Martinizing Dry Cleaning Franchise Cost & 2026 FDD Data
56/100
Second tier
56 this brand56 Cleaning & Maintenance medianlikely 52–60 (high confidence)
Higher is better · an editorial assessment, not investment advice
#1,232 of 3,068 graded brands
Why a B: Helped by financial health, unit economics, scale, legal record and transparency. Held back by unit growth. See all six factors
- Total investment
- $41K – $79K
- Avg net sales
- $539K
- 40 outlets reporting; not profit
- SBA charge-off
- 22.9%
1 in 4 SBA 7(a) loans to Martinizing Dry Cleaning owners charged off (11 of 48 resolved loans, approved since FY1991); Cleaning & Maintenance median 14.3%. Loans approved FY2016–FY2019: 6 of 22 resolved loans charged off (27.3%); newer loans have not had time to default, so this is not a trend.
Data from the FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records. Analysis by FranchiseVerdict · Methodology · Website · Report an error · Franchisor? Claim this listing
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026 FDD
Per the 2026 FDD, a Martinizing Dry Cleaning franchise requires a total initial investment of $41K – $79K, including a $27K – $60K franchise fee. Once open, the ongoing royalty is 6.0%. Per the 2026 FDD, average net sales were $539K (40 outlets reporting; net sales, not profit). SBA 7(a) loans show a 22.9% charge-off rate on 48 resolved loans. Verdict grade: B (Second tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice.
Sources: 2026 FDD · SBA 7(a) loan records (FOIA) · What one unit could make and lose →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low (issued within the last 12 months)
Evidence for the headline figures: 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 scored6 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
Quick verdict · vs Cleaning & Maintenance median
Top edge: green = better than the Cleaning & Maintenance median by more than 10%, red = worse by more than 10%, gray = within 10% or no benchmark. Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a).
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Methodology
Bottom line
- RETURNSAverage net sales of $539K/year (outlet median $425K; reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system; 40 outlets reporting; net sales, not profit).
- GROWTHIn the latest Item 20 year, the number of franchised outlets did not change (12 opened, 12 closed).
AT STAKEOne unit at the Item 7 midpoint: $8K a year in payments on assumed SBA 7(a)-style terms.You put in about $12K of your own cash and personally guarantee a $48K loan. Assumptions are labeled in Sales; not investment advice.See what one unit could make and lose
Things to check before you sign (4)
- -10 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (Item 20, outlet counts). Ask owners why outlets closed.
- SBA 7(a) charge-off 22.9% on 48 resolved loans, loans approved since FY1991, above the Cleaning & Maintenance median of 14.3% (33 brands).
- The franchisor keeps the right to compete inside your territory (Item 12, territory).
- You waive a jury trial in disputes with the franchisor (Item 17, renewal, termination and disputes).
Checked and clear: no auditor doubt that the franchisor can keep operating, no lawsuit naming the franchisor in Item 3, no supplier rebates to the franchisor and the full filing on file, and an Item 19 average from 40 units. Not on file here, so ask: owner-operator rule.
What to do next
Step 1: Read the FDD itself.
Free: the franchisor must give it to you at least 14 days before you sign or pay. Or look it up in a state registry (Wisconsin, Minnesota, California). What to read first.
Step 2: Talk to current and former owners.
Free: Item 20 of the FDD lists every current owner and those who left last year, most with a phone number. Questions to ask.
Step 3: Talk to an SBA lender.
Free: the SBA's Lender Match, or the lenders already lending to this brand in the SBA section. Ask what you would personally guarantee and what the monthly payment would be. If you plan to use retirement savings, ask a CPA about the rules for that first.
Step 4: Have a franchise attorney review the FDD and agreement.
Free: your state bar's lawyer referral service can name franchise lawyers, and many offer a short first consultation. Bring the checks listed above.
Research steps, not investment or legal advice.
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost (the Item 7 midpoint) is 63% below the Cleaning & Maintenance median ($162K).
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7 (fees and startup costs)
Do you qualify? The filing states no minimum net worth or liquid capital. Ask Martinizing International, LLC (Item 1: 711 5th Avenue South, Suite 210, Naples, Florida 34102) and your lender what they require, and keep living costs for the first year outside the deal.
