Prolift Garage DoorsFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS franchise requires a total initial investment of $139K – $224K, including a $65K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $454K[2]. SBA 7(a) loans show a 52.6% charge-off rate across 62 loans[1]. Verdict grade: F. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 21, 2026 · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $139K – $224K
- 51st pct Home Services
- Avg gross sales
- $454K
- 13th pct Home Services
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 13th pct Home Services
- Units
- 70
- 46th pct Home Services
- SBA default
- 52.6%
- system-wide median varies by category
Quick verdict · Home Services · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Home Services avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
52.6% of SBA loans charged off across 62 loans, above the 16% franchise average.
Franchised units fell from 70 to 69 over 3 years. Investigate why operators are leaving.
17 legal cases disclosed in the FDD. Read Item 3 before signing.
Bottom line
- Total investment $139K – $224K including a $65K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $454K/year (median $353K).
- Verdict F (Bottom Quintile) with a risk score of 95/100. SBA loan charge-off rate of 52.6% across 62 loans (well above the 16% franchise average, based on all SBA 7(a) franchise lending, 2010–2024).
- 17 litigation matters disclosed in Item 3, higher than typical. Review the summary for patterns (franchisor-initiated vs. franchisee-initiated).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- Pro-Lift Doors Franchise, LLC
- Parent company
- PSB Group, LLC
- Ultimate parent
- AE Capital, LLC
- Predecessor
- and Affiliates
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Paul Flick
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 126 Garrett Street, Suite J, Charlottesville, VA 22902
- Auditor
- Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates, PLLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $23.6M
- vs $25.4M prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Independent franchisee associations
- Franchise Advisory Council (FAC)
Franchisee-led councils or alliances disclosed in Item 20. Indicates operator voice.
Affiliated brands
- House Doctors
- RooterMan
- Maid Right
- Rubbish Works
- The Grout Medic
- Window Gang
- Kitchen Wise
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
Prolift Garage Doors franchisees operate local garage door sales, installation, and service businesses. Day-to-day operations include responding to customer service calls, performing door installations and repairs, managing inventory, and handling sales/estimates. The business model relies on territorial exclusivity and brand reputation for repeat and referral business.
- CEO
- Paul Flick
- Headquarters
- VA
- Founded
- 2015
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 24
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing · 14 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise Feenot refundable | $65K | $65K | |
| Vehicle | $2K | $5K | |
| Real Estate and/or Leasehold Improvements | $500 | $3K | |
| Equipment & Supplies | $15K | $23K | |
| Insurance | $2K | $5K | |
| Signage | $3K | $4K | |
| Technology Fee | $5K | $5K | |
| Grand Opening | $3K | $5K | |
| Training Expenses | $3K | $5K | |
| Licenses/Bonds | $100 | $2K | |
| Professional Fees | $2K | $3K | |
| Designated Manager Salary | $0 | $30K | |
| Marketing | $10K | $20K | |
| Additional Funds (6 months) | $30K | $50K | |
| Total initial investment | $139K | $224K |
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.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$50K
11.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
23%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
4.4 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $139K – $224K
- Near category avg vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $30K – $50K
- Near category avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $65K – $65K
- Below avg, review vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- weekly · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $210 |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $15K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $454K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $353K
- Item 19 type
- gross_sales
- Sample size
- 45 units
- vs category median 25
- Range (low → high)
- $91K→$2.3M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $162K→$1.0M
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Transparency tier
- full
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Transparency
- 4 / 5
- vs category median 4 / 5 · typical
Compared against 349 Home Services brands
vs Home Services averages
How Prolift Garage Doors Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 70
- Opened
- 7
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 31
- Terminated
- 4
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 44.3%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 1.0%
- Net growth (yr3)
- -25.5%
- Net unit change last year
- 3-yr CAGR
- +1.4%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Transfers (3yr)
- 1
- Transfer rate
- 1.4%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Termination rate
- 5.7%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 38.6%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 34 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.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- Illinois
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
A system losing more than 10% of its units year-over-year is a red flag. Check whether closures are concentrated in specific regions.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 62
- Loan volume
- $9.0M
- Median loan
- $150K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- 52.6%
- rates vary by category · see methodology
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- 47.4%
- 5-yr charge-off
- 50.0%
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 10
- Defaults
- 10
Vintage analysis
Prolift Garage Doors charge-off rate by loan vintage
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
A 52.6% charge-off rate means roughly 1 in 2 franchisees failed to repay their SBA loan. Investigate what changed.
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Prolift Garage Doors exhibits extreme systemic risk: rapid unit collapse, pervasive litigation including fraud allegations, regulatory violations across multiple states, undisclosed profitability, and franchisor financial distress—avoid investment.
Litigation (Item 3)
Two pending lawsuits: (1) Willett v. Window Gang, LLC - franchisee alleges fraud and breach regarding territory sale, seeks $320,000 and rescission; franchisor counterclaims for breach and trade secret misappropriation seeking $75,000. (2) 360 Painting, LLC v. Chshelokovskiy - franchisor alleges breach, trade secret misappropriation, conversion, and unjust enrichment, seeks $185,524.25 and injunctive relief.
Largest disclosed settlement: $508,390
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates, PLLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
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 95 / 100 rating
- 01MINOR25.5% unit contraction year-over-year indicates systemic franchisee failure or departure
- 02HIGH17 active legal actions including fraud allegations and multiple state consent orders for disclosure violations suggest corporate compliance failures
- 03MEDNet income not disclosed despite $454K average revenue—inability or unwillingness to provide Item 19 financial performance suggests poor profitability or hidden liabilities
- 04HIGHGoing Concern status = FALSE indicates franchisor financial instability or solvency concerns
- 05HIGHHigh litigation involving breach of contract and prior franchisee settlements suggests adversarial franchisor-franchisee relationships
- 06MINORRoyalty structure ($150/week minimum = $7,800 annually) creates high fixed costs on declining unit base, pressuring franchisor viability
- 07MINORMultiple state consent orders (MD, IL, VA, CA, WA) indicate pattern of franchise law violations across jurisdictions
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Zip codes |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Virginia |
| Litigation count | 17 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
Two pending lawsuits: (1) Willett v. Window Gang, LLC - franchisee alleges fraud and breach regarding territory sale, seeks $320,000 and rescission; franchisor counterclaims for breach and trade secret misappropriation seeking $75,000. (2) 360 Painting, LLC v. Chshelokovskiy - franchisor alleges breach, trade secret misappropriation, conversion, and unjust enrichment, seeks $185,524.25 and injunctive relief.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 50 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 0 hrs
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 2 mo
- From signing to launch
- POS system
- ServiceTitan
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: ServiceTitan
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
74 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS franchise?
The total investment to open a PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS franchise ranges from $139K – $224K, with an initial franchise fee of $65K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $454K. The median is $353K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS's franchise failure rate?
Based on SBA 7(a) loan data, PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS has a charge-off rate of 52.6% across 62 loans, meaning 52.6% of franchise loans were charged off. Charge-off rates are one proxy for franchise risk, though they do not capture all closures. This data comes from FOIA-sourced SBA lending records.
How many PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS has 70 total units in the United States, including 70 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 7 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates PROLIFT GARAGE DOORS as a F-grade franchise with a risk score of 95 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. 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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