World Inspection Network Franchise Cost & 2026 FDD Data
56/100
Second tier
56 this brand55 Real Estate medianlikely 52–60: narrower with more SBA loans (high confidence)
Higher is better · an editorial assessment, not investment advice
#1,232 of 3,068 graded brands
Why a B: Helped by financial health, unit economics, scale, legal record and transparency. Held back by unit growth. See all six factors
- Total investment
- $41K – $50K
- Avg gross sales
- $270K
- “Franchisees with Gross Revenue >= $100,000 (All)”, 94 franchisees; not profit
- SBA charge-off
- 15.0%
1 in 7 SBA 7(a) loans to World Inspection Network owners charged off (3 of 20 resolved loans, approved FY2004 to FY2013); Real Estate median 23.5%.
Data from the FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records. Analysis by FranchiseVerdict · Methodology · Website · Report an error · Franchisor? Claim this listing
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026 FDD
Per the 2026 FDD, a World Inspection Network franchise requires a total initial investment of $41K – $50K, including a $21K franchise fee. Once open, the ongoing royalty is 7.0%. Per the 2026 FDD, average gross sales per franchisee were $270K. This franchisor reports Item 19 per franchisee rather than per outlet, so the figure is not comparable with per-outlet averages (Item 19 group “Franchisees with Gross Revenue >= $100,000 (All)”, 94 franchisees; gross sales, not profit). SBA 7(a) loans show a 15.0% charge-off rate on 20 resolved loans. Verdict grade: B (Second tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice.
Sources: 2026 FDD · SBA 7(a) loan records (FOIA) · What one unit could make and lose →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low (issued within the last 12 months)
Evidence for the headline figures: 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 scored8 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
Quick verdict · vs Real Estate median
Top edge: green = better than the Real Estate median by more than 10%, red = worse by more than 10%, gray = within 10% or no benchmark. Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a).
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Methodology
Bottom line
- RETURNSAverage gross sales per franchisee of $270K/year (outlet median $206K; Item 19 group “Franchisees with Gross Revenue >= $100,000 (All)”, 94 franchisees; gross sales, not profit). Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures.
- GROWTHIn the latest Item 20 year, the number of franchised outlets fell by 24 (18 opened, 42 closed).
- FLAG25 units terminated last reporting year (9.2% of the franchised outlets open at the start of that year). Ask existing franchisees why.
AT STAKEOne unit at the Item 7 midpoint: $6K a year in payments on assumed SBA 7(a)-style terms.You put in about $9K of your own cash and personally guarantee a $36K loan. Assumptions are labeled in Sales; not investment advice.See what one unit could make and lose
Things to check before you sign (4)
- Net -24 franchised outlets in 2025 (Item 20, outlet counts). Ask owners why outlets closed.
- The franchisor keeps the right to compete inside your territory (Item 12, territory).
- You waive a jury trial in disputes with the franchisor (Item 17, renewal, termination and disputes).
- An owner must run the business personally (Item 15, owner participation). Ask whether a trained manager can ever stand in.
SBA charge-off rate 15.0%, below the 23.5% category median; the score uses fixed ranges, not the median, and takes 6 points for it (see Why a B). Checked and clear: no auditor doubt that the franchisor can keep operating, no pending lawsuit naming the franchisor and the full filing on file, and an Item 19 average from 142 units. Not on file here, so ask: supplier rebates.
What to do next
Step 1: Read the FDD itself.
Free: the franchisor must give it to you at least 14 days before you sign or pay. Or look it up in a state registry (Wisconsin, Minnesota, California). What to read first.
Step 2: Talk to current and former owners.
Free: Item 20 of the FDD lists every current owner and those who left last year, most with a phone number. Questions to ask.
Step 3: Talk to an SBA lender.
Free: the SBA's Lender Match, or the lenders already lending to this brand in the SBA section. Ask what you would personally guarantee and what the monthly payment would be. If you plan to use retirement savings, ask a CPA about the rules for that first.
Step 4: Have a franchise attorney review the FDD and agreement.
Free: your state bar's lawyer referral service can name franchise lawyers, and many offer a short first consultation. Bring the checks listed above.
Research steps, not investment or legal advice.
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost (the Item 7 midpoint) is 65% below the Real Estate median ($130K).
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7 (fees and startup costs)
Do you qualify? The filing states no minimum net worth or liquid capital. Ask World Inspection Network International LLC (Item 1: 444 W Lake Street, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60606) and your lender what they require, and keep living costs for the first year outside the deal.
