Window Genie
Bottom line
- Total investment $142K – $268K including a $63K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — the franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Rated STRONG with a risk score of 54/100. SBA loan default rate of 0.0% across 172 loans (below the industry average).
- System contracting at -14.5% CAGR over 3 years. Investigate whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).
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 Genie unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
27%
Below typical band (30–60%)
Overview
About
Window Genie franchisees operate a residential and commercial window cleaning, pressure washing, and solar panel cleaning service. Day-to-day operations involve managing crews, scheduling customer appointments, handling invoicing, and overseeing service quality across a protected geographic territory. Revenue is generated through recurring service contracts and one-time cleaning jobs.
Item 7 · what it costs
The Vitals
Item 19
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 32 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
Declining unit count, absent financial disclosure, regulatory history, and opaque profitability metrics create material investment risk despite protected territory.
Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating
- 01MINORSystem contracted 6.2% YoY (106 units) indicating declining franchisee success and potential market saturation
- 02MEDNo Item 19 financial performance data disclosed — impossible to validate if $141,700–$267,560 investment generates positive ROI
- 03MINORMultiple regulatory violations across three entities (2010–2017) suggest compliance culture issues and potential misrepresentation in advertising claims
- 04MINORHigh franchise fee ($62,500) relative to total investment floor ($141,700) creates unfavorable risk-to-entry ratio
- 05MED7% royalty on undisclosed average revenue means franchisees cannot benchmark expected profitability against peers
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
100 numbers
One-time purchase · CSV download · Validation questions included
FDD download
Window Genie · FDD (2024) PDF