Full Item 7 breakdown10 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $27K | $27K | |
| Delivery Vehicle B) | $500 | $6K | |
| Vehicle Wrap/Vinyl B) | $500 | $3K | |
| Permits and Licenses | $100 | $2.5K | |
| Start Up Supplies and Equipment Package C) | $3.8K | $5.1K | |
| Travel And Living Expenses While Training | $250 | $2K | |
| Grand Opening Marketing | $6K | $6K | |
| Insurance | $500 | $2K | |
| Professional Service, Licenses, and Permits | $1.05K | $5K | |
| Additional funds – 3 months | $1.2K | $20K | |
| Total initial investment | $41K | $79K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. The total row is the total as printed in Item 7. Actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 6 · what you pay once you are open
Ongoing fees
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross revenues |
Marketing / ad fundThe filing's detailBrand-wide marketing pool. Regional/National Marketing (Brand Development Fee) 2% of Gross Revenue; separately, minimum 1% of Gross Revenue for local marketing (not paid to franchisor as a fund) | 2.0% |
| Technology feeTechnology Fee of up to $1,000 per month, paid weekly | $1,000/month |
| Total fee loadnear the Cleaning & Maintenance median of 8.0% | 8.0% of sales |
What do units actually make?
Average net sales are near the Cleaning & Maintenance median ($519K).
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19 (sales and earnings)
Items 6 (other fees), 7 (startup costs) and 19 (sales and earnings) · assumptions labeled
What you could make and lose: one unit
What one Martinizing Dry Cleaning unit would ask of you, from the filing's Item 7 total and labeled assumptions.
Average net sales are $539K (FDD p.43), and the royalty and ad fund take about $43K of that a year (Item 6). This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here. So this box does not estimate a profit. To cover the loan payment alone, one unit has to clear $8K a year after its food, labor, rent and other costs and the franchisor's fees.
How these figures are worked out
- Loan (assumption): 80% of the $60K Item 7 midpoint is a $48K loan, paid over 10 years at 10.5%: $8K a year. SBA 7(a)-style terms on a long-term rate; your lender sets yours. Martinizing Dry Cleaning's past SBA 7(a) loans averaged 6.9% at approval; 7(a) rates move with the prime rate, so 10.5% is a current-rate assumption, not this brand's history.
What you put at risk
Your own cash in: about $12K Assumption (the part the loan does not cover of the $60K Item 7 midpoint), plus whatever anything Item 7 leaves out (its notes say what). The loan is $48K.
Personal guarantee. SBA 7(a) loans require a personal guarantee from anyone who owns 20% or more of the business. If the unit cannot pay, the lender can collect from you personally, which can include your savings and your home. The worst case is losing the cash you put in and still owing the rest of the loan.
Gross sales are not profit, and none of these figures is take-home pay until tax and every operating cost are paid. The assumptions are ours, not the filing's. Not investment advice.
Returns modelOne unit · several units · editable
One unit
One unit: what is left after the loan payment
Gross sales, minus the franchisor's fees and the operating costs, is the unit's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). Minus an assumed loan payment, that is what is left for you, before tax. Gross sales are not profit.
This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here. Invested capital is the Item 7 total, which already includes its working-capital (additional funds) line.
Returns model · one unit
What would one Martinizing Dry Cleaning unit leave you each year after the loan payment?
Item 19 reports $539,015 per unit. Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system.
Gross sales, not profit: the costs below decide what is left.
The filing also sets a minimum or cap on these fees: “Regional/National Marketing (Brand Development Fee) 2% of Gross Revenue; separately, minimum 1% of Gross Revenue for local marketing (not paid to franchisor as a fund)” (Item 6). This model applies the percentages, so at low sales the real fee can be higher than shown here.
Item 6, as stored, a year. A fixed fee, so it comes off EBITDA as dollars, not a share of sales.
This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here.
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.
Item 7 midpoint of $41K to $79K
Item 7's $1K to $20K additional funds are already in the total
Left after the loan payment · per year
The unit's EBITDA minus the assumed loan payment. Before tax, depreciation and any cost your inputs leave out (insurance, accounting and legal, licenses, technology fees): not take-home pay.
Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies direct costs, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.
Loan of $48K at 10.5% over 10 years, an assumption, not a quote. Return and payback are before tax, depreciation and the costs above. The loan usually needs your personal guarantee.
