Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Tumble Fresh is a laundromat franchise operating clean, modern self-service coin and card laundry facilities. Franchisees run the stores, managing equipment upkeep, supplies, and operations.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry franchise requires a total initial investment of $1.1M – $2.7M, including a $40K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2026 FDD, average unit revenue was $575K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2026 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $1.1M – $2.7M
- 86th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Avg gross sales
- $575K
- Incl. company outlets18th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 9th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Units
- 17
- 28th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Cleaning & Maintenance · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Cleaning & Maintenance avg · 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 $1.1M – $2.7M including a $40K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $575K/year (median $534K) (includes company-owned outlets).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 54/100 (higher is better).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Tumble Fresh Franchising, LLC
- Predecessor
- Linn Retail Centers, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- President and Chief Manager
- Stephen Linn
- Incorporated in
- Minnesota
- HQ
- 7616 Currell Boulevard, Suite 100, Woodbury, MN 55125-2295
- Auditor
- REDPATH AND COMPANY, LLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $47K
- vs $90K prior year
Affiliated brands
- Linn Retail Centers
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Stephen Linn
- Headquarters
- MN
- Founded
- 2022
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 2
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 509% above the typical cleaning & maintenance franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown16 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $40K | $40K | |
| Lease Security Deposit | $5K | $13K | |
| Rentnot refundable | $22K | $78K | |
| Utilities | $750 | $2K | |
| Leasehold Improvementsnot refundable | $330K | $1.0M | |
| Market Introduction Programnot refundable | $5K | $20K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipmentnot refundable | $600K | $1.2M | |
| Computer Systemsnot refundable | $25K | $70K | |
| Insurancenot refundable | $500 | $3K | |
| Signagenot refundable | $9K | $220K | |
| Office Expensesnot refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Inventorynot refundable | $4K | $7K | |
| Licenses and Permitsnot refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Professional Fees (lawyer, accountant, etc.)not refundable | $2K | $3K | |
| Travel, lodging and meals for initial trainingnot refundable | $2K | $2K | |
| Additional funds (for first 3 months)not refundable | $40K | $60K | |
| Total initial investment | $1.1M | $2.7M |
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
- $1.1M – $2.7M
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $40K – $60K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Franchise fee
- $40K – $40K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- Gross Sales · 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 | $400 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $4K – $7K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 36% below the cleaning & maintenance norm.
Includes company-owned outlets
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
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
$63K
11.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
3%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
30.9 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit. The target band for an attractive franchise is 30–60% ROIC. Below that and a passive index fund likely outperforms; above that and the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses. It's the top line only. Operating costs below are category estimates. Override them to match your real lease quote, labor market, and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
3%
Below the 30–60% attractive-franchise band
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$460K
on $2.3M purchase
Total debt
$1.8M
SBA $1.1M + senior + seller note
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
Includes company-owned outlets
- Avg gross sales
- $575K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $534K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 15 outlets
- vs category median 32 · small
- Range (low → high)
- $388K→$825K
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Transparency tier
- revenue_only
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 192 Cleaning & Maintenance brands
Revenue is only 0.3x the investment. This means each unit may take 5+ years to recoup the initial outlay at typical margins.
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $575K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 0.3x. Includes company-owned outlets.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 8.0% — below the Cleaning & Maintenance average of 9.7%.
Disclosure
Transparency score 4/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System expanding at 100.0% CAGR over 3 years across 17 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 Cleaning & Maintenance averages
How Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 17
- Opened
- 0
- 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
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 15
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 12%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +100.0%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +100.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 0
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 2 states 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.
2
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
Fast growth in a small system. Newer franchisors expanding quickly may not yet have the support infrastructure of larger systems.
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
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · REDPATH AND COMPANY, LLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORThin net worth $13,122, net loss -$8,168
- 02MINORSmall revenue $90,093
- 03MINORNo litigation/bankruptcy/going-concern
- 04MINOREarly-stage (began 2022), mostly company-owned units
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% 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 | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Radius/Population |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Online sales rights | Granted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Minnesota |
| Litigation count | 0 |
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 23 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 28 hrs
- Training location
- Off-site and On-site
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- FasCard Payment Processing system
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: FasCard Payment Processing system
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
2 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry · FDD (2026) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry franchise?
The total investment to open a Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry franchise ranges from $1.1M – $2.7M, with an initial franchise fee of $40K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $575K. The median is $534K. Important context: Includes company-owned outlets. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Item 19 in the Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry 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 Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry (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 Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry has 17 total units in the United States, including 2 franchised units and 15 company-owned units.
Is Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Tumble Fresh Coin Laundry as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 54 out of 100 (higher is better), 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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