JAN-PRO Cleaning & Disinfecting
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
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?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
55%
In Yale's "attractive" band (30–60%)
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.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
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
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).
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.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
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
- 01HIGHActive multi-state employee misclassification litigation creating legal/compliance risk and potential liability exposure for franchisees
- 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (Item 19) prevents validation of franchise profitability claims
- 03MINORUnprotected territory with 10,314 units enables direct competition from other franchisees in same geographic area
- 04MINORModest unit growth of 2.8% YoY suggests market saturation or declining franchisee satisfaction
- 05MINOR12% royalty on gross billings is high-leverage model vulnerable to margin compression in competitive cleaning markets
- 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
Item 11
Training & Operations
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
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
JAN-PRO Cleaning & Disinfecting · FDD (2026) PDF