- Headquarters
- NY
- Founded
- 2020
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 63% below the typical cleaning & maintenance franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $25K | $25K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $5K | $20K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $18K | $141K |
| Total initial investment | $48K | $186K |
Source: Bubbly Laundry 2025 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
- $48K – $186K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $20K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $25K – $25K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- percentage · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $0 |
| Transfer fee | $19K |
| Renewal fee | $3K |
| Inventory (initial) | $960 – $3K |
| Total fee load | 7.0% of rev |
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Bubbly Laundry did not disclose financial performance in FDD Item 19. The ROIC and return models require Item 19 revenue. Without it all inputs are estimates. You can still run the calculator with your own assumptions by entering an expected revenue figure.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Bubbly Laundry unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
69%
Above the 30–60% band. Verify revenue is per-unit average
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: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 21 states Exhibit C contains an audited balance sheet for periods ending December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 for Bubbly Laundry Franchise LLC (formed Oct 14, 2020; fiscal year end Dec 31). However, the Exhibit C financial statement pages in this OCR text are blank (scanned image tables not captured), so no balance sheet, income, revenue, net worth, or auditor/CPA name could be extracted. All Item 21 figures null.
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 7.0% — below the Cleaning & Maintenance average of 9.7%.
Disclosure
Franchisor chose not to disclose financial performance representations. You will need to gather unit economics directly from existing franchisees.
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 averages
How Bubbly Laundry Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 4
- Opened
- 3
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 75%
- vs corporate-owned
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 3
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 2
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 1 state reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
Bubbly Laundry presents high risk due to micro-scale system (3 units), undisclosed financials, false going concern status, and lack of transparent unit economics—classic indicators of an unproven or struggling franchise.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation required to be disclosed
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Renee Glover, CPA
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
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 39 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDOnly 3 units in entire system indicates extremely limited track record and inability to validate business model at scale
- 02HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — suggests franchisor may lack financial stability or operational viability
- 03MINORNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure — impossible to assess realistic revenue/profitability expectations despite $25k franchise fee
- 04MINORWide investment range ($47.6k–$186.5k) without corresponding revenue data suggests opaque unit economics
- 05MINOROnly 5-year term with protected territory may indicate franchisor unwilling to commit long-term or uncertainty about model sustainability
- 06MEDNo growth trajectory disclosed for 3-unit system — stagnation is high risk for new franchisee entering market
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 7.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 5 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 3 |
| Territory type | exclusive |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory population | 30,000 |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | No |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 15 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 5 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Jury trial waiver | No |
| Governing law | NY |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 21 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 19 hrs
- Training location
- Remote and at franchisee location
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 4 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee selects site within territory subject to franchisor approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- QuickBooks Online and Qvinci
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: QuickBooks Online and Qvinci
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
3 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Bubbly Laundry · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Bubbly Laundry franchise?
The total investment to open a Bubbly Laundry franchise ranges from $48K – $186K, with an initial franchise fee of $25K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Bubbly Laundry franchise owners earn?
Bubbly Laundry does not disclose average franchise owner earnings in their FDD Item 19. Not all franchisors are required to make financial performance representations. We recommend asking existing franchisees directly about their financial experience.
What is Item 19 in the Bubbly Laundry 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 Bubbly Laundry FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Bubbly Laundry's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Bubbly Laundry (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 Bubbly Laundry franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Bubbly Laundry has 4 total units in the United States, including 3 franchised units and 1 company-owned units. 3 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Bubbly Laundry a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Bubbly Laundry as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 39 out of 100 (higher is better), 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.