Mosquito Hunters Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $118K – $140K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Limited · 27 loans
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Mosquito Hunters franchise requires a total initial investment of $118K – $140K, including a $50K franchise fee and an ongoing 10.0% royalty[2]. The 2026 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: 2026 filing · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - the current year's filing
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 scored5 of 5 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $118K – $140K
- 42nd pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Outlet subsetProjection
- Royalty
- 10.0%
- 41st pct Business Serv…
- Units
- 145
- 52nd pct Business Serv…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Business Services · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Business Services 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 $118K – $140K including a $50K franchise fee, 10.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSThe figure shown was revenue from the HUMBUG HOLIDAY LIGHTING add-on service only, for the 34 franchisees who fully participated in the 2025 season (Table A.6, printed p.45). It contains no pest-control revenue at all. The core business is quantified only as customer counts, per-treatment pricing and per-customer program value.
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 79/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +10 franchised outlets in the latest year (15 opened, 5 closed); 7 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 18.9% CAGR over 3 years with 145 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Mosquito Hunters, LLC
- Parent company
- LD Parent, Inc.
- FDD Item 1, page 9 of the 2026 FDD
- Ultimate parent
- CNL Strategic Capital, LLC (via Levine Leichtman Capital Partners affiliated funds)
- FDD Item 1, page 9 of the 2026 FDD
- Predecessor
- MH Franchising, LLC
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chairman
- Scott D. Frith
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 142 State Route 34, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
- Auditor
- BDO USA, P.C.
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $47.8M
- vs $45.3M prior year
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 9
3 other brands on this site name CNL Strategic Capital, LLC (via Levine Leichtman Capital Partners affiliated funds) as parent or ultimate parent in their own FDD.
Portfolio: Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (private-equity sponsor)
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
Mobile outdoor pest control services (mosquito, flea, tick, ant, spider, rodent, cockroach eradication) combined with holiday lighting and décor design, installation, maintenance, and removal services under the PEST HUNTERS-MOSQUITO HUNTERS-HUMBUG HOLIDAY LIGHTING trademarks
- CEO
- Scott D. Frith
- Headquarters
- New Jersey
- Founded
- 2013
- FDD year
- 2026
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost is about typical for a business services franchise (near the category median).
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2026 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $50K | $50K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $15K | $21K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $53K | $68K |
| Total initial investment | $118K | $140K |
Source: Mosquito Hunters 2026 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $118K – $140K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $15K – $21K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 10.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 10.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of net sales |
| Technology fee | $150 |
| Training fee | $8K |
| Transfer fee | $25K |
| Inventory (initial) | $500 – $6K |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for Mosquito Hunters is on file. 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 Mosquito Hunters 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: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
The figure shown was revenue from the HUMBUG HOLIDAY LIGHTING add-on service only, for the 34 franchisees who fully participated in the 2025 season (Table A.6, printed p.45). It contains no pest-control revenue at all. The core business is quantified only as customer counts, per-treatment pricing and per-customer program value.
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
Not a revenue figure
- Item 19 type
- other
- Sample size
- 62
- vs category median 37
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
Compared against 296 Business Services brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
10.0% royalty + 2.0% ad fund — higher than the category average of 7.0%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports other rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Operator retention
System expanding at 18.9% CAGR over 3 years across 145 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
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 Business Services medians
How Mosquito Hunters Compares
Category median of published Business Services 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 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 145
- Opened
- 15
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 5
- Terminated
- 5
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 3.4%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +18.9%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +18.9%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 5
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 15
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 7
- 0.05 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 0
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 27 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 contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
88 current owners across 26 states; 17 former (terminated, transferred or not renewed) listed separately.
- TX 18
- FL 7
- NJ 7
- NY 7
- GA 5
- SC 5
- MD 4
- MI 4
- OH 4
- LA 3
- NC 3
- PA 3
- +14 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 27
- Loan volume
- $3.2M
- Median loan
- $126K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Limited · 27 loans
- Limited SBA coverage: 27 loans, rate hidden until 10 have resolved and loans reach 2% of franchised units
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Limited · 27 loans
- 5-yr charge-off
- Limited · 27 loans
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 9
- Defaults
- 2
- Typical loan rate
- 8.1%
- avg rate to borrowers
- vs industry
- N/A
- NAICS 5617
- Jobs supported
- 113
- 3.5 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 59%
- top lender's share
Borrower mix: 96% went to startups / new businesses, 4% to established operators
Top lenders financing Mosquito Hunters franchisees
Showing 3 of 9 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Lender network · 7(a) + 504
SBA Lending Report
Full lending analysis for Mosquito Hunters from SBA 7(a) FOIA data.
- Principal loss rate
- 5.4%
- Avg SBA guarantee
- 82%
- Avg interest rate
- 8.10%
- Avg chargeoff amount
- $86K
- Lender concentration
- 59.3%
- Job velocity
- 3.5 per $100K
- Jobs supported
- 113
Top SBA lendersTop lender holds 59% of loans
| # | Lender | Loans | Volume | Default % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
| 3 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
| 4 | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| 5 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
Geographic failure vector
| State | Loans | Defaults | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| TXTexas | 5 | 0 | 0.0% |
| FLFlorida | 4 | 1 | 100.0% |
| NYNew York | 3 | 0 | -- |
| MDMaryland | 2 | 0 | -- |
| MOMissouri | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| NCNorth Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| GAGeorgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| IAIowa | 1 | 0 | -- |
| LALouisiana | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| MIMichigan | 1 | 0 | -- |
SBA 7(a) lending trend
Borrower profile
Source: SBA 7(a) + 504 FOIA loan-level data, matched by FranchiseVerdict
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
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation disclosed in Item 3
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · BDO USA, P.C.
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 12.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory sizeℹ | Minimum 25,000 single-family residences |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 1 year |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 50 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Within 10 miles of MH's then-current principal office (currently New Jersey) |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation disclosed in Item 3
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 35 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 0 hrs
- Training location
- Holmdel, New Jersey (MH headquarters or nearby facilities), plus ~80.25 hours virtual pre-training
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
105 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 Mosquito Hunters franchise?
The total investment to open a Mosquito Hunters franchise ranges from $118K – $140K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Mosquito Hunters franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Mosquito Hunters FDD discloses figures for part of the system but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Mosquito Hunters?
Mosquito Hunters is franchised by Mosquito Hunters, LLC. Its parent company is LD Parent, Inc.. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is CNL Strategic Capital, LLC (via Levine Leichtman Capital Partners affiliated funds). Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Mosquito Hunters 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 Mosquito Hunters FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Mosquito Hunters's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Mosquito Hunters (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 Mosquito Hunters franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Mosquito Hunters has 145 total units in the United States, including 145 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 15 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Mosquito Hunters a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Mosquito Hunters as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 79 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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