City Wide Franchise Cost & 2026 FDD Data
100/100
Strongest tier
100 this brand56 Cleaning & Maintenance medianlikely 96–100 (high confidence)
Higher is better · an editorial assessment, not investment advice
#8 of 3,068 graded brands
Why an A: Helped by financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal record and transparency. See all six factors
- Total investment
- $230K – $411K
- Avg gross sales
- $9.8M
- “All Reporting Franchisees (Table 1) - 2025”, 99 franchisees; not profit
- SBA charge-off
- 0.0%
None of the 14 resolved SBA 7(a) loans to City Wide owners charged off (approved since FY1991); Cleaning & Maintenance median 14.3%.
Data from the FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records. Analysis by FranchiseVerdict · Methodology · Website · Report an error · Franchisor? Claim this listing
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026 FDD
Per the 2026 FDD, a City Wide franchise requires a total initial investment of $230K – $411K, including a $70K franchise fee. Once open, the ongoing royalty is 5.0%. Per the 2026 FDD, average gross sales were $9.8M (Item 19 group “All Reporting Franchisees (Table 1) - 2025”, 99 franchisees; gross sales, not profit). SBA 7(a) loans show a 0.0% charge-off rate on 14 resolved loans. Verdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice.
Sources: 2026 FDD · SBA 7(a) loan records (FOIA) · What one unit could make and lose →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low (issued within the last 12 months)
Evidence for the headline figures: 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 scored8 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
Quick verdict · vs Cleaning & Maintenance median
Top edge: green = better than the Cleaning & Maintenance median by more than 10%, red = worse by more than 10%, gray = within 10% or no benchmark. Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a).
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Methodology
Bottom line
- RETURNSAverage gross sales of $9.8M/year (outlet median $5.5M; Item 19 group “All Reporting Franchisees (Table 1) - 2025”, 99 franchisees; gross sales, not profit).
- GROWTHIn the latest Item 20 year, the number of franchised outlets grew by 5 (6 opened, 1 left the franchised system, 1 of them bought back by the franchisor).
AT STAKEOne unit at the Item 7 midpoint: $41K a year in payments on assumed SBA 7(a)-style terms.You put in about $64K of your own cash and personally guarantee a $256K loan. Assumptions are labeled in Sales; not investment advice.See what one unit could make and lose
Things to check before you sign (2)
- The franchisor keeps the right to compete inside your territory (Item 12, territory).
- The franchisor receives rebates or payments from suppliers you buy from (Item 8, required suppliers).
Checked and clear: no auditor doubt that the franchisor can keep operating, no net loss of franchised outlets in the latest Item 20 years, no pending lawsuit naming the franchisor, SBA charge-off rate 0.0%, below the 14.3% category median, no rule that the owner must run it personally and the full filing on file, and an Item 19 average from 99 units. Not on file here, so ask: jury-trial waiver.
What to do next
Step 1: Read the FDD itself.
Free: the franchisor must give it to you at least 14 days before you sign or pay. Or look it up in a state registry (Wisconsin, Minnesota, California). What to read first.
Step 2: Talk to current and former owners.
Free: Item 20 of the FDD lists every current owner and those who left last year, most with a phone number. Questions to ask.
Step 3: Talk to an SBA lender.
Free: the SBA's Lender Match, or the lenders already lending to this brand in the SBA section. Ask what you would personally guarantee and what the monthly payment would be. If you plan to use retirement savings, ask a CPA about the rules for that first.
Step 4: Have a franchise attorney review the FDD and agreement.
Free: your state bar's lawyer referral service can name franchise lawyers, and many offer a short first consultation. Bring the checks listed above.
Research steps, not investment or legal advice.
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost (the Item 7 midpoint) is 97% above the Cleaning & Maintenance median ($162K).
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7 (fees and startup costs)
Do you qualify? The filing states no minimum net worth or liquid capital. Ask City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises, LLC (Item 1: 15230 W. 105th Terrace, Lenexa, KS 66219) and your lender what they require, and keep living costs for the first year outside the deal.