Full Item 7 breakdown11 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $18.9K | $21K | |
| Convention Fee | $1K | $1K | |
| Real Estate and Improvements | — | — | |
| WIN Branding Kit | $3.5K | $3.5K | |
| WIN Vehicle Branding | $1.25K | $3.1K | |
| Inspection + Tool Kit | $4K | $4K | |
| Computer Hardware and Software | $500 | $2.5K | |
| Insurance Premiums—First 3 Months | $800 | $1K | |
| Business Organizational Filings and Licensing Fees | $750 | $1.7K | |
| Startup Launch Program | $9.5K | $9.5K | |
| Additional Funds—First 3 Months | $1K | $2.5K | |
| Total initial investment | $41K | $50K |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. The total row is the total as printed in Item 7. Actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 6 · what you pay once you are open
Ongoing fees
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| RoyaltyPercentage of sales; paid monthly (Item 6). Minimum: Minimum monthly Royalty Fee of $280 (waived for the first 6 full months) | 7.0% of gross revenues |
| Marketing / ad fundBrand-wide marketing pool. System Brand Fee: greater of 4% of monthly Gross Revenue or $195/month (minimum waived first 6 months) | 4.0% of gross revenues |
| Technology feeInfrastructure Fee: $425/month for first user's access to the WINnovation Platform, plus $90/month per additional user | $425/month |
| Transfer fee | $7,500 |
| Renewal fee | $0 |
| Total fee loadabove the Real Estate median of 8.0% (heavy) | 11.0% of sales |
What do units actually make?
Average gross sales are 30% below the Real Estate median ($384K).
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19 (sales and earnings)
Items 6 (other fees), 7 (startup costs) and 19 (sales and earnings) · assumptions labeled
What you could make and lose: one unit
What one World Inspection Network unit would ask of you, from the filing's Item 7 total and labeled assumptions.
Average gross sales are $270K (FDD p.44), and the royalty and ad fund take about $30K of that a year (Item 6). This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here. So this box does not estimate a profit. To cover the loan payment alone, one unit has to clear $6K a year after its food, labor, rent and other costs and the franchisor's fees.
How these figures are worked out
- Loan (assumption): 80% of the $46K Item 7 midpoint is a $36K loan, paid over 10 years at 10.5%: $6K a year. SBA 7(a)-style terms on a long-term rate; your lender sets yours. World Inspection Network's past SBA 7(a) loans averaged 6.9% at approval; 7(a) rates move with the prime rate, so 10.5% is a current-rate assumption, not this brand's history.
What you put at risk
Your own cash in: about $9K Assumption (the part the loan does not cover of the $46K Item 7 midpoint), plus whatever anything Item 7 leaves out (its notes say what). The loan is $36K.
Personal guarantee. SBA 7(a) loans require a personal guarantee from anyone who owns 20% or more of the business. If the unit cannot pay, the lender can collect from you personally, which can include your savings and your home. The worst case is losing the cash you put in and still owing the rest of the loan.
Gross sales are not profit, and none of these figures is take-home pay until tax and every operating cost are paid. The assumptions are ours, not the filing's. Not investment advice.
Returns modelOne unit · several units · editable
One unit
One unit: what is left after the loan payment
Gross sales, minus the franchisor's fees and the operating costs, is the unit's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). Minus an assumed loan payment, that is what is left for you, before tax. Gross sales are not profit.
This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here. Invested capital is the Item 7 total, which already includes its working-capital (additional funds) line.
Returns model · one unit
What would one World Inspection Network unit leave you each year after the loan payment?
Item 19: $269,805 average for 94 franchisees (Franchisees with Gross Revenue >= $100,000 (All)). Use a figure for outlets like yours if yours differ.
Gross sales, not profit: the costs below decide what is left.
The filing also sets a minimum or cap on these fees: “Minimum monthly Royalty Fee of $280 (waived for the first 6 full months)”; “Greater of 7% of monthly Gross Revenue or $280/month (minimum waived first 6 months)” (Item 6). This model applies the percentages, so at low sales the real fee can be higher than shown here.
Item 6, as stored, a year. A fixed fee, so it comes off EBITDA as dollars, not a share of sales.
This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here.
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.
Item 7 midpoint of $41K to $50K
Item 7's $1K to $3K additional funds are already in the total
Left after the loan payment · per year
The unit's EBITDA minus the assumed loan payment. Before tax, depreciation and any cost your inputs leave out (insurance, accounting and legal, licenses, technology fees): not take-home pay.
Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies direct costs, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.
Loan of $36K at 10.5% over 10 years, an assumption, not a quote. Return and payback are before tax, depreciation and the costs above. The loan usually needs your personal guarantee.
