Skip to main content
FranchiseVerdict
Trublue logo

Trublue Franchise Cost & 2026 FDD Data

Home ServicesOhioFranchising since 2011

93/100

Strongest tier

93 this brand56 Home Services medianlikely 89–97: narrower with more SBA loans (high confidence)

Higher is better · an editorial assessment, not investment advice

#39 of 3,068 graded brands

Why an A: Helped by financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal record and transparency. See all six factors

Total investment
$70K – $96K
excl. real estate
Avg gross sales
$438K
42 Cumulative Franchisees; not profit
SBA charge-off
1 resolved of 12 loans: too few to judge
2026 FDD8 of 8 figures cite a filing pageA manager may run itExclusive territory

Data from the FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records. Analysis by FranchiseVerdict · Methodology · Website · Report an error · Franchisor? Claim this listing

One-time PDF; full refund within 7 days if the data does not match the FDD

FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026 FDD

Per the 2026 FDD, a Trublue franchise requires a total initial investment of $70K – $96K, excluding real estate, including a $50K franchise fee. Once open, the ongoing royalty is 6.0%. Per the 2026 FDD, average gross sales per franchisee were $438K. This franchisor reports Item 19 per franchisee rather than per outlet, so the figure is not comparable with per-outlet averages (Item 19: 42 Cumulative Franchisees; gross sales, not profit). Verdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice.

Sources: 2026 FDD · What one unit could make and lose →

Sources, dates and evidence

FDD issued: 2026 filing · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low (the current year's filing)

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 scored8 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.

Overview

Bottom line

  • RETURNSAverage gross sales per franchisee of $438K/year (outlet median $348K; Item 19: 42 Cumulative Franchisees; gross sales, not profit). Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures.
  • GROWTHIn the latest Item 20 year, the number of franchised outlets grew by 31 (41 opened, 10 left the franchised system, 3 of them bought back by the franchisor).
  • FLAG6 units terminated last reporting year (5.8% of the franchised outlets open at the start of that year). Ask existing franchisees why.

AT STAKEOne unit at the Item 7 midpoint: $11K a year in payments on assumed SBA 7(a)-style terms.You put in about $17K of your own cash and personally guarantee a $67K loan. Assumptions are labeled in Sales; not investment advice.See what one unit could make and lose

Things to check before you sign (3)

  • 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).
  • The franchisor receives rebates or payments from suppliers you buy from (Item 8, required suppliers).

Checked and clear: no auditor doubt that the franchisor can keep operating, no net loss of franchised outlets in the latest Item 20 years, no pending lawsuit naming the franchisor, no rule that the owner must run it personally and the full filing on file, and an Item 19 average from 42 units. Not on file here, so ask: SBA charge-off rate against the category median.

What to do next

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 49% below the Home Services median ($164K).

Total investment$70K – $96K
2026 FDD p.17, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 17, Item 7(Note 13) $0 – 2,000 As Incurred Before opening Suppliers Total (Note 12) $70,050 – $96,400 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing; the figure on this page is rounded. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Excludes real estate (p.17)
Franchise fee$49,900
2026 FDD p.16, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 16, Item 7INITIAL INVESTMENT Type of Expenditure Amount Method of Payment When Due To Whom Payment is to be Made Initial Franchise Fee (Note 1) $49,900 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Royalty6.0%
2026 FDD p.13, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 13, Item 6… or similar right to acquire additional franchises. ITEM 6. OTHER FEES OTHER FEES Type of Fee Amount Due Date Remarks Royalty – Note 1 6% of Gross Revenues; …Quoted from the franchisor's filing. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Ad fund2.0%
2026 FDD p.13, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 13, Item 6Note 3 Greater of 2% of Gross Revenues or …Quoted from the franchisor's filing.
Working capital$8K – $20K

Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7 (fees and startup costs)

Do you qualify? The filing states no minimum net worth or liquid capital. Ask T.B. Franchising Systems, Inc. (Item 1: 4755 Lake Forest Drive, Suite 100, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242) and your lender what they require, and keep living costs for the first year outside the deal.