FDD Item 7 (startup costs) · 2026 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $70K | $70K |
| Working capital (first 3 months) | $75K | $150K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $85K | $191K |
| Total initial investment | $230K | $411K |
Source: City Wide 2026 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 6 · what you pay once you are open
Ongoing fees
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fundBrand-wide marketing pool. National Marketing Fund currently up to 1% of total Gross Sales | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology feeInitial Technology Fee of $12,500 for establishment of proprietary operating software systems, excluding hardware costs | $12,500 |
| Training feeAdditional training charge listed in Item 6 | $7,500 |
| Transfer fee | $25,000 |
| Renewal fee | $35,000 |
| Total fee loadbelow the Cleaning & Maintenance median of 8.0% (lean) | 6.0% of sales |
A 6.0% total fee load is below the Cleaning & Maintenance median of 8.0% (lean). More of each revenue dollar stays with the franchisee.
What do units actually make?
Average gross sales are 19× the Cleaning & Maintenance median ($519K).
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19 (sales and earnings)
Items 6 (other fees), 7 (startup costs) and 19 (sales and earnings) · assumptions labeled
What you could make and lose: one unit
What one City Wide unit would ask of you, from the filing's Item 7 total and labeled assumptions.
Average gross sales are $9.8M (FDD p.46), and the royalty and ad fund take about $589K of that a year (Item 6). This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here. So this box does not estimate a profit. To cover the loan payment alone, one unit has to clear $41K a year after its food, labor, rent and other costs and the franchisor's fees.
How these figures are worked out
- Loan (assumption): 80% of the $320K Item 7 midpoint is a $256K loan, paid over 10 years at 10.5%: $41K a year. SBA 7(a)-style terms on a long-term rate; your lender sets yours. City Wide's past SBA 7(a) loans averaged 7.1% at approval; 7(a) rates move with the prime rate, so 10.5% is a current-rate assumption, not this brand's history.
What you put at risk
Your own cash in: about $64K Assumption (the part the loan does not cover of the $320K Item 7 midpoint), plus whatever anything Item 7 leaves out (its notes say what). The loan is $256K.
Personal guarantee. SBA 7(a) loans require a personal guarantee from anyone who owns 20% or more of the business. If the unit cannot pay, the lender can collect from you personally, which can include your savings and your home. The worst case is losing the cash you put in and still owing the rest of the loan.
Gross sales are not profit, and none of these figures is take-home pay until tax and every operating cost are paid. The assumptions are ours, not the filing's. Not investment advice.
Returns modelOne unit · several units · editable
One unit
One unit: what is left after the loan payment
Gross sales, minus the franchisor's fees and the operating costs, is the unit's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). Minus an assumed loan payment, that is what is left for you, before tax. Gross sales are not profit.
This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here. Invested capital is the Item 7 total, which already includes its working-capital (additional funds) line.
Returns model · one unit
What would one City Wide unit leave you each year after the loan payment?
Item 19: $9,821,794 average for 99 outlets (All Reporting Franchisees (Table 1) - 2025). Use a figure for outlets like yours if yours differ.
Gross sales, not profit: the costs below decide what is left.
The filing also sets a minimum or cap on these fees: “Greater of 5% of total Gross Sales or a Minimum Royalty Fee that escalates by months in operation, from $0 (months 1-6) up to $5,000/month (22+ months); a 1% Royalty Rebate is available if certain Gross Sales thresholds are met” (Item 6). This model applies the percentages, so at low sales the real fee can be higher than shown here.
This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here.
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.
Item 7 midpoint of $230K to $411K
Item 7's $75K to $150K additional funds are already in the total
Left after the loan payment · per year
The unit's EBITDA minus the assumed loan payment. Before tax, depreciation and any cost your inputs leave out (insurance, accounting and legal, licenses, technology fees): not take-home pay.
Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies direct costs, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.
Loan of $256K at 10.5% over 10 years, an assumption, not a quote. Return and payback are before tax, depreciation and the costs above. The loan usually needs your personal guarantee.
Buying several existing units? The acquisition scenario
Buying several units
What buying a few existing units could return
Prices an existing operator of a few units off the single-unit EBITDA above, after shared services, and finances it with an SBA 7(a) loan, a conventional loan and a seller note. It shows the yearly return on your cash (IRR), whether year-1 earnings cover the loan payments (DSCR) and how the price is paid for. It starts at 5 units; every deal term is an assumption you can change, and none is from the FDD.
Not modelled yet
Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies direct costs, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.