Buying several existing units? The acquisition scenario
Buying several units
What buying a few existing units could return
Prices an existing operator of a few units off the single-unit EBITDA above, after shared services, and finances it with an SBA 7(a) loan, a conventional loan and a seller note. It shows the yearly return on your cash (IRR), whether year-1 earnings cover the loan payments (DSCR) and how the price is paid for. It starts at 5 units; every deal term is an assumption you can change, and none is from the FDD.
Not modelled yet
Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies direct costs, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.
This scenario starts from a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in the one-unit model above and it runs on that figure, or take it to the full ROI workbench, where the multi-unit and acquisition models accept your own per-unit economics.
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: 2026 FDD · filed by Martinizing International, LLC
Financial performance
- Range (low → high)
- $69K→$1.9MNot cited
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
Percentile ranks within Cleaning & Maintenance
Each rank is among the Cleaning & Maintenance brands that report that figure (the count is under each bar).
Average gross sales are 9.0x the investment midpoint. Gross sales are not profit: payback depends on margins the FDD does not disclose.
vs Cleaning & Maintenance medians
How Martinizing Dry Cleaning 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.
Who are you contracting with?
Martinizing International, LLC, owned by Clean Franchise Brands, LLC.
Item 21 (audited financials) · audited statements · 2026 FDD
The franchisor's own finances
The franchisor related companies owe it $2.3M, 42% of its assets. A franchisor that keeps little of its own profit has less of a cushion if the system has a bad year; ask how support and the ad fund are funded.
The figures, with their pages
- Net income
- $186Klatest year · FDD Item 21
- Owed by related companies
- $2.3M42% of total assets (our arithmetic) · FDD p.118
- Total assets
- $5.6MFDD Item 21
- Equity
- $4.0MFDD Item 21
Item 1 (the franchisor) · who you're contracting with
The franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Martinizing International, LLC
- Parent company
- Clean Franchise Brands, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 9 of the 2026 FDD
- Predecessor
- Martinizing International LLC (Michigan)
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Kevin A. DuBois
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 711 5th Avenue South, Suite 210, Naples, Florida 34102
- Auditor
- Metwally CPA PLLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.8M
- latest fiscal year in the 2026 FDD; $2.4M the year before
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 9
1 other brand on this site names Clean Franchise Brands, LLC as parent or ultimate parent in its own FDD.
- Lapels Dry Cleaning (grade C)
Grouped by the owner's name as each filing prints it (this page: the 2026 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
Full-service environmentally friendly Dry Cleaning Plants, Satellite Dry Cleaning Stores, and Pick Up and Delivery Models offering dry cleaning, shirt service, laundry, tailoring, shoe repair, and related services.
- CEO
- Kevin A. DuBois
- Franchised outlets in
- 26 states and territories
- Item 20 Table 3, at year end
Is the system healthy?
-10 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (163 to 153, -6.1% in total, -3.1% a year compounded).
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20 (outlets opened, closed and transferred)
Item 20 (outlet counts) · unit dynamics
The growth chart
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 rates and pipeline
- Signed, not yet open
- 9
- 1 for every 17 open outlets · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 5
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Item 20 · franchised units at year end
Franchised units fell from 163 in 2023 to 153 in 2025
Axis does not start at zero.
Source and method
Item 20 (outlet counts) Table 3 · franchised outlets at year end
Where current outlets are
Franchised outlets at year end by state, as the filing's Item 20 Table 3 counts them. Not a list of where the franchisor may sell new units.
Current outlets (count on the tile) · 26 statesNo current outlet
153 franchised outlets at year end in 26 states (Item 20 Table 3).
Government records
SBA loan data
Lenders charged off 22.9% of 48 resolved SBA 7(a) loans, above the 14.3% category median. 7(a) is the SBA's main small-business loan; a resolved loan was paid in full or charged off.
- Loans on file
- 64
- SBA 7(a) loans matched to this brand, incl. those still being repaid
- Loan volume
- $20.7M
- Average loan
- $323K
- loan volume divided by loans
- Charge-off rate
- 22.9%
- 11 of 48 resolved loans
- Paid in full
- 77.1%
- of resolved loans
- Charge-off, loans approved FY2016–FY2019
- 27.3%
- 6 of 22 resolved loans; newer loans have not had time to default, so this is not a trend
- Lenders
- 34
- Average interest rate
- 6.9%
- Jobs reported
- 612
- Lender concentration
- 22%
- top lender's share
Cumulative: every 7(a) loan matched to this brand in the SBA’s FOIA files, approved FY1991 onward. Historical lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
Benchmark: the median Cleaning & Maintenance brand charges off 14.3% (33 brands with a published rate, same cumulative window and source). This brand is 8.6 points above it.