Full Item 7 breakdown12 line items

Initial investment breakdown

Item 7 initial investment line items
Line itemLowHigh
Initial Franchise Fee$49.9K$49.9K
Furniture and Office Equipment$500$1K
Tools and Equipment$3K$5K
Computer System$1.5K$4K
Travel and living expenses while training$1.25K$2.5K
Initial Telephones, Call Center Answering Service, Bank and Other Deposits$500$1K
Grand Opening Promotion$3K$4K
Licenses . Senior Home Safety Certification$400$1K
Limited Liability Entity$500$1K
Insurance$1.5K$5K
Additional Funds - 3 months$8K$20K
Vehicle$0$2K
Total initial investment$70K$96K

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

Trublue: Item 6 recurring fees
FeeAmount
RoyaltyPercentage of sales; timing as set out in Item 6. Minimum: Minimum Royalty of $500/month for first 12 months, then $1,000/month thereafter (floor beneath the 6% royalty)6.0% of gross revenues
Marketing / ad fund2.0% of gross revenues
Technology feeMonthly Technology Fee of $195 for website, email, proprietary software and other technology$195/month
Transfer fee$15,000
Total fee loadnear the Home Services median of 8.0%8.0% of sales

What do units actually make?

Average gross sales are 26% below the Home Services median ($593K).

Avg gross sales$438K

Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures

Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system

2026 FDD p.41, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 41Gross Revenues 18483032 Low Range of Gross Revenues 75157 Average Gross Revenues 438,095 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing; the figure on this page is rounded.
Median gross sales$348K
2026 FDD p.41, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 41Median Range of Gross Revenues $347,879 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing; the figure on this page is rounded.
Item 19 typeGross Revenue by quartile and cumulative (historic actual data), plus a first-full-calendar-year owner cohort
Sample size42 franchisees

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 Trublue unit would ask of you, from the filing's Item 7 total and labeled assumptions.

Average gross sales are $438K (FDD p.41), and the royalty and ad fund take about $35K of that a year (Item 6). This brand's Item 19 does not print cost lines. Enter your own from a lease quote, a payroll plan and calls with current owners. So this box does not estimate a profit. To cover the loan payment alone, one unit has to clear $11K 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 $83K Item 7 midpoint is a $67K loan, paid over 10 years at 10.5%: $11K a year. SBA 7(a)-style terms on a long-term rate; your lender sets yours. Trublue's past SBA 7(a) loans averaged 8.8% 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 $17K Assumption (the part the loan does not cover of the $83K Item 7 midpoint), plus whatever anything Item 7 leaves out (its notes say what). The loan is $67K.

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 does not print cost lines. Enter your own from a lease quote, a payroll plan and calls with current owners. Invested capital is the Item 7 total, which already includes its working-capital (additional funds) line.

Returns model · one unit

What would one Trublue unit leave you each year after the loan payment?

FDDFrom the filingNot set: this brand's filing does not supply it and we will not substitute one. Enter your ownYou overrode an FDD valueAssumed: our stated assumption, edit it
Gross sales · per franchisee, per year (not per outlet)

Item 19: $438,095 average for 42 franchisees (Cumulative Franchisees). Use a figure for outlets like yours if yours differ.

Gross sales, not profit: the costs below decide what is left.

Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund

The filing also sets a minimum or cap on these fees: “Minimum Royalty of $500/month for first 12 months, then $1,000/month thereafter (floor beneath the 6% royalty)”; “6% of Gross Revenues, with a $500/month minimum for the first 12 months and $1,000/month minimum thereafter” (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.

Operating costs · you supply them

This brand's Item 19 does not print cost lines. Enter your own from a lease quote, a payroll plan and calls with current owners.

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.

Total invested capital · what you put in to open

Item 7 midpoint of $70K to $96K

Item 7's $8K to $20K additional funds are already in the total

Financing · assumed SBA 7(a)-style loan

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.


Unit EBITDA · annual
Needs the inputs above
EBITDA margin
Needs the inputs above
Total invested
$83K
Your cash in
$17K
Loan payment · assumed
$11K/yr
Return on invested capital
Needs the inputs above
Payback
Needs the inputs above

Loan of $67K 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.

One unit only. An owner of several units also pays for shared services (managers, accounting, a head office), which the multi-unit model adds on top of these figures.
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 T.B. Franchising Systems, Inc.

Financial performance

Range (low → high)
$75K→$1.8MSource: 2026 FDD, page 40
Cohort dispersion (min → max)
Top and bottom 25%
$214K→$845K
Bottom group → top group: the top and bottom 25% as the filing reports them
Percentile ranks within Home Services
Gross sales rank
No comparison data
Investment cost rank17th percentile
among 286 brands with the figure · a high percentile means costlier to open
Royalty rate rank24th percentile
among 255 brands with the figure · a low percentile means a lower royalty
Unit count rank74th percentile
among 282 brands with the figure

Each rank is among the Home Services brands that report that figure (the count is under each bar).

Showing the headline figures. All 144 extracted fields are in the Full FDD Report →

Who are you contracting with?

T.B. Franchising Systems, Inc.

