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FV-01206·MODERATEExcellent81

Home Cleaning Centers of America

Cleaning - Commercial & JanitorialFranchising since 1984Website
Investment
$43K – $45K
15th pct Commercial & …
Avg revenue
65th pct Commercial & …
Royalty
Units
24
34th pct Commercial & …
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $43K – $45K including a $13K franchise fee.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 65/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 2 loans (below the industry average).
  • System contracting at -7.7% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
HOME CLEANING CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.
Incorporated in
Kansas
HQ
4851 134th Street, Suite D, Leawood, Kansas 66209
Auditor
ENESTVEDT & CHRISTENSEN, LLP
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$635K
vs $641K 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 Home Cleaning Centers of America unit return on the cash you put in?

Revenue · per unit, per year
$
Item 19 not disclosed — typing your own estimate
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: $43K–$45K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $6K–$8K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

175%

Above typical band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%
ROIC above 100% usually means the revenue figure is a system-wide aggregate or top-cohort number rather than a single-unit average. Verify the "Revenue · per unit" field against the brand's FDD Item 19 detail tables before relying on this output.

Store EBITDA · annual
$90K
EBITDA margin
12.0%
Total invested
$51K
Payback
7 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.

Overview

About

Franchisees operate cleaning service centers providing commercial and residential cleaning supplies, equipment, and likely cleaning services. Day-to-day operations typically involve managing inventory, customer service, potentially dispatching or delivering cleaning services, and managing B2B relationships with commercial accounts (noted by $25,000/month threshold for premium royalty rates).

CEO
Michael J. Calhoon
Founded
1982
FDD year
2024
States available
10

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$43K – $45K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$6K – $8K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$13K
Royalty
Sliding scale from 5% to 3% of Gross Sales based on month…
Ad fund
1.0%
typical 3–5%
Total fee load
6.0%
vs 9–13% typical

Item 19

Financial Performance

This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.

Item 20 · unit dynamics

The Growth Chart

Total units
24
Opened
0
Last reporting year
Closed
1
Turnover rate
4.2%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
-4.0%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
-7.7%
Compounded over last 3 years
2022
24-1
Franchised units
2023
25
Franchised units
2024
26
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 9 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 · 9 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
2
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

65
Risk · 0-100
MODERATE65 / 100

Contracting franchise system with hidden unit economics and no financial disclosure creates material uncertainty about franchisee profitability and long-term viability.

Score breakdown · what drove the 65 / 100 rating

  1. 01MINORSystem contracting at -4.0% YoY (24 units) suggests declining franchisee viability or satisfaction
  2. 02MINORNo Item 19 financial performance disclosure (avg revenue/net income) prevents ROI validation against $43,300-$45,300 investment
  3. 03MINORLow initial franchise fee ($12,500) combined with sliding royalty scale (5%-3%) may indicate thin unit economics or franchisor dependency on volume
  4. 04MINOR10-year term locks franchisees into relationship with shrinking support system and declining peer network
  5. 05HIGHGoing Concern flag is FALSE but absence of affirmative disclosure raises transparency questions

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Exclusive area based on qualifying households
Protected territory
Yes
Initial term
10 years
Renewal term
10 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
No
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
0
Right of first refusal
Yes
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
No
Non-compete
1 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Optional
Governing law
Kansas

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
29 hrs
On-the-job training
17 hrs
POS system
Home Cleaning Centers proprietary (PIC) software
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

19 numbers

Locked
(303) 755-••••
CO
(219) 962-••••
GA
(972) 219-••••
OH

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FDD download

Home Cleaning Centers of America · FDD (2024) PDF

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