Window Gang
Bottom line
- Total investment $131K – $242K including a $65K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $385K/year (median $227K).
- Rated MODERATE with a risk score of 59/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 14 loans (below the industry average).
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note — flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Yale framework · single-unit ROIC
Returns Analysis
Pulls Item 7 (investment) and Item 19 (revenue) from this brand's FDD into the Yale unlevered-ROIC formula. Override any input to stress-test it against your own assumptions.
The model · Yale framework
What would one WINDOW GANG unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
18%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 WINDOW GANG units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$308K
on $1.5M purchase
Total debt
$1.2M
SBA $0.8M + senior + seller note
Overview
About
Window Gang franchisees operate residential and commercial window cleaning services, typically managing 1-5 technicians who perform exterior/interior glass cleaning using specialized equipment. Day-to-day work involves scheduling appointments, dispatching crews, managing customer relationships, handling billing/collections, and maintaining service trucks and equipment.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 17 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 phone area codes (Item 20). Approximate — ported numbers may show the original state, not the franchisee's current location.
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Window Gang presents HIGH RISK due to active fraud litigation against franchisor, pattern of regulatory violations, undisclosed profitability, and slow unit growth—suggesting a franchise system with legal/compliance vulnerabilities and questionable unit economics.
Score breakdown · what drove the 59 / 100 rating
- 01HIGHActive fraud and breach of contract litigation against franchisor with pattern of prior fraud settlements
- 02MINORMultiple governmental consent orders across states for registration and disclosure violations indicating systemic compliance failures
- 03MEDNet income not disclosed despite $385K average revenue — opacity suggests marginal or negative unit-level profitability
- 04MINORSlow unit growth (12.5% YoY) and only 54 units indicates weak franchisee recruitment and potential satisfaction issues
- 05HIGHAffiliate litigation pattern (360 Painting, Rooterman) suggests shared operational/legal problems across corporate family
- 06MEDHigh initial investment ($131-242K) combined with 6% royalty creates significant break-even pressure with undisclosed margins
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
Item 11
Training & Operations
Item 20
Franchisee Contacts
Phone numbers extracted directly from this brand's FDD Item 20. After purchase, you'll also receive a list of validation questions tailored to this brand.
Franchisee contacts
55 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
WINDOW GANG · FDD (2025) PDF