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JAN-PRO Cleaning & Disinfecting

Cleaning - Commercial & JanitorialFranchising since 2006Website
Investment
$13K – $88K
2nd pct Commercial & …
Avg revenue
65th pct Commercial & …
Royalty
12.0%
63rd pct Commercial & …
Units
10,314
100th pct Commercial & …
SBA default
0.0%
vs <3% typical

Bottom line

  • Total investment $13K – $88K including a $4K franchise fee, 12.0% ongoing royalty.
  • No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
  • Rated STRONG with a risk score of 54/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 19 loans (below the industry average).
  • No protected territory and the franchisor reserves the right to compete in your area. Clarify territorial boundaries before signing.

Item 1 · who you're contracting with

The Franchisor

Legal entity
MT Franchising of Illinois, Inc.
Parent company
Empower Brands Franchising, LLC
Incorporated in
Illinois
HQ
136 Shore Drive, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Auditor
RPF Accounting Services
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$3.2M
vs $3.7M 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 JAN-PRO Cleaning & Disinfecting 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: $13K–$88K
Working capital
$
FDD reports $2K–$6K

Unlevered ROIC · per unit

55%

In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)

0%30–60% Yale band80%

Store EBITDA · annual
$30K
EBITDA margin
4.0%
Total invested
$54K
Payback
22 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

JAN-PRO franchisees operate commercial cleaning and disinfection services, typically managing crews that clean office buildings, retail spaces, and facilities on recurring contracts. Day-to-day operations involve scheduling crews, managing client relationships, handling billing and payroll, and ensuring service quality standards. Most franchisees act as absentee owner-managers or work alongside small employee teams to generate revenue.

CEO
Robert J. Miller
Founded
2006
FDD year
2026
States available
41

Item 7 · what it costs

The Vitals

Total investment
$13K – $88K
All-in to open one unit
Liquid capital
$2K – $6K
Cash you must have on hand
Franchise fee
$4K
Royalty
12.0%
Gross Billings · typical 6–8%
Ad fund
n/d
Total fee load
12.0%
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
10,314
Opened
1,679
Last reporting year
Closed
1,395
Turnover rate
13.5%
Company-owned
0
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
100%
vs corporate-owned
Net growth (yr3)
+2.8%
Net unit change last year
3-yr CAGR
+5.8%
Compounded over last 3 years
2024
10,314+284
Franchised units
2025
10,030
Franchised units
2026
9,749
Franchised units

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

Item 20 · 6 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 · 6 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
19
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

54
Risk · 0-100
STRONG54 / 100

JAN-PRO presents elevated risk due to unresolved employee classification lawsuits that could impose retroactive liability on franchisees, absent financial transparency (no Item 19), territorial overlap exposure, and slow unit growth in a commoditized service category.

Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating

  1. 01HIGHActive multi-state employee misclassification litigation creating legal/compliance risk and potential liability exposure for franchisees
  2. 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents validation of franchise profitability claims
  3. 03MINORUnprotected territory with 10,314 units enables direct competition from other franchisees in same geographic area
  4. 04MINORModest unit growth of 2.8% YoY suggests market saturation or declining franchisee satisfaction
  5. 05MINOR12% royalty on gross billings is high-leverage model vulnerable to margin compression in competitive cleaning markets
  6. 06MINORLow franchise fee ($3,500) relative to total investment range indicates reliance on ongoing royalties rather than upfront capital

Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification

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

Contract & Territory Detail

Territory
Counties
Protected territory
No
Initial term
5 years
Renewal term
5 years
Online sales rights
Restricted
Franchisor can compete
Yes
Hire a manager?
Allowed
Litigation count
3
Right of first refusal
No
Franchisor can buy back on resale
Mandatory arbitration
Yes
Jury trial waiver
Yes
Non-compete
1 yrs
Post-termination restriction
Owner-operator
Required
Governing law
Illinois

Item 11

Training & Operations

Classroom training
20 hrs
On-the-job training
8 hrs
POS system
JanHub
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

99 numbers

Locked
(443) 608-••••
MD
(815) 701-••••
IL
(630) 741-••••
IL

One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included

FDD download

JAN-PRO Cleaning & Disinfecting · FDD (2026) PDF

Single-page checkout · instant download · CSV export of contacts available separately above