Borrower mix: of 28 loans with a business-age entry, 25 recorded an age: 6 (24%) went to startups or businesses under two years old and 19 (76%) to established businesses or ownership changes; 3 were marked unanswered.
The approval-year breakdown covers 39 of the 48 resolved loans and 10 of the 11 charge-offs (FY2004 to FY2019).
SBA 7(a) · charge-off rate by approval year
Martinizing Dry Cleaning charge-off rate by loan approval year
None of these 9 approval years has 10 or more resolved loans, too few to draw a trend. Each year’s numbers are in the table below.
Show the numbers by year
| Year | Resolved | Charged off | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | Too few |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | Too few |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | Too few |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | Too few |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | Too few |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | Too few |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | Too few |
| 2018 | 9 | 4 | Too few |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | Too few |
Source and method
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Full SBA lending reportlenders · charge-off rate · trend
Lender network · SBA 7(a)
SBA Lending Report
Lender, state and yearly detail for Martinizing Dry Cleaning from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records.
- Principal charged off (% of dollars)
- 12.2%
- Average charge-off
- $229K
- across 11 charged-off loans
- Average SBA guarantee
- 72%
- Average interest rate
- 6.9%
- Lender concentration
- 22%
- Jobs reported
- 612
Top 10 SBA lenders by loan count
| Loans | Volume | Charge-off |
|---|---|---|
| Stearns Bank National Association | ||
| 14 | $3.7M | Not on file |
| Wells Fargo Bank National Association | ||
| 6 | $2.1M | Not on file |
| Citizens Bank, National Association | ||
| 5 | $2.0M | Not on file |
| Stellar Bank | ||
| 3 | $1.5M | Not on file |
| Bank of Hope | ||
| 2 | $342K | Not on file |
A lender’s rate counts only its resolved loans, the loans that have finished (paid in full or charged off); a 0.0% often means few of its loans have finished. Under 10 resolved loans, the rate reads “Too few”.
Charge-off rate by state (top 10 by loans)
| State | Loans | Charged off | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX Texas | 13 | 3 | Too few7 resolved |
| MI Michigan | 7 | 0 | Too few4 resolved |
| CA California | 6 | 2 | Too few6 resolved |
| FL Florida | 4 | 0 | Too few3 resolved |
| NC North Carolina | 4 | 0 | Too few2 resolved |
| PA Pennsylvania | 4 | 1 | Too few3 resolved |
| AZ Arizona | 3 | 1 | Too few2 resolved |
| CO Colorado | 3 | 0 | Too few3 resolved |
| GA Georgia | 3 | 0 | Too few2 resolved |
| IL Illinois | 3 | 0 | Too few3 resolved |
Rate: charged-off loans over resolved loans (paid in full plus charged off), shown from 10 resolved loans. "Too few": under 10 resolved. The Loans column counts every approval in the window, including loans still being repaid.
SBA 7(a) loans approved per year
Borrower profile
The SBA's own business-age labels (6)
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level data, matched to the brand by FranchiseVerdict.
A 22.9% charge-off rate means about 1 in 4 resolved SBA 7(a) loans to this brand was charged off. The approval-year chart above shows which years they came from.
What are the risks?
Main risk: a shrinking system. Franchised outlets fell from 163 to 153 over the two years to 2025.
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Verdict grade + FDD Items 3 (litigation), 4 (bankruptcy), 8 (required suppliers), 16 (what you may sell), 21 (audited financials)
Risk and legal
Grade B: Second tier, 56/100 (category median 56); the full grade is at the top of the page.
How the grade is built
Why a B, factor by factor
- Financial health HelpsAudited financials; no going-concern doubt; franchisor net income positive; 42% of its assets are owed to it by related companies (Item 21; shown, not scored)
- Unit economics HelpsAvg net sales $539K on a $60K investment midpoint, 9.0x (net sales, not profit)
- Unit growth Weighs on it, weakest dimension-10 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (163 to 153, -6.1% in total, -3.1% a year compounded); turnover 7.8%
- Scale Helps153 franchised units; franchising since 2021
- Legal HelpsNo litigation naming the franchisor in Item 3
- Transparency HelpsItem 19 discloses financial performance; audited financials
- Adjustments after the six dimensions (-18 points)SBA loan record: the SBA charge-off rate (22.9% on 48 resolved loans) is between 20% and 50%, a range the score counts against a brand, so it took 15 points off. The score uses fixed ranges, not the category median, so a rate below its category median can still cost points.Score limits: a ceiling the method sets for specific risks (such as a very high SBA charge-off rate, high turnover or an auditor's going-concern doubt) took 3 points off.