Item 1 (the franchisor) · who you're contracting with

The franchisor

Corporate structure & franchisor financials
Legal entity
T.B. Franchising Systems, Inc.
CEO title
President, Director
Sean Fitzgerald
Incorporated in
Ohio
HQ
4755 Lake Forest Drive, Suite 100, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Auditor
Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$4.4M
latest fiscal year in the 2026 FDD; $3.2M the year before

Overview

About

TruBlue offers franchises to operate residential and commercial property management businesses providing maintenance and repair, yard care, snow removal, senior home safety modifications, and residential cleaning services.

CEO
Sean Fitzgerald
Franchised outlets in
34 states and territories
Item 20 Table 3, at year end

Is the system healthy?

+41 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (94 to 135, +43.6% in total, +19.8% a year compounded).

Franchised units135
Verified · 2026 FDD p.43, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 43, Item 20OUTLET SUMMARY For Years 2023 through 20253 Outlet Type Year Outlets at the Start of the Year Outlets at the End of the Year Net Change Franchised Outlets 2023 84 94 +10 2024 94 104 +10 2025 104 135 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Transferred14
Net change, latest year+31 (favorable)(+29.8%)
Turnover rate7.4%

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
Multi-unit owners
20.0%

Last fiscal year · Item 20 rates and pipeline

Reacquired
3
Franchisor bought back
Signed, not yet open
5
1 for every 27 open outlets · Item 20 Table 5
Projected new
20
Franchisor's next-year forecast

Item 20 · franchised units at year end

Franchised units rose from 94 in 2023 to 135 in 2025

Axis does not start at zero.

Source and method
FDD Item 20, franchised outlets at each year end. Opened and closed are the latest year's counts.

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) · 34 statesNo current outlet

135 franchised outlets at year end in 34 states (Item 20 Table 3).

Government records

SBA loan data

Matched to this brand from SBA 7(a) and 504 FOIA loan records.

Loans on file
12
SBA 7(a) loans matched to this brand, incl. those still being repaid
Loan volume
$1.6M
Average loan
$130K
loan volume divided by loans
Charge-off rate
1 resolved of 12 loans: too few to judge
Limited SBA coverage: 12 loans, rate hidden until 10 have resolved and loans reach 2% of franchised units
Paid in full
1 resolved of 12 loans: too few to judge
Recent-loan charge-off
1 resolved of 12 loans: too few to judge
Lenders
8
Average interest rate
8.8%
Jobs reported
70
Lender concentration
42%
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

Borrower mix: of 11 loans with a business-age entry, 10 recorded an age: 8 (80%) went to startups or businesses under two years old and 2 (20%) to established businesses or ownership changes; 1 was marked unanswered.

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 Trublue from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records.

Average SBA guarantee
80%
Average interest rate
8.8%
Lender concentration
42%
Jobs reported
70

Top 10 SBA lenders by loan count

LoansVolumeCharge-off
United Midwest Savings Bank National Association
5$750KNot on file
Stearns Bank National Association
1$70KNot on file
Numerica CU
1$105KNot on file
SouthPoint Bank
1$249KNot on file
TD Bank, National Association
1$25KNot 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)

StateLoansCharged offRate
MI Michigan20Too few0 resolved
AL Alabama10Too few0 resolved
CA California10Too few0 resolved
CO Colorado10Too few0 resolved
FL Florida10Too few0 resolved
KY Kentucky10Too few0 resolved
MA Massachusetts10Too few1 resolved
NY New York10Too few0 resolved
PA Pennsylvania10Too few0 resolved
TX Texas10Too few0 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

2017
1
2019
1
2020
2
2022
1
2023
1
2024
1
2025
5

Borrower profile

The SBA's own business-age labels (4)
Startup (opening with the loan)6 (60%)
New (2 years or less)2 (20%)
Existing (over 2 years)2 (20%)
Unanswered1

Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level data, matched to the brand by FranchiseVerdict.

What are the risks?

SBA charge-off1 resolved of 12 loans: too few to judge
Litigation3 cases
Auditor going-concern doubtNo (favorable)

Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21

Litigation case detail3 matters · Item 3

Litigation cases

The franchisor

Concluded (2)

  • Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation v. C.T. Franchising Systems, Inc.; F.C. Franchising Systems, Inc; G.C. Franchising Systems, Inc.; T.B. Franchising Systems, Inc.; Pet Wants Franchise System, LLC

    concluded

    Government or regulatory action · filed 2021-07-20 · California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

    “We and our affiliates entered into a Consent Order with the California Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation on July 20, 2021 resulting from an officer/director’s failure to inform us of a 2012 personal bankruptcy filing.”Page 11 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
  • Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation v. C.T. Franchising Systems, Inc.; F.C. Franchising Systems, Inc; G.C. Franchising Systems, Inc.; T.B. Franchising Systems, Inc.; Pet Wants Franchise System, LLC (filed 2021-12-13)

    concluded

    Government or regulatory action · filed 2021-12-13 · California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