Buying several existing units? The acquisition scenario
Buying several units
What buying a few existing units could return
Prices an existing operator of a few units off the single-unit EBITDA above, after shared services, and finances it with an SBA 7(a) loan, a conventional loan and a seller note. It shows the yearly return on your cash (IRR), whether year-1 earnings cover the loan payments (DSCR) and how the price is paid for. It starts at 5 units; every deal term is an assumption you can change, and none is from the FDD.
Not modelled yet
Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies direct costs, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.
This scenario starts from a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in the one-unit model above and it runs on that figure, or take it to the full ROI workbench, where the multi-unit and acquisition models accept your own per-unit economics.
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 · filed by World Inspection Network International LLC
Financial performance
- Range (low → high)
- $11K→$1.4MSource: 2026 FDD, page 47
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Top and bottom 25%
- $136K→$517K
- Bottom group → top group: the top and bottom 25% as the filing reports them
Percentile ranks within Real Estate
Each rank is among the Real Estate brands that report that figure (the count is under each bar).
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.
Who are you contracting with?
World Inspection Network International LLC, owned by Agamya Franchise Holdings LLC.
Item 21 (audited financials) · audited statements · 2026 FDD
The franchisor's own finances
The franchisor paid out 14% of its latest net income as dividends. A franchisor that keeps little of its own profit has less of a cushion if the system has a bad year; ask how support and the ad fund are funded.
The figures, with their pages
- Net income
- $735Klatest year · FDD Item 21
- Dividends paid
- $104K14% of net income (our arithmetic) · FDD p.153
- Total assets
- $7.0MFDD Item 21
- Equity
- $5.4MFDD Item 21
Item 1 (the franchisor) · 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
- latest fiscal year in the 2026 FDD; $5.1M the year before
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
- Franchised outlets in
- 34 states and territories
- Item 20 Table 3, at year end
Is the system healthy?
-21 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (268 to 247, -7.8% in total, -4.0% a year compounded).
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20 (outlets opened, closed and transferred)
Item 20 (outlet counts) · unit dynamics
The growth chart
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
Last fiscal year · Item 20 rates and pipeline
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Signed, not yet open
- 8
- 1 for every 31 open outlets · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 4
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Item 20 · franchised units at year end
Franchised units fell from 268 in 2023 to 247 in 2025
Axis does not start at zero.
Source and method
Item 20 (outlet counts) Table 3 · franchised outlets at year end
Where current outlets are
Franchised outlets at year end by state, as the filing's Item 20 Table 3 counts them. Not a list of where the franchisor may sell new units.
Current outlets (count on the tile) · 34 statesNo current outlet
247 franchised outlets at year end in 34 states (Item 20 Table 3).
Government records
SBA loan data
Lenders charged off 15.0% of 20 resolved SBA 7(a) loans, below the 23.5% category median. 7(a) is the SBA's main small-business loan; a resolved loan was paid in full or charged off.
- Loans on file
- 20
- SBA 7(a) loans matched to this brand, incl. those still being repaid
- Loan volume
- $1.1M
- Average loan
- $53K
- loan volume divided by loans
- Charge-off rate
- 15.0%
- 3 of 20 resolved loans
- Paid in full
- 85.0%
- of resolved loans
- Recent-loan charge-off
- No recent loans
- no SBA 7(a) loan approved since FY2013
- Lenders
- 17
- Average interest rate
- 6.9%
- Jobs reported
- 40
- on the 18 loans approved FY2001 on; earlier loans did not record jobs
- Lender concentration
- 10%
- top lender's share
Cumulative: every 7(a) loan matched to this brand in the SBA’s FOIA files, approved FY1991 onward. Historical lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
Benchmark: the median Real Estate brand charges off 23.5% (13 brands with a published rate, same cumulative window and source). This brand is 8.5 points below it.
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Full SBA lending reportlenders · charge-off rate · trend
Lender network · SBA 7(a)
SBA Lending Report
Lender, state and yearly detail for World Inspection Network from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records.
- Average SBA guarantee
- 67%
- Average interest rate
- 6.9%
- Lender concentration
- 10%
- Jobs reported
- 40
Top 10 SBA lenders by loan count
| Loans | Volume | Charge-off |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of America, National Association | ||
| 2 | $63K | Not on file |
| TD Bank, National Association | ||
| 2 | $154K | Not on file |
| VelocitySBA, LLC | ||
| 2 | $40K | Not on file |
| Bank of the Southwest | ||
| 1 | $68K | Not on file |
| Wells Fargo Bank National Association | ||
| 1 | $20K | Not on file |
A lender’s rate counts only its resolved loans, the loans that have finished (paid in full or charged off); a 0.0% often means few of its loans have finished. Under 10 resolved loans, the rate reads “Too few”.
