Footprints Floors Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $82K – $118K
- Disclosed sales
- $593K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
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]. Per the 2026 FDD, average unit revenue was $593K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - issued within the last 12 months
Evidence: 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 scored6 of 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $82K – $118K
- 21st pct Home Services
- Avg gross sales
- $593K
- 13th pct Home Services
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 21st 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 median · 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.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $593K/year. Note: this is gross profit, not take-home income.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 69/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative: net -2 franchised outlets in the latest year (6 opened, 8 closed); 4 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- 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
- FDD Item 1, page 9 of the 2026 FDD
- 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 40% 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 Fee (Note 1) | $68K | $68K | |
| Construction and Leasehold Improvements (Note 2) | $25 | $150 | |
| Furniture and Fixtures (Note 3) | $50 | $1K | |
| Equipment (Note 4) | $0 | $5K | |
| Franchise Starter Package (Note 5) | $2K | $2K | |
| Computer, Software, and Business Management System (Note 6) | $0 | $3K | |
| Service Vehicle (Note 7) | $300 | $4K | |
| Start-Up Marketing (Note 8) | $3K | $5K | |
| Insurance Deposits – Three Months (Note 9) | $2K | $4K | |
| Travel for Initial Training (Note 10) | $500 | $5K | |
| Professional Fees (Note 11) | $300 | $1K | |
| Licenses and Permits (Note 12) | $0 | $2K | |
| Printing, Stationery and Office Supplies (Note 13) | $50 | $500 | |
| Additional Funds – Three Months (Note 14) | $6K | $18K | |
| Total initial investment | $82K | $118K |
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%
- Set by a 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?
Average unit sales land near the home services norm.
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Footprints Floors until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$112K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Footprints Floors unit return on the cash you put in?
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.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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
- Avg gross sales
- $593K
- Per unit/yr · from the Item 19 franchised-cohort breakdown (no single system-wide average disclosed)
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- quartile
- Sample size
- 79 outlets
- vs category median 32 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $117K→$2.1MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 47 of the 2026 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $248K→$1.1M
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- 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 319 Home Services brands
Revenue is 5.9x the investment midpoint. At typical franchise margins, this suggests a payback under 3 years.
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $593K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 5.9x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 8.0% (near the Home Services median).
Disclosure
Transparency score 9/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
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 medians
How Footprints Floors Compares
Category median of published Home Services 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.
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
- 8
- Terminated
- 6
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 9.4%
- 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
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 6
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 2
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 4
- 0.05 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 4
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- 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).
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
95 current owners across 11 states.
- CA 27
- MI 13
- PA 12
- UT 10
- WI 10
- NC 6
- AZ 5
- OH 5
- KS 4
- IN 2
- OR 1
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
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)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
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 territory |
| 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
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?
According to Item 19 of the Footprints Floors FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $593K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns Footprints Floors?
Footprints Floors is franchised by Branches Company, LLC. Its parent company is Pilgrim, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
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 B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 69 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. 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.