From the six scored dimensions, an editorial assessment, not investment advice. How the score is built
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation disclosed.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Metwally CPA PLLC
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
Ask what the franchisor earns on the supplies it sells you or the rebates it takes (Item 8).
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Franchisor takes supplier rebates: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: Yes
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before your own operating costs.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12 (territory), 15 (owner participation) and 17 (renewal, termination and disputes)
Contract and territory detail
| Protected territory | Yes |
|---|---|
| Exclusive territory | No |
| Territory population | 20,000 |
| Online sales rights | Reserved by franchisor |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Non-compete (years) | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles) | 3 mi |
| Right of first refusal | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Florida |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Florida |
Items 10 (financing), 11 (training and support)
Training and operations
- On-the-job training
- 61 hrs
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- franchisor
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- SPOT
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 (initial fees) & 11 (training and support)
Franchisor support
Item 20 (outlet counts) · call current owners
Franchisee contacts
Who can you call before you sign?
71 current outlets listed
Each record has a phone number and state. No franchisee names or cities. 76 records: 71 current outlets + 5 former owners (terminated, transferred, not renewed or otherwise left). From the filing's Item 20 (the outlet list); the FDD itself is the free source. Our list covers 71 of the 153 franchised outlets Item 20 counts at year end; the owner exhibit prints the rest without a usable phone number, or omits them.
For your own due-diligence calls only. Not for telemarketing, marketing lists, or automated or prerecorded calls or texts.
The list is not offered for this brand yet. The FDD's Item 20 exhibit lists the owners.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to open a Martinizing Dry Cleaning franchise?
Per the 2026 FDD, the total investment to open a Martinizing Dry Cleaning franchise ranges from $41K to $79K, with an initial franchise fee of $27K – $60K. This is the Item 7 total in the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD): the startup costs the franchisor lists, such as build-out, equipment, inventory and working capital. It usually leaves out buying land or a building; Item 7's notes say what is excluded.
What do Martinizing Dry Cleaning franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Martinizing Dry Cleaning FDD, average net sales were $539K (40 outlets reporting; net sales, not profit). The median is $425K. Reported as net sales, not gross sales. What an owner keeps depends on location, operating costs and management.
Who owns Martinizing Dry Cleaning?
Martinizing Dry Cleaning is franchised by Martinizing International, LLC. Its parent company is Clean Franchise Brands, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Martinizing Dry Cleaning 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 Martinizing Dry Cleaning FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Martinizing Dry Cleaning's franchise failure rate?
There is no published franchise failure rate. What is measurable is Martinizing Dry Cleaning's SBA charge-off rate: 22.9% on 48 resolved loans. Put plainly: 1 in 4 SBA 7(a) loans to Martinizing Dry Cleaning owners charged off (11 of 48 resolved loans, approved since FY1991); loans approved FY2016–FY2019: 6 of 22 resolved loans charged off (27.3%); newer loans have not had time to default, so this is not a trend. The SBA charge-off rate is the share of a brand's resolved SBA 7(a) loans to its franchisees that the SBA wrote off, including purchased guarantees. Resolved means paid in full or charged off; active loans are excluded because their outcome is not yet known. It is a lending outcome, not a count of closed businesses. A franchisee can repay and close, or default and keep trading.
How many Martinizing Dry Cleaning franchise locations are there?
Per the 2026 FDD, Martinizing Dry Cleaning has 153 franchised units and 0 company-owned (153 in all). In the latest year, the number of franchised outlets did not change (12 opened, 12 closed).
Is Martinizing Dry Cleaning a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict gives Martinizing Dry Cleaning a B Verdict grade (Second tier) with a verdict score of 56 out of 100 (higher is better), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Helped by financial health (audited financials), unit economics, scale, legal record and transparency. Held back by unit growth (-10 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025: 163 to 153, -6.1% in total, -3.1% a year compounded). The “Why a B” section on this page lists all six dimensions and any adjustment. Speak with current franchisees before making any investment decision.
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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.