World Inspection Network Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $41K – $50K
- Disclosed sales
- $270K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- 15.0%
- on 20 loans
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A World Inspection Network franchise requires a total initial investment of $41K – $50K, including a $21K franchise fee and an ongoing 7.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2026 FDD, average revenue per franchisee was $270K. This franchisor reports Item 19 per franchisee rather than per outlet, so the figure is not comparable with per-outlet averages[2]. SBA 7(a) loans show a 15.0% charge-off rate across 20 loans[1]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low - issued within the last 12 months
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 scored7 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing; the rest are marked “Not cited” beside the figure.
Overview
- Investment
- $41K – $50K
- 24th pct Real Estate
- Avg gross sales
- $270K
- Per franchisee, not per outletOutlet subset
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- 48th pct Real Estate
- Units
- 247
- 68th pct Real Estate
- SBA charge-off
- 15.0%
- % of SBA 7(a) loans not repaid · median varies by category
Quick verdict · Real Estate · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Real Estate 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 $41K – $50K including a $21K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage revenue per franchisee of $270K/year (median $206K) (reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system). Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 56/100 (higher is better). SBA loan charge-off rate of 15.0% across 20 loans (above the 16% franchise average, based on all SBA 7(a) franchise lending, 2010–2025).
- GROWTHNegative: net -24 franchised outlets in the latest year (18 opened, 42 closed); 8 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- FLAG25 units terminated last reporting year (10.1% of the system). Ask existing franchisees why.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- World Inspection Network International LLC
- Parent company
- Agamya Franchise Holdings LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2026 FDD
- Predecessor
- World Inspection Network International, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Praful Mittal
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 444 W Lake Street, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606
- Auditor
- Baker Tilly
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $5.3M
- vs $5.1M prior year
Overview
About
World Inspection Network International LLC (WIN) franchises home, commercial, and specialty property inspection and testing businesses operating under the WIN and WIN Home Inspection brands.
- CEO
- Praful Mittal
- Headquarters
- IL
- Founded
- 1995
- FDD year
- 2026
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 66% below the typical real estate franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2026 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $21K | $21K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $1K | $3K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $19K | $26K |
| Total initial investment | $41K | $50K |
Source: World Inspection Network 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
- $41K – $50K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $1K – $3K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $21K – $21K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- Set by a formula · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 4.0%
- typical 3–5%
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 7.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 4.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $425 |
| Transfer fee | $8K |
| Renewal fee | $0 |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 30% below the real estate norm.
Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for World Inspection Network until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$47K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
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, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one World Inspection Network 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 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.
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%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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
Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
- Avg gross sales
- $270K
- Per franchisee, per year — not per outlet
- Median gross sales
- $206K
- Per franchisee, not per outlet
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- Historic Gross Revenue by revenue tier (>=$100k and <$100k) with averages, medians, high/low, and quartile breakdowns for the >=$100k group
- Sample size
- 142 franchisees
- vs category median 53 · large
- Range (low → high)
- $11K→$1.4MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 47 of the 2026 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $136K→$517K
- Bottom 25% → top 25%, per franchisee
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
Compared against 101 Real Estate brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
The average franchisee generates $270K/year in gross sales. Median is $206K — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system.
Fee burden
7.0% royalty + 4.0% ad fund — higher than the category average of 6.0%.
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 Real Estate medians
How World Inspection Network Compares
Per franchisee, not per outlet - the category median is per-outlet only, so no comparison is shown
Category median of published Real Estate 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
- 247
- Opened
- 18
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 42
- Terminated
- 25
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 17
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 17.0%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 25
- Not renewed
- 17
- Transferred
- 9
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 8
- 0.03 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 4
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 20 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
99 current owners across 20 states.
- CA 22
- FL 15
- CO 8
- GA 8
- MI 8
- IN 6
- AZ 5
- IL 5
- MO 4
- KY 3
- AL 2
- ID 2
- +8 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
- 20
- Loan volume
- $1.1M
- Median loan
- $50K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- 15.0%
- on 20 loans · 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)
- 85.0%
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 17
- Defaults
- 3
- Typical loan rate
- 6.9%
- avg rate to borrowers
- vs industry
- N/A
- NAICS 5413
- Jobs supported
- 40
- 3.8 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 10%
- top lender's share
Top lenders financing World Inspection Network franchisees
Showing 3 of 17 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 World Inspection Network from SBA 7(a) FOIA data.
- Principal loss rate
- 9.6%
- Avg SBA guarantee
- 67%
- Avg interest rate
- 6.88%
- Avg chargeoff amount
- $34K
- Lender concentration
- 10.0%
- Job velocity
- 3.8 per $100K
- Jobs supported
- 40
Top SBA lendersTop lender holds 10% of loans
| # | Lender | Loans | Volume | Default % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
| 2 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZArizona | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| CACalifornia | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| NJNew Jersey | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| OHOhio | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| TXTexas | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| ALAlabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| COColorado | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| IDIdaho | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| ILIllinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| MEMaine | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
SBA 7(a) lending trend
Source: SBA 7(a) + 504 FOIA loan-level data, matched by FranchiseVerdict
What could kill this investment?
SBA loans here charge off near the 16.0% national average.
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: the franchisor is a named party (plaintiff).
Franchisor sued a former franchisee (J. Strout Holdings, LLC et al.) for violating post-termination non-compete obligations; court issued a permanent injunction and defendants agreed to pay a $41,000 settlement.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Baker Tilly
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 11.0% 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 | 7 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 7 years |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory population | 50,000 |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Not allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 1 year |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination groundsℹ | 37 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Delaware |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
Franchisor sued a former franchisee (J. Strout Holdings, LLC et al.) for violating post-termination non-compete obligations; court issued a permanent injunction and defendants agreed to pay a $41,000 settlement.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 164 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 105 hrs
- Training location
- Remote/videoconference and/or Chicago, Illinois corporate headquarters (or another designated location)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Field support
- 105 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Time to open
- 4 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
99 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 World Inspection Network franchise?
The total investment to open a World Inspection Network franchise ranges from $41K – $50K, with an initial franchise fee of $21K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do World Inspection Network franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the World Inspection Network FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $270K. The median is $206K. Important context: Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures; Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns World Inspection Network?
World Inspection Network is franchised by World Inspection Network International LLC. Its parent company is Agamya Franchise Holdings LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.
What is Item 19 in the World Inspection Network 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 World Inspection Network FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is World Inspection Network's franchise failure rate?
Based on SBA 7(a) loan data, World Inspection Network has a charge-off rate of 15.0% across 20 loans, meaning 15.0% 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 World Inspection Network franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, World Inspection Network has 247 total units in the United States, including 247 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 18 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is World Inspection Network a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates World Inspection Network as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 56 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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