This scenario starts from a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in the one-unit model above and it runs on that figure, or take it to the full ROI workbench, where the multi-unit and acquisition models accept your own per-unit economics.
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 · filed by City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises, LLC
Financial performance
- Range (low → high)
- $661K→$50.6MSource: 2026 FDD, page 46
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Top and bottom 25%
- $1.6M→$24.4M
- Bottom group → top group: the top and bottom 25% as the filing reports them
Percentile ranks within Cleaning & Maintenance
Each rank is among the Cleaning & Maintenance brands that report that figure (the count is under each bar).
Average gross sales are 30.7x the investment midpoint. Gross sales are not profit: payback depends on margins the FDD does not disclose.
vs Cleaning & Maintenance medians
How City Wide 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.
Who are you contracting with?
City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises, LLC, owned by Oddo Enterprises, LLC.
Item 21 (audited financials) · audited statements · 2026 FDD
The franchisor's own finances
The franchisor related companies owe it $142K, 0% of its assets. A franchisor that keeps little of its own profit has less of a cushion if the system has a bad year; ask how support and the ad fund are funded.
The figures, with their pages
- Net income
- $13.3Mlatest year · FDD Item 21
- Owed by related companies
- $142K0% of total assets (our arithmetic) · FDD p.70
- Total assets
- $43.8MFDD Item 21
- Equity
- $13.3MFDD Item 21
Item 1 (the franchisor) · who you're contracting with
The franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises, LLC
- Parent company
- Oddo Enterprises, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 10 of the 2026 FDD
- Predecessor
- City Wide Franchise Company, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- CEO
- Jeffrey B. Oddo
- Incorporated in
- KS
- HQ
- 15230 W. 105th Terrace, Lenexa, KS 66219
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars, LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $24.1M
- latest fiscal year in the 2026 FDD
Overview
About
CITY WIDE franchisees operate a commercial facility solutions business, managing and subcontracting janitorial, carpet cleaning, window washing, construction clean-up, blind cleaning, hard surface floor care, pest control, upholstery cleaning, concrete coatings, and other commercial services for office buildings, retail, and other commercial customers within a designated territory.
- CEO
- Jeffrey B. Oddo
Is the system healthy?
+9 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (89 to 98, +10.1% in total, +4.9% a year compounded).
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20 (outlets opened, closed and transferred)
Item 20 (outlet counts) · unit dynamics
The growth chart
- Company-owned
- 6
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 94%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 rates and pipeline
- Reacquired
- 1
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 6
- 1 for every 17 open outlets · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 6
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Item 20 · franchised units at year end
Franchised units rose from 89 in 2023 to 98 in 2025
Axis does not start at zero.
Source and method
Item 20 (outlet counts) outlets · 8 states
Where current outlets are
States with at least one current outlet in the Item 20 list the franchisor prints. Former owners are not counted, and this is not a list of where the franchisor may sell new units.
Current outlets (count on the tile) · 8 statesNo current outlet
59 current outlets in 8 states: the 59 on the owner list, of 98 franchised at year end (Item 20).
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. The contact details are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
Government records
SBA loan data
Lenders charged off 0.0% of 14 resolved SBA 7(a) loans, below the 14.3% category median. 7(a) is the SBA's main small-business loan; a resolved loan was paid in full or charged off.
- Loans on file
- 32
- SBA 7(a) loans matched to this brand, incl. those still being repaid
- Loan volume
- $6.8M
- Average loan
- $211K
- loan volume divided by loans
- Charge-off rate
- 0.0%
- 0 of 14 resolved loans
- Paid in full
- 100.0%
- of resolved loans
- Recent-loan charge-off
- Not shown
- fewer than 10 recent loans resolved on file
- Lenders
- 12
- Average interest rate
- 7.1%
- Jobs reported
- 354
- Lender concentration
- 19%
- top lender's share
Cumulative: every 7(a) loan matched to this brand in the SBA’s FOIA files, approved FY1991 onward. Historical lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
Benchmark: the median Cleaning & Maintenance brand charges off 14.3% (33 brands with a published rate, same cumulative window and source). This brand is 14.3 points below it.
Borrower mix: of 26 loans with a business-age entry, 25 recorded an age: 16 (64%) went to startups or businesses under two years old and 9 (36%) to established businesses or ownership changes; 1 was marked unanswered.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Full SBA lending reportlenders · charge-off rate · trend
Lender network · SBA 7(a)
SBA Lending Report
Lender, state and yearly detail for City Wide from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records.
