Gorilla Property Services® Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $129K – $215K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Gorilla Property Services is a commercial services franchise providing property maintenance, cleaning, and janitorial services to building owners. Franchisees run local operations, managing crews, contracts, and accounts.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Gorilla Property Services® franchise requires a total initial investment of $129K – $215K, including a $30K – $50K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. The 2025 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: 2025 filing · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - a newer filing may exist
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 scored5 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $129K – $215K
- 75th pct Real Estate
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- 1 outlet
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 24th pct Real Estate
- Units
- 1
- 0th pct Real Estate
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Real Estate · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Real Estate 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 $129K – $215K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 reports 32 CANADIAN franchisees in Canadian dollars. The only US outlet in Item 20 is an excluded non-reporting test market, so the disclosed panel does not describe the system offered here and no US outlet figure is published.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 44/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHFlat: no net change in franchised outlets in the latest year (0 opened, 0 closed) (Item 20).
- DATAItem 19 reports gross and net figures rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Gorilla Franchising USA, Inc.
- Ultimate parent
- Gorilla Franchise Services Ltd.
- FDD Item 1, page 6 of the 2025 FDD
- CEO title
- President
- Andrew Edwards
- Incorporated in
- Wyoming
- HQ
- 3844 Parri Rd, Sorrento, BC V0E2W0, Canada
- Auditor
- DA Advisory Group PLLC
- Audited financials
Overview
About
- CEO
- Andrew Edwards
- Headquarters
- BC
- Founded
- 2021
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 29% above the typical real estate franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown12 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $50K | $50K | |
| Initial Training Fees, Travel, Lodging, Food, and Other Expenses While Training | $1K | $3K | |
| Set-up Feenot refundable | $50K | $55K | |
| IT Set-up Feenot refundable | $3K | $3K | |
| Vehicle | $2K | $60K | |
| Additional Equipment and Tools | $100 | $2K | |
| Tablet and Smartphone | $2K | $4K | |
| Misc. Opening Costs | $500 | $1K | |
| Professional Fees | $1K | $3K | |
| Insurance Premiums | $2K | $4K | |
| Grand Opening Advertising (includes 3 months)not refundable | $15K | $15K | |
| Additional Funds - 3 months | $4K | $17K | |
| Total initial investment | $129K | $215K |
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
- $129K – $215K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $4K – $17K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $30K – $50K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- Tiered by sales volume · 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 | $199 |
| Training fee | $3K |
| Transfer fee | $8K |
| Renewal fee | $8K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for Gorilla Property Services® is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Gorilla Property Services® 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 annual revenue, 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.
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: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 reports 32 CANADIAN franchisees in Canadian dollars. The only US outlet in Item 20 is an excluded non-reporting test market, so the disclosed panel does not describe the system offered here and no US outlet figure is published.
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 Real Estate median).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports gross and net figures rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Operator retention
Net unit growth roughly flat at 0.0%.
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 Real Estate medians
How Gorilla Property Services® Compares
Category median of published Real Estate 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 2025 · 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
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +0.0%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +0.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Continuity rate
- 100.0%
- Units that stayed open
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
Single-unit system with undisclosed growth, no financial performance data validation, and franchisor going concern issues present substantial risk despite reasonable unit-level economics.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation is required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · DA Advisory Group PLLC
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 44 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDOnly 1 unit disclosed with unknown growth trajectory — impossible to validate system viability or scalability
- 02MINORHigh franchise fee ($49,500) relative to single operating unit creates validation concerns
- 03MINORRoyalty structure includes $500 minimum even at startup — meaningful burden before reaching profitability threshold
- 04MINOR5-year term is shorter than industry standard (10 years typical) — may indicate franchisor risk mitigation rather than partner confidence
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 2025 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 5 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory population | 200,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 3 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 9 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 20 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 60 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | British Columbia (Canada) |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation is required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 15 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 16 hrs
- Training location
- Online and US-based training facility
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 2 mo
- From signing to launch
- POS system
- GorillaPro
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: GorillaPro
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
40 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 Gorilla Property Services® franchise?
The total investment to open a Gorilla Property Services® franchise ranges from $129K – $215K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Gorilla Property Services® franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Gorilla Property Services® FDD discloses figures for part of the system but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Gorilla Property Services®?
Gorilla Property Services® is franchised by Gorilla Franchising USA, Inc.. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is Gorilla Franchise Services Ltd.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Gorilla Property Services® 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 Gorilla Property Services® FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Gorilla Property Services®'s franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Gorilla Property Services® (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 Gorilla Property Services® franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Gorilla Property Services® has 1 total units in the United States, including 1 franchised units and 0 company-owned units.
Is Gorilla Property Services® a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Gorilla Property Services® as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 44 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.