Krystal Klean Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $159K – $435K
- Disclosed sales
- not disclosed
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Krystal Klean is a cleaning franchise providing residential and commercial cleaning services. Franchisees run local operations, managing crews, scheduling, and accounts.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Krystal Klean franchise requires a total initial investment of $159K – $435K, including a $10K – $150K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.5% royalty[2]. This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. FranchiseVerdict grade: C (Average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Limited operating history: franchising since 2024. A system this young has fewer than three years of Item 20 outlet history and rarely enough SBA loans for a charge-off rate, so its grade rests on less evidence than an established system's. Read its Item 20 tables and talk to its first franchisees before relying on the grade. Other new franchisors
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
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 scored4 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $159K – $435K
- 61st pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- 1 outlet
- Royalty
- 8.5%
- 69th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Units
- 1
- 3rd pct Cleaning & Ma…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Cleaning & Maintenance · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Cleaning & Maintenance 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 $159K – $435K including a $10K franchise fee, 8.5% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSThis franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that.
- RISKVerdict C (Average), verdict score 40/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +1 franchised outlets in the latest year (1 opened, 0 closed) (Item 20).
- DATAThis franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Krystal Klean Franchisor, LLC
- Parent company
- Kept Companies, Inc.
- FDD Item 1, page 11 of the 2025 FDD
- Predecessor
- Krystal Companies, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Anthony J. DiGiovanni
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 1326 Tamson Street, Suite 201, Cambria, California 93428
- Auditor
- WithumSmith+Brown, PC
- Unaudited
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.2M
- Most recent fiscal year
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 11
1 other brand on this site name Kept Companies, Inc. as parent or ultimate parent in their own FDD.
Grouped by the owner's name as each filing prints it (this page: the 2025 FDD). Spelling variants of the same group may be listed apart; a brand is never grouped with an owner its filing does not name.
Overview
About
- CEO
- Anthony J. DiGiovanni
- Headquarters
- CA
- Founded
- 2024
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 75% above the typical cleaning & maintenance franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown17 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $10K | $150K | |
| Site Evaluation Feenot refundable | $0 | $3K | |
| Lease | $2K | $20K | |
| Signage | $0 | $1K | |
| Utilities | $350 | $3K | |
| Chassis | $45K | $70K | |
| Krystal Klean Proprietary Wash Box and Installationnot refundable | $50K | $58K | |
| Chemicals, Parts and Suppliesnot refundable | $3K | $8K | |
| Insurance | $2K | $7K | |
| Travel and Living Expenses (Initial Certification) | $5K | $8K | |
| Wages for the Operating Principal and Manager (During Initial Certification) | $5K | $10K | |
| Employee Salaries (3 months) | $10K | $35K | |
| iPhone 10/Computer Equipment | $2K | $4K | |
| Krystal Klean Softwarenot refundable | $500 | $875 | |
| Permits, Licenses and Fees | $500 | $3K | |
| Professional Fees | $500 | $6K | |
| Additional Funds (3 Months) | $25K | $50K | |
| Total initial investment | $159K | $435K |
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
- $159K – $435K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $25K – $50K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $10K – $150K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.5%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 4.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 12.5%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.5% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 4.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $250 |
| Training fee | $2K |
| Transfer fee | $13K |
| Renewal fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $3K – $8K |
| Total fee load | 12.5% of rev |
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
Krystal Klean makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD - a voluntary item under the FTC Franchise Rule - so no unit revenue figures are disclosed. 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 Krystal Klean 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
No financial performance representation
This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that.
Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
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 12.5% — above the Cleaning & Maintenance median of 8.3%.
Disclosure
This franchisor makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD. Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and this filing states that it makes none, so no revenue or earnings figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
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 Cleaning & Maintenance medians
How Krystal Klean Compares
Category median of published Cleaning & Maintenance 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
- 1
- 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
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 0
- 0.00 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 2
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
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
Krystal Klean presents HIGH RISK due to a one-unit system with no financial disclosure, franchisor going concern issues, unprotected territory, and an inability to assess realistic ROI before investment.
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 this Item.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
No audited financials on file
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
FY2024 total revenue of $2,171,994 is stated in Item 8 ("0% of our total revenue of $2,171,994 for fiscal year 2024"). Franchisor formed June 2024; not in business 3 full years. Exhibit N audited financial statements for year ending December 31, 2024 were included as images and are not present as readable text in this extract; only the UNAUDITED April 30, 2025 balance sheet and Jan-Apr 2025 P&L are readable (total assets $2,884,345.94, total liabilities $2,379,394.48, equity $504,951.46, YTD net loss -$157,312.30 as of 4/30/2025). Audited balance-sheet figures, net income, net worth, and CPA/auditor name could not be confirmed from readable text, so left null.
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 40 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDOnly 1 unit in system with unknown growth trajectory indicates extremely limited proven model and scaling risk
- 02MINORNo average revenue or net income disclosure (no Item 19) prevents financial viability assessment and suggests franchisor may lack performance data
- 03MINORUnprotected territory creates direct competition risk and cannibalization potential with other franchisees
- 04MED8.5% royalty on undisclosed revenue base makes ROI impossible to validate; combined with $158,950-$435,375 investment, break-even timeline unclear
- 05MINOR10-year term length is exceptionally long without revenue guarantees, performance milestones, or exit provisions
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 12.5% 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 | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Passaic County, New Jersey |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | DE |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation is required to be disclosed in this Item.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 40 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 44 hrs
- Training location
- Currently Orlando, Florida (classroom); franchisee's territory (OJT)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 4 mo
- From signing to launch
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Service Fusion Mobile App
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Service Fusion Mobile App
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
1 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 Krystal Klean franchise?
The total investment to open a Krystal Klean franchise ranges from $159K – $435K, with an initial franchise fee of $10K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Krystal Klean franchise owners earn?
Krystal Klean makes no financial performance representation in Item 19 of its FDD - a voluntary item under the FTC Franchise Rule - so no unit revenue figures are disclosed. Declining to publish one is lawful and is not evidence of how the outlets perform. It does mean that less about this brand can be verified from its filing, and the FranchiseVerdict grade - an editorial assessment, not investment advice - reflects that. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Krystal Klean?
Krystal Klean is franchised by Krystal Klean Franchisor, LLC. Its parent company is Kept Companies, Inc.. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Krystal Klean 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 Krystal Klean FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Krystal Klean's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Krystal Klean (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 Krystal Klean franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Krystal Klean has 1 total units in the United States, including 1 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 1 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Krystal Klean a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Krystal Klean as a C-grade franchise with a verdict score of 40 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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