TWS Temporary Wall Systems Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $153K – $366K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
TWS Temporary Wall Systems is a B2B franchise renting and installing modular temporary walls and dust barriers for construction, renovation, and events. Franchisees run a rental-and-install operation serving contractors and facilities in a territory.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A TWS Temporary Wall Systems franchise requires a total initial investment of $153K – $366K, including a $60K – $70K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.0% royalty[2]. The 2024 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: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: high - issued more than two years ago
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
- $153K – $366K
- 48th pct Business Serv…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned only1 outlet
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- 33rd pct Business Serv…
- Units
- 110
- 48th 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 $153K – $366K including a $60K franchise fee, 8.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 disclosed $2.6M from 1 affiliate-owned outlet across 110 total units. This reflects franchisor operations, not franchisee performance.
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 78/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +100 franchised outlets in the latest year (100 opened, 0 closed); 36 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 1000.0% CAGR over 3 years with 110 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Temp Walls Franchise Management, LLC
- Parent company
- HFB HoldCo, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 10 of the 2024 FDD
- Ultimate parent
- HFB HoldCo, LLC (Homefront Brands)
- FDD Item 1, page 10 of the 2024 FDD
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Jeffrey Dudan
- Incorporated in
- North Carolina
- HQ
- 107 Parr Drive, Huntersville, North Carolina 28078
- Auditor
- Davies, Goldstein & Associates CPA’s PLLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $1.9M
- vs $58K prior year
Affiliated brands
- DDL Investments
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 10
1 other brand on this site name HFB HoldCo, LLC (Homefront Brands) as parent or ultimate parent in their own FDD.
Grouped by the owner's name as each filing prints it (this page: the 2024 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
- CEO
- Jeffrey Dudan
- Headquarters
- NC
- Founded
- 2021
- FDD year
- 2024
- States available
- 22
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 95% above the typical business services franchise.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown18 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $60K | $70K | |
| Opening Assistance Feenot refundable | $5K | $5K | |
| Travel Expenses to Trainingnot refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Security Deposits and Rentnot refundable | $0 | $3K | |
| Office Furniturenot refundable | $0 | $2K | |
| Vehiclenot refundable | $0 | $60K | |
| Vehicle Enhancements and Vehicle Wrapnot refundable | $3K | $6K | |
| Tools and Equipmentnot refundable | $2K | $5K | |
| Business Management and Technology Systemnot refundable | $1K | $3K | |
| Initial Inventorynot refundable | $50K | $150K | |
| Technology Fee (3 Months)not refundable | $2K | $2K | |
| Online Local Presence Feenot refundable | $747 | $747 | |
| Marketing Management Feenot refundable | $2K | $2K | |
| Industry Certifications, Licenses, and Trainingsnot refundable | $0 | $2K | |
| Professional Feesnot refundable | $500 | $2K | |
| Insurance Deposit and Initial Premiumsnot refundable | $2K | $5K | |
| Grand Opening Marketingnot refundable | $10K | $16K | |
| Additional Funds (3 Months)not refundable | $15K | $30K | |
| Total initial investment | $153K | $365K |
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
- $153K – $366K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $15K – $30K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $60K – $70K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.0%
- Set by a formula · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 3.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 11.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $599 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $5K |
| Inventory (initial) | $50K – $150K |
| Total fee load | 11.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for TWS Temporary Wall Systems 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 TWS Temporary Wall Systems 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: 2024 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 disclosed $2.6M from 1 affiliate-owned outlet across 110 total units. This reflects franchisor operations, not franchisee performance.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
Based on a single outlet - not a system average
- Item 19 type
- Affiliate-owned location
- Sample size
- 1 outlet
- vs category median 37 · small
- Reporting year
- 2023
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2024
- Disclosed in the 2024 filing, covering 2023
- Transparency
- 6 / 10
- vs category median 3 / 10 · above
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
Total ongoing fee load of 11.0% — above the Business Services median of 9.0%.
Disclosure
Item 19 does not yield a per-outlet annual revenue figure we can compare across brands.
Operator retention
System expanding at 1000.0% CAGR over 3 years across 110 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 TWS Temporary Wall Systems 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 2024 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 110
- Opened
- 100
- 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
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +137.3%
- Net unit change over 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 3
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 36
- 0.33 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 134
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Transfer rate
- 60.0%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 22 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.
22
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
2 current owners across 1 state.
- NC 2
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.
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
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation disclosed under Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Davies, Goldstein & Associates CPA’s PLLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: No
- Restricted to system-approved products: No
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 78 / 100 verdict
- 01HIGHNo litigation, bankruptcy, or going-concern
- 02MEDAudited financials, Item 19 disclosed
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 11.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2024 · 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 | 1 |
| Territory type | No territory protection |
| Protected territory | No |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory sizeℹ | Approximately 4,000 Target Buildings |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Granted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (AAA administered; non-binding mediation then binding arbitration) |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | North Carolina |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation disclosed under Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 21 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 17 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- franchisor
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Service Minder
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Service Minder
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
2 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 TWS Temporary Wall Systems franchise?
The total investment to open a TWS Temporary Wall Systems franchise ranges from $153K – $366K, with an initial franchise fee of $60K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do TWS Temporary Wall Systems franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the TWS Temporary Wall Systems 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 TWS Temporary Wall Systems?
TWS Temporary Wall Systems is franchised by Temp Walls Franchise Management, LLC. Its parent company is HFB HoldCo, LLC. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is HFB HoldCo, LLC (Homefront Brands). Source: FDD Item 1, 2024 filing.
What is Item 19 in the TWS Temporary Wall Systems 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 TWS Temporary Wall Systems FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is TWS Temporary Wall Systems's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for TWS Temporary Wall Systems (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 TWS Temporary Wall Systems franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, TWS Temporary Wall Systems has 110 total units in the United States, including 110 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 100 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is TWS Temporary Wall Systems a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates TWS Temporary Wall Systems as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 78 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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