Footprints Floors Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Footprints Floors is a home-services franchise providing flooring installation, hardwood, tile, laminate, and vinyl, without a showroom or inventory. Franchisees run a sales-and-install operation managing consultations and vetted crews in a territory.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Footprints Floors franchise requires a total initial investment of $82K – $118K, including a $68K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. The 2026 FDD does not disclose unit-level revenue (no Item 19). FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2026 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $82K – $118K
- 22nd pct Home Services
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 15th pct Home Services
- Units
- 85
- 55th pct Home Services
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Home Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Home Services 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 $82K – $118K including a $68K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 also reports supplemental per-estimate metrics (Cost Per Estimate, Gross Sales Per Estimate) which are not whole-unit annual revenue figures and were excluded from avg_gross_sales.
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 69/100 (higher is better).
- FLAG6 units terminated last reporting year (7.1% of the system). Ask existing franchisees why.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Branches Company, LLC
- Parent company
- Pilgrim, LLC
- Predecessor
- Footprints Floors, LLC
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- President
- Bryan T. Park
- CEO experience
- 2008 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- Colorado
- HQ
- 327 Inverness Drive South, Suite 104, Englewood, Colorado 80112
- Auditor
- Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $7.2M
- vs $6.4M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Affiliated brands
- Firehouse Subs Market Fund
- Franchising Start Date Restaurant Count
- Franchising Start Date
- Firehouse Subs System Fund
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Bryan T. Park
- Headquarters
- Colorado
- Founded
- 2008
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 32
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 56% below the typical home services franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown14 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $68K | $68K | |
| Construction and Leasehold Improvements | $25 | $150 | |
| Furniture and Fixtures | $50 | $1K | |
| Equipment | $0 | $5K | |
| Franchise Starter Package | $2K | $2K | |
| Computer, Software, and Business Management System | $0 | $3K | |
| Service Vehicle | $300 | $4K | |
| Start-Up Marketing | $3K | $5K | |
| Insurance Deposits - Three Months | $50 | $150 | |
| Travel for Initial Training | $500 | $5K | |
| Professional Fees | $300 | $1K | |
| Licenses and Permits | $0 | $2K | |
| Printing, Stationery and Office Supplies | $50 | $500 | |
| Additional Funds - Three Months | $6K | $18K | |
| Total initial investment | $80K | $114K |
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
- $82K – $118K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $6K – $18K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $68K – $68K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- formula · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $350 |
| Transfer fee | $0 |
| Renewal fee | $0 |
| Inventory (initial) | $12K – $25K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Footprints Floors 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 Footprints Floors unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
74%
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: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 also reports supplemental per-estimate metrics (Cost Per Estimate, Gross Sales Per Estimate) which are not whole-unit annual revenue figures and were excluded from avg_gross_sales.
- Item 19 type
- quartile
- Sample size
- 79
- vs category median 32 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $117K→$2.1M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $248K→$1.1M
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Transparency tier
- full
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 9 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 321 Home Services 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 8.0% (near the Home Services average).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports quartile rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Operator retention
System expanding at 11.7% CAGR over 3 years across 85 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
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 Home Services averages
How Footprints Floors Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 85
- Opened
- 6
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 2
- Terminated
- 6
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 9.5%
- Company-owned
- 1
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 99%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- Outlier
- Reported value implausible. See FDD Item 20
- Net growth (3-yr)
- -2.5%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +11.7%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 6
- Closed (3yr)
- 2
- Terminated (3yr)
- 6
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 2
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Transfer rate
- 1.2%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Termination rate
- 3.4%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 48.3%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 11 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.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- California
- Illinois
- Michigan
- New York
- Wisconsin
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
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
Footprints Floors presents moderate-to-cautious risk: questionable financial reporting, small system size, litigation history, and cost structure warrant careful validation before investment.
Litigation (Item 3)
Two disclosed cases: (1) Joshua Lively v. DKR Interests dba Footprints Floors of Fort Worth/Denton, Integrity Home Solutions, and Branches Company (TX, filed 2023) - homeowner flooring defect/warranty claims; franchisor obtained summary judgment in its favor, now final. (2) Branches Company v. James Daniel Wilkinson, JDW Fiducia Inc dba Viking Floors, and JDW Enterprises (CO federal, filed 2023) - franchisor sued former franchisee for trade secret misappropriation/non-compete violation; franchisor won judgment for attorneys' fees, defendants later filed bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 69 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDNet income ($957,065) exceeds gross revenue ($813,888) — mathematically impossible and suggests Item 19 data integrity issues or incomplete disclosure
- 02MINORMinimum monthly royalty fee structure creates fixed cost burden; clarify if 6% threshold is easily met across unit performance variance
- 03MEDModest unit growth (7.5% YoY) and only 87 total units indicates small, maturing system with limited scale benefits
- 04HIGHTwo disclosed litigations (installation defects + non-compete enforcement) suggest quality control and franchisee compliance challenges
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | protected |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory population | 60,000 |
| 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 | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 6 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Denver, Colorado |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Colorado |
| Litigation count | 2 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
Two disclosed cases: (1) Joshua Lively v. DKR Interests dba Footprints Floors of Fort Worth/Denton, Integrity Home Solutions, and Branches Company (TX, filed 2023) - homeowner flooring defect/warranty claims; franchisor obtained summary judgment in its favor, now final. (2) Branches Company v. James Daniel Wilkinson, JDW Fiducia Inc dba Viking Floors, and JDW Enterprises (CO federal, filed 2023) - franchisor sued former franchisee for trade secret misappropriation/non-compete violation; franchisor won judgment for attorneys' fees, defendants later filed bankruptcy.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 56 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 67 hrs
- Training location
- Denver, Colorado
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 3 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF, QuickBooks Online (Business Management System)
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Microsoft Office, Adobe PDF, QuickBooks Online (Business Management System)
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
95 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Footprints Floors · FDD (2026) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Footprints Floors franchise?
The total investment to open a Footprints Floors franchise ranges from $82K – $118K, with an initial franchise fee of $68K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Footprints Floors franchise owners earn?
Footprints Floors 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 Footprints Floors 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 Footprints Floors FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Footprints Floors's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Footprints Floors (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 Footprints Floors franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Footprints Floors has 85 total units in the United States, including 84 franchised units and 1 company-owned units. 6 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Footprints Floors a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Footprints Floors as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 69 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.