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FV-00633·STRONGExcellent91

Corporate Cleaning Group

Cleaning - Commercial & JanitorialFranchising since 2007Website
Investment
$94K – $142K
41st pct Commercial & …
Avg revenue
$975K
43rd pct Commercial & …
Royalty
Units
47
45th pct Commercial & …
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $94K – $142K including a $60K franchise fee.
  • Average unit revenue of $975K/year (median $404K).
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 39/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 22 loans (below the industry average).
  • System growing at 114.3% CAGR over 3 years with 47 total units — strong expansion trajectory.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
CORPORATE CLEANING GROUP® FRANCHISE SYSTEMS LLC
Incorporated in
Michigan
HQ
39201 Schoolcraft Road, Suite B12, Livonia, Michigan 48150
Auditor
DOYLE & ASSOCIATES, PLLC
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$1.4M
vs $1.9M prior year

Yale framework · single-unit ROIC

Returns Analysis

Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.

The model · Yale framework

What would one Corporate Cleaning Group unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
FDD Item 19 reports $974,819
Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Royaltytyp 68%
%
Ad fundtyp 35%
%
Operating costs · category default: restoration
COGS
%
Labor
%
Rent / occupancy
%
Other operating
%
Total invested capital · what you actually put in
Initial investment
$
FDD Item 7: $94K–$142K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $20K–$50K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

73%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$112K
EBITDA margin
11.5%
Total invested
$153K
Payback
16 mo
Unit-level only. A multi-unit portfolio gives up roughly 5–15% of this to shared services (corporate G&A) before reaching the ~10-unit break-even Yale describes.

Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing

What would 25 Corporate Cleaning Group units return on equity?

Edit assumptions

Equity IRR · 5-yr

49.9%

7.57× MOIC

Year-1 DSCR

1.88×

EBITDA ÷ debt service

Equity required

$877K

on $4.4M purchase

Total debt

$3.5M

SBA $2.2M + senior + seller note

Overview

About

Corporate Cleaning Group franchisees operate commercial cleaning services, managing client accounts, scheduling cleaning crews, and overseeing daily operations for office buildings, facilities, and corporate clients. Day-to-day work involves customer acquisition, crew management, quality control, billing, and maintaining service contracts within their protected territory.

CEO
Devin Dollar
Founded
2007
FDD year
2025
States available
16

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$94K – $142K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$20K – $50K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$60K
Royalty
Greater of 5.5% of Gross Revenue or the Minimum Royalty
Ad fund
1.5%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
7.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

Avg gross sales
$975K
Per unit, per year
Median gross sales
$404K
Item 19 type
Gross Revenue, Cost of Revenue, Gross Margin
Sample size
19 units
vs category median 32
Range (low → high)
$14K$3.6M
Cohort dispersion
Transparency
6 / 5
vs category median 4 / 5 · above
Revenue rank43th
vs Cleaning - Commercial & Janitorial peers
Investment cost rank41th
Lower investment ranks lower (better)
Royalty rate rank66th
Lower royalty = lower percentile (better)
Unit count rank45th
vs Cleaning - Commercial & Janitorial peers
Risk score rank3th
Lower risk = lower percentile (better)

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
47
Opened
16
Last reporting year
Closed
3
Turnover rate
6.4%
Company-owned
2
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
96%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+40.6%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+114.3%
Compounded over last 3 years
2023
45+13
Franchised units
2024
32
Franchised units
2025
21
Franchised units

Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.

Item 20 · 18 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).

AK
ME
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NY
NJ
PA
DE
MD
DC
WA
OR
CA
NV
ID
MT
WY
UT
CO
AZ
NM
ND
SD
NE
KS
OK
TX
MN
IA
MO
AR
LA
WI
IL
MS
TN
MI
IN
KY
AL
OH
WV
GA
VA
NC
SC
FL
HI
Registered · 18 states
Not registered

States derived from franchisee phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.

Government records

SBA Loan Data

Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.

Total loans
22
Loan volume
Avg loan
Default rate
0.0%
vs <3% typical · system-wide
5-yr default

FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17

Risk & Legal

39
Risk · 0-100
STRONG39 / 100

Moderate-to-cautious risk profile: aggressive growth without disclosed profitability data, high upfront costs, and undisclosed minimum royalty create uncertainty around unit-level economics.

Score breakdown · what drove the 39 / 100 rating

  1. 01MEDNet income not disclosed in FDD Item 19 — unable to validate profitability claims against $974,819 average revenue
  2. 02MINORHigh franchise fee ($59,500) plus substantial startup costs ($94,240-$141,700) with unclear ROI timeline
  3. 03MINORAggressive unit growth (40.6% YoY) may indicate recruitment-driven expansion rather than organic franchisee success
  4. 04MINORMinimum royalty structure not specified — potential for high fixed fees even during low-revenue months
  5. 05MEDOnly 47 total units suggests smaller, less-established system with limited brand recognition and support infrastructure

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Zip codes
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
2 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Michigan

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
42 hrs
On-the-job training
23 hrs
POS system
HubSpot
Operating tech stack

Item 20

Franchisee Contacts

Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.

Franchisee contacts

43 numbers

Locked
(954) 410-••••
FL
(931) 401-••••
TN
(509) 329-••••
WA

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

Corporate Cleaning Group · FDD (2025) PDF

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