Charge-off rate by state (top 10 by loans)
| State | Loans | Charged off | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZ Arizona | 2 | 0 | Too few2 resolved |
| CA California | 2 | 1 | Too few2 resolved |
| NJ New Jersey | 2 | 0 | Too few2 resolved |
| OH Ohio | 2 | 0 | Too few2 resolved |
| TX Texas | 2 | 0 | Too few2 resolved |
| AL Alabama | 1 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
| CO Colorado | 1 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
| ID Idaho | 1 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
| IL Illinois | 1 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
| ME Maine | 1 | 0 | Too few1 resolved |
Rate: charged-off loans over resolved loans (paid in full plus charged off), shown from 10 resolved loans. "Too few": under 10 resolved. The Loans column counts every approval in the window, including loans still being repaid.
SBA 7(a) loans approved per year
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level data, matched to the brand by FranchiseVerdict.
What are the risks?
Main risk: a shrinking system. Franchised outlets fell from 268 to 247 over the two years to 2025.
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Verdict grade + FDD Items 3 (litigation), 4 (bankruptcy), 8 (required suppliers), 16 (what you may sell), 21 (audited financials)
Risk and legal
Grade B: Second tier, 56/100 (category median 55); the full grade is at the top of the page.
How the grade is built
Why a B, factor by factor
- Financial health HelpsAudited financials; no going-concern doubt; franchisor net income positive
- Unit economics HelpsAvg gross sales $270K on a $46K investment midpoint, 5.9x (gross sales, not profit)
- Unit growth Weighs on it, weakest dimension-21 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (268 to 247, -7.8% in total, -4.0% a year compounded); turnover 17.0%
- Scale Helps247 franchised units; franchising since 1995
- Legal Helps1 matter naming the franchisor among the Item 3 matters we list (0.4 per 100 outlets)
- Transparency HelpsItem 19 discloses financial performance; audited financials
- Adjustments after the six dimensions (-13 points)SBA loan record: the SBA charge-off rate (15.0% on 20 resolved loans approved FY2004 to FY2013) is between 10% and 20%, a range the score counts against a brand, so it took 6 points off. The score uses fixed ranges, not the category median, so a rate below its category median can still cost points.Score limits: a ceiling the method sets for specific risks (such as a very high SBA charge-off rate, high turnover or an auditor's going-concern doubt) took 7 points off.
From the six scored dimensions, an editorial assessment, not investment advice. How the score is built
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.
Largest disclosed settlement in the franchisor's own cases: $41,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Baker Tilly
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
Litigation case detail1 matter · Item 3
Litigation cases
The franchisor
Concluded (1)
World Inspection Network International LLC v. J. Strout Holdings, LLC, J Strout Group, LLC, Jonathan Strout, and Jamie Strout
settledBrought against a franchisee · filed 2024-02-23 · U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina (transferred to Northern District of Alabama) · 24-cv-00146
“… United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, No. 24-cv-00146, filed February 23, 2024.”Page 11 of the 2026 FDD, Item 3
Outcome: “Defendants also agreed to pay us a monetary settlement of $41,000. ITEM 4: BANKRUPTCY No bankruptcies are required to be disclosed in this Item.”
Item 3 lists the litigation the franchisor must disclose; a matter against a parent, an affiliate or a named officer is not a matter against the franchisor, and pending claims are allegations, not findings.
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 11.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before your own operating costs.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12 (territory), 15 (owner participation) and 17 (renewal, termination and disputes)
Contract and territory detail
| Protected territory | Yes |
|---|---|
| Exclusive territory | No |
| Territory population | 50,000 |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Who runs it (Item 15) | Owner must run it |
| Non-compete (years) | 1 year |
| Non-compete (miles) | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusal | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination grounds | 37 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Delaware |
Items 10 (financing), 11 (training and support)
Training and 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 (initial fees) & 11 (training and support)
Franchisor support
Item 20 (outlet counts) · call current owners
Franchisee contacts
Who can you call before you sign?
99 current outlets listed
Each record has a phone number and state. No franchisee names or cities. 99 records. From the filing's Item 20 (the outlet list); the FDD itself is the free source. Our list covers 99 of the 247 franchised outlets Item 20 counts at year end; the owner exhibit prints the rest without a usable phone number, or omits them.
For your own due-diligence calls only. Not for telemarketing, marketing lists, or automated or prerecorded calls or texts.
The list is not offered for this brand yet. The FDD's Item 20 exhibit lists