    “We and our affiliates entered into a Consent Order with the California Commissioner of Financial Protection and Innovation on December 13, 2021 acknowledging that the certified public accountant that audited our financial statements was not registered as a public accounting firm in Ohio as required by Ohio accounting regulations.”Page 11 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3

Parent, affiliates, master franchisor and subfranchisor

Concluded (1)

  • Commonwealth of Virginia v. F.C. Franchising Systems, Inc.

    settled

    Government or regulatory action · F.C. Franchising Systems, Inc. dba Fresh Coat (FCFSI, our affiliate) · filed 2021-03-03 · Virginia State Corporation Commission, Division of Securities and Retail Franchising · SEC-2020-00036

    “… Case No. SEC-2020-00036. Our affiliate, F.C. Franchising Systems, Inc. dba Fresh Coat (“FCFSI”), entered into a Settlement Order with the Virginia State Corporation Commission's Division of Securities and Retail Franchising on March 3, 2021.”Page 11 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3

Item 3 lists the litigation the franchisor must disclose; a matter against a parent, an affiliate or a named officer is not a matter against the franchisor, and pending claims are allegations, not findings.

What are you signing up for?

Ongoing fees run about 8.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before your own operating costs.

Initial term10 yrs
Renewal term10 yrs
TerritoryExclusive (favorable)
Initial training40 hrs

Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17

FDD Items 12 (territory), 15 (owner participation) and 17 (renewal, termination and disputes)

Contract and territory detail

Allowed renewals2
Protected territoryYes
Exclusive territoryYes
Territory population175,000
Franchisor can competeYes
Who runs it (Item 15)A manager may run it
Non-compete (years)2 years
Non-compete (miles)15 mi
Right of first refusalYes
Transfer requires consentYes
Termination notice30 days
Curable defaults6
Mandatory arbitrationYes
Arbitration locationHamilton County, Ohio
Jury trial waiverYes
Governing lawOhio

Items 10 (financing), 11 (training and support)

Training and operations

Classroom training
40 hrs
On-the-job training
0 hrs
Training location
Cincinnati, Ohio
Ongoing training
Optional
Time to open
6 mo
From signing to launch
Site selection
franchisee
Franchisor financing
Not offered
Item 10

Items 5 (initial fees) & 11 (training and support)

Franchisor support

No: Site selection assistance
No: Grand opening support
No: Lease negotiation help

Item 20 (outlet counts) · call current owners

Franchisee contacts

Who can you call before you sign?

100 current outlets listed

Records carry a phone number and state (state on 98 of 100). 1 of 100 also name the franchisee; 1 of 100 also name a city. 100 records. From the filing's Item 20 (the outlet list); the FDD itself is the free source. Our list covers 100 of the 135 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.

Free preview
Virginia(254) 702-••••Wv 25414 3636 Pannell Lane (301) 676-6300 CulpeperVA
100 contacts on file
(240) 426-••••MD
(773) 858-••••IL

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to open a Trublue franchise?

Per the 2026 FDD, the total investment to open a Trublue franchise ranges from $70K to $96K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. 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. The filing says these totals do not include real estate.

What do Trublue franchise owners earn?

According to Item 19 of the Trublue FDD, average gross sales were $438K (42 Cumulative Franchisees; gross sales, not profit). The median is $348K. Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures. What an owner keeps depends on location, operating costs and management.

Who owns Trublue?

Trublue is franchised by T.B. Franchising Systems, Inc. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.

What is Item 19 in the Trublue 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 Trublue FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.

What is Trublue's franchise failure rate?

There is no published franchise failure rate, and Trublue has too few resolved SBA 7(a) loans on file (fewer than 10) to show an SBA charge-off rate that would mean anything. 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. Review the turnover and closure figures in Item 20 of the FDD and speak with current and former franchisees.

How many Trublue franchise locations are there?

Per the 2026 FDD, Trublue has 135 franchised units and 0 company-owned (135 in all). In the latest year, the number of franchised outlets grew by 31 (41 opened, 10 left the franchised system, 3 of them bought back by the franchisor).

Is Trublue a good franchise to buy?

FranchiseVerdict gives Trublue an A Verdict grade (Strongest tier) with a verdict score of 93 out of 100 (higher is better), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Helped by financial health (audited financials), unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal record and transparency. The “Why an A” section on this page lists all six dimensions and any adjustment. Speak with current franchisees before making any investment decision.

Other Home Services franchises

Similar investment first, then by grade

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.