- Average SBA guarantee
- 69%
- Average interest rate
- 7.1%
- Lender concentration
- 19%
- Jobs reported
- 354
Top 10 SBA lenders by loan count
| Loans | Volume | Charge-off |
|---|---|---|
| Simmons Bank | ||
| 6 | $1.4M | Not on file |
| The Huntington National Bank | ||
| 6 | $1.1M | Not on file |
| Stearns Bank National Association | ||
| 5 | $989K | Not on file |
| Cadence Bank | ||
| 3 | $974K | Not on file |
| Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | ||
| 2 | $250K | Not on file |
A lender’s rate counts only its resolved loans, the loans that have finished (paid in full or charged off); a 0.0% often means few of its loans have finished. Under 10 resolved loans, the rate reads “Too few”.
Charge-off rate by state (top 10 by loans)
| State | Loans | Charged off | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX Texas | 7 | 0 | Too few7 resolved |
| CA California | 6 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
| IL Illinois | 4 | 0 | Too few2 resolved |
| NJ New Jersey | 3 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
| AL Alabama | 2 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| FL Florida | 2 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| MD Maryland | 2 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| TN Tennessee | 2 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| AZ Arizona | 1 | 0 | Too few0 resolved |
| NE Nebraska | 1 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
Rate: charged-off loans over resolved loans (paid in full plus charged off), shown from 10 resolved loans. "Too few": under 10 resolved. The Loans column counts every approval in the window, including loans still being repaid.
SBA 7(a) loans approved per year
Borrower profile
The SBA's own business-age labels (5)
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level data, matched to the brand by FranchiseVerdict.
With a charge-off rate of 0.0% on 14 resolved loans, very few of this brand's SBA 7(a) loans have been charged off.
What are the risks?
None of the 14 resolved SBA 7(a) loans has charged off, against the Cleaning & Maintenance median of 14.3% (33 brands).
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Verdict grade + FDD Items 3 (litigation), 4 (bankruptcy), 8 (required suppliers), 16 (what you may sell), 21 (audited financials)
Risk and legal
Grade A: Strongest tier, 100/100 (category median 56); the full grade is at the top of the page.
How the grade is built
Why an A, factor by factor
- Financial health HelpsAudited financials; no going-concern doubt; statements are the parent's, so this stays near neutral
- Unit economics HelpsAvg gross sales $9.8M on a $320K investment midpoint, 30.7x (gross sales, not profit)
- Unit growth Helps+9 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (89 to 98, +10.1% in total, +4.9% a year compounded); turnover 1.0%
- Scale Helps98 franchised units, +6 company-owned (104 in all); franchising since 2001
- Legal Helps1 matter naming the franchisor among the Item 3 matters we list (1.0 per 100 outlets)
- Transparency HelpsItem 19 discloses financial performance; audited financials
- Adjustments after the six dimensions (+9 points)SBA loan record: the SBA charge-off rate (0.0% on 14 resolved loans) is under 2%, a range the score counts in a brand's favour, so it added 9 points.
From the six scored dimensions, an editorial assessment, not investment advice. How the score is built
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
Dauntless Enterprises, Inc. and Kenneth Ayers v. City Wide Franchise Company, Inc. (D. Kan., Case No. 2:23-cv-02273, filed June 16, 2023): franchisee dispute over renewal term entitlement; arbitration and federal case both dismissed with prejudice August 1, 2023, per settlement agreement.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Forvis Mazars, LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
The revenue figures are in the Franchisor tab, under The franchisor.
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Consolidated statement of income covers period from July 14, 2025 (inception) to December 31, 2025 only (approx. 5.5 months), not a full 12-month fiscal year; not directly comparable to prior-year figures.
ⓘ These are the parent company's consolidated financials (the parent guarantees the franchisor), not this brand's standalone results; the figure reflects the whole corporate group, not this brand alone.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
Ask what the franchisor earns on the supplies it sells you or the rebates it takes (Item 8).
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Franchisor takes supplier rebates: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: No
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: Yes
Litigation case detail1 matter · Item 3
Litigation cases
The franchisor and its predecessor
Concluded (1)
Dauntless Enterprises, Inc. and Kenneth Ayers v. City Wide Franchise Company, Inc.
settledBrought by a franchisee · City Wide Franchise Company, Inc. (our Predecessor) · filed 2023-06-16 · United States District Court for the District of Kansas · 2:23-cv-02273
“… (United States District Court for the District of Kansas, Case No. 2:23-cv-02273, filed June 16, 2023).”Page 13 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “On August 1, 2023, the arbitration and federal court case were both dismissed with prejudice. Other than the action described above, no litigation is required to be disclosed in this ITEM.” (page 14)
Item 3 lists the litigation the franchisor must disclose; a matter against a parent, an affiliate or a named officer is not a matter against the franchisor, and pending claims are allegations, not findings.
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 6.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before your own operating costs.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12 (territory), 15 (owner participation) and 17 (renewal, termination and disputes)
Contract and territory detail
| Allowed renewals | 2 |
|---|---|
| Protected territory | Yes, on conditions |
| Exclusive territory | Yes |
| Territory size | “Designated Territory is based on population, density, and business/office building concentration; no minimum area is prescribed. Exclusive territory may be modified if franchisee fails to meet Annual Revenue Per Capita Growth requirement ($0.20/person/year, CPI-adjusted up to 3%/year).” |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Who runs it (Item 15) | A manager may run it |
| Non-compete (years) | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles) | 150 mi |
| Right of first refusal | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 60 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Johnson County, Kansas |
| Governing law | KS |
Items 10 (financing), 11 (training and support)
Training and operations
- Classroom training
- 104 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 20 hrs
- Training location
- Kansas City Metropolitan Area or virtual
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 4 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee, subject to CITY WIDE approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- None (no POS required)
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 (initial fees) & 11 (training and support)
Franchisor support
Item 20 (outlet counts) · call current owners
Franchisee contacts
Who can you call before you sign?
59 current outlets listed
Each record has a phone number and state. No franchisee names or cities. 59 records. From the filing's Item 20 (the outlet list); the FDD itself is the free source. Our list covers 59 of the 98 franchised outlets Item 20 counts at year end; the owner exhibit prints the rest without a usable phone number, or omits them.
For your own due-diligence calls only. Not for telemarketing, marketing lists, or automated or prerecorded calls or texts.
The list is not offered for this brand yet. The FDD's Item 20 exhibit lists the owners.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to open a City Wide franchise?
Per the 2026 FDD, the total investment to open a City Wide franchise ranges from $230K to $411K, with an initial franchise fee of $70K. This is the Item 7 total in the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD): the startup costs the franchisor lists, such as build-out, equipment, inventory and working capital. It usually leaves out buying land or a building; Item 7's notes say what is excluded.
What do City Wide franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the City Wide FDD, average gross sales were $9.8M (Item 19 group “All Reporting Franchisees (Table 1) - 2025”, 99 franchisees; gross sales, not profit). The median is $5.5M. What an owner keeps depends on location, operating costs and management.
Who owns City Wide?
City Wide is franchised by City Wide Franchise Company Enterprises, LLC. Its parent company is Oddo Enterprises, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the City Wide 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 City Wide FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is City Wide's franchise failure rate?
There is no published franchise failure rate. What is measurable is City Wide's SBA charge-off rate: 0.0% on 14 resolved loans. Put plainly: None of the 14 resolved SBA 7(a) loans to City Wide owners charged off (approved since FY1991). The SBA charge-off rate is the share of a brand's resolved SBA 7(a) loans to its franchisees that the SBA wrote off, including purchased guarantees. Resolved means paid in full or charged off; active loans are excluded because their outcome is not yet known. It is a lending outcome, not a count of closed businesses. A franchisee can repay and close, or default and keep trading.
How many City Wide franchise locations are there?
Per the 2026 FDD, City Wide has 98 franchised units and 6 company-owned (104 in all). In the latest year, the number of franchised outlets grew by 5 (6 opened, 1 left the franchised system, 1 of them bought back by the franchisor).
Is City Wide a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict gives City Wide an A Verdict grade (Strongest tier) with a verdict score of 100 out of 100 (higher is better), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Helped by financial health (audited financials), unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal record and transparency. The “Why an A” section on this page lists all six dimensions and any adjustment. Speak with current franchisees before making any investment decision.
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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.