Window Gang Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $131K – $242K
- Disclosed sales
- $385K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Under 10 loans (7)
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Window Gang is an exterior cleaning franchise offering window washing, pressure washing, and gutter and chimney service. Franchisees run route-based crews, managing scheduling, service delivery, and accounts.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A WINDOW GANG franchise requires a total initial investment of $131K – $242K, including a $65K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $385K[2]. 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: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
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 7 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $131K – $242K
- 51st pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Avg gross sales
- $385K
- 9th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 14th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- Units
- 54
- 46th pct Cleaning & Ma…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Cleaning & Maintenance · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Cleaning & Maintenance 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 $131K – $242K including a $65K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $385K/year (median $227K).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 58/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +6 franchised outlets in the latest year (8 opened, 2 closed); 4 signed but not yet open (Item 20).
- LEGAL16 litigation matters disclosed in Item 3, higher than typical. Review the summary for patterns (franchisor-initiated vs. franchisee-initiated).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Window Gang, LLC
- Parent company
- PSB Group, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2025 FDD
- Ultimate parent
- AE Capital, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2025 FDD
- Predecessor
- Window Gang Ventures Corporation (Alabama, 2020-2023; successor to a North Carolina entity of the same name, 2012-2020)
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Paul Flick
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 126 Garrett Street, Suite J, Charlottesville, VA 22902
- Auditor
- Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates, PLLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $25.4M
- vs $23.6M prior year
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 8
9 other brands on this site name AE Capital, LLC as parent or ultimate parent in their own FDD.
- 360 PaintingD
- HOUSE DOCTORSB
- Kitchen WiseD
- Maid RightC
- PROLIFT GARAGE DOORSF
- RENEW CREWF
- RUBBISH WORKSD
- RooterManC
- The Grout MedicB
Grouped by the owner's name as each filing prints it (this page: the 2025 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
- Paul Flick
- Headquarters
- VA
- Founded
- 2022
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 15
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 10% above the typical cleaning & maintenance franchise.
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $65K | $65K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $30K | $75K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $36K | $102K |
| Total initial investment | $131K | $242K |
Source: WINDOW GANG 2025 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
- $131K – $242K
- Middle of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $30K – $75K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $65K – $65K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- Set by a formula · 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 | $210 |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $15K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 28% below the cleaning & maintenance norm.
Source: FDD 2025 · 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 WINDOW GANG 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
$239K
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 WINDOW GANG 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: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $385K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $227K
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 by Franchised Business and franchisee, with quartile breakdown
- Sample size
- 32 outlets
- vs category median 32
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 4 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · typical
Compared against 191 Cleaning & Maintenance brands
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 $385K/year in gross sales. Median is $227K — top performers pull the average up, so a typical unit earns less. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 2.1x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 8.0% (near the Cleaning & Maintenance median).
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 17.4% CAGR over 3 years across 54 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 medians
How Window Gang Compares
Category median of published Cleaning & Maintenance 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 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 54
- Opened
- 8
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 2
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 3.7%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +17.4%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +17.4%
- Compounded over last 3 years
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 16
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 4
- 0.07 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 · 15 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
51 current owners across 15 states.
- NC 13
- FL 7
- SC 7
- TX 6
- GA 3
- TN 3
- KY 2
- LA 2
- VA 2
- AL 1
- CO 1
- IN 1
- +3 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 loan disclosures. This brand has only 7 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 7
- Loan volume
- $2.0M
- Median loan
- $268K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- Under 10 loans (7)
- Insufficient SBA coverage: 7 loans, rate hidden below 10
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- Under 10 loans (7)
- 5-yr charge-off
- Under 10 loans (7)
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 6
- Defaults
- N/A
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
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
Small 54-unit system with negative franchisor equity of -$5.87M, a net loss of -$687,795, and financial distress (flagged early-stage). 18 disclosed actions across affiliated PSB brands include franchisee fraud disputes and multiple state regulatory consent orders. Multiple stacked concerns: negative equity, losses, and heavy litigation relative to system size.
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: the franchisor is a named party (defendant).
18 disclosed actions across Window Gang and its affiliated PSB brands (360 Painting, RooterMan, predecessor entities), including franchisee disputes over territory/fraud claims, trademark/trade-secret suits against former franchisees, and multiple state regulatory consent orders (Maryland, Illinois, Virginia, California, Washington) for FDD disclosure/registration violations.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates, PLLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 58 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORNegative franchisor net worth of -$5,873,114 and -$687,795 net loss
- 02HIGH18 litigation actions including regulatory consent orders, high for 54 units
- 03MINORFinancial distress flagged (early-stage mitigates somewhat)
- 04MEDAudited financials, Item 19 disclosed; +17.4% growth
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 2025 · 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 | 2 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory sizeℹ | Zip Codes |
| Online sales rights | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 20 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 18 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Arbitration location | Not applicable — dispute resolution requires mediation, then litigation in Charlottesville, VA (franchisor's principal place of business); no mandatory arbitration clause identified. |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Virginia |
| Litigation count | 16 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
18 disclosed actions across Window Gang and its affiliated PSB brands (360 Painting, RooterMan, predecessor entities), including franchisee disputes over territory/fraud claims, trademark/trade-secret suits against former franchisees, and multiple state regulatory consent orders (Maryland, Illinois, Virginia, California, Washington) for FDD disclosure/registration violations.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 50 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 4 hrs
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- POS System (ServiceTitan)
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: POS System (ServiceTitan)
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
51 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 WINDOW GANG franchise?
The total investment to open a WINDOW GANG franchise ranges from $131K – $242K, with an initial franchise fee of $65K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do WINDOW GANG franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the WINDOW GANG FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $385K. The median is $227K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns WINDOW GANG?
WINDOW GANG is franchised by Window Gang, LLC. Its parent company is PSB Group, LLC. The ultimate parent named in the FDD is AE Capital, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the WINDOW GANG 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 WINDOW GANG FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is WINDOW GANG's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for WINDOW GANG (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 WINDOW GANG franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, WINDOW GANG has 54 total units in the United States, including 54 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 8 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is WINDOW GANG a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates WINDOW GANG as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 58 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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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). 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.