Disaster Blaster Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Disaster Blaster is a restoration franchise providing water, fire, and mold mitigation plus structural repairs. Franchisees run local operations, managing crews, insurance jobs, and reconstruction.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Disaster Blaster franchise requires a total initial investment of $136K – $243K, including a $48K – $55K franchise fee and an ongoing 3.0% royalty[2]. The 2023 FDD does not disclose unit-level revenue (no Item 19). FranchiseVerdict grade: D (Below average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2023 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $136K – $243K
- 52nd pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned onlyn=1
- Royalty
- 3.0%
- 0th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Units
- 1
- 3rd 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 $136K – $243K including a $48K franchise fee, 3.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSFranchisor (Disaster Blaster National, LLC) is a holding/franchising entity formed June 15, 2021 that reported $0 revenues in both FY2022 and FY2021; it had not been franchising for three years so only two years of audited statements were provided. Operating revenue is earned by a separate corporate affiliate.
- RISKVerdict D (Below average), verdict score 34/100 (higher is better).
- DATAItem 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Disaster Blaster National, LLC
- Ultimate parent
- None
- CEO title
- President
- Matthew Lyons
- CEO experience
- 4 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 874 Walker Road, Suite C, Dover, Delaware 19904
- Auditor
- Monis Siddiqui, CPA
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $0
- vs $0 prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Matthew Lyons
- Headquarters
- DE
- Founded
- 2021
- FDD year
- 2023
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 39% below the typical cleaning & maintenance franchise.
Source: FDD 2023 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2023 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $48K | $48K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $30K | $45K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $59K | $150K |
| Total initial investment | $136K | $243K |
Source: Disaster Blaster 2023 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
- $136K – $243K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $30K – $45K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $48K – $55K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 3.0%
- formula · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 3.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 6.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $250 |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $2K |
| Inventory (initial) | $0 – $500 |
| Total fee load | 6.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2023 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Disaster Blaster 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 Disaster Blaster unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
43%
Within the 30–60% "attractive franchise" band
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: 2023 FDD
Financial Performance
Franchisor (Disaster Blaster National, LLC) is a holding/franchising entity formed June 15, 2021 that reported $0 revenues in both FY2022 and FY2021; it had not been franchising for three years so only two years of audited statements were provided. Operating revenue is earned by a separate corporate affiliate.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
Based on a single reporting unit - not a system average
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 1
- vs category median 32 · small
- Reporting year
- 2022
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2023
- Disclosed in the 2023 filing, covering 2022
- Transparency
- 3 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · below
Compared against 192 Cleaning & Maintenance 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 6.0% — below the Cleaning & Maintenance average of 9.7%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands.
Multi-unit rate
33% of franchisees own multiple units, a moderate multi-unit rate.
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 Disaster Blaster Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2023 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 1
- Opened
- 0
- 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
- 0%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 33.3%
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 0
- 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
Extreme caution warranted: single-unit system with undisclosed profitability, no territory protection, financial viability concerns, and insufficient data to validate business model or franchisor stability.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Monis Siddiqui, CPA
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 34 / 100 verdict
- 01MINOROnly 1 operating unit with unknown growth trajectory suggests a nascent or stalled system with no proven scalability
- 02MEDTiered royalty structure (3-6%) plus undisclosed minimum monthly requirements creates unpredictable cost burden, especially problematic with single-unit data
- 03MINORNo protected territory exposes franchisees to direct competition from franchisor or other franchisees in same market
- 04MINOR5-year term is short for capital recovery in disaster restoration/construction services requiring client relationship building
- 05MINORFranchise fee of $47,500 represents 35% of minimum investment with unclear training, support, and ongoing services
- 06HIGHGoing Concern = False indicates potential franchisor financial instability or restructuring risk
- 07MINORSingle unit data point makes all averages and projections statistically meaningless for franchise system validation
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 6.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2023 · 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 | 1 |
| Territory type | protected |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory population | 150,000 |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | County closest to franchisor corporate headquarters (Dover, Delaware) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | DE |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 29 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 21 hrs
- Training location
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 3 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee selects, franchisor approves
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- ProjectDesk
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: ProjectDesk
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
1 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Disaster Blaster · FDD (2023) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Disaster Blaster franchise?
The total investment to open a Disaster Blaster franchise ranges from $136K – $243K, with an initial franchise fee of $48K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Disaster Blaster franchise owners earn?
Disaster Blaster 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 Disaster Blaster 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 Disaster Blaster FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Disaster Blaster's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Disaster Blaster (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 Disaster Blaster franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Disaster Blaster has 1 total units in the United States, including 0 franchised units and 1 company-owned units.
Is Disaster Blaster a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Disaster Blaster as a D-grade franchise with a verdict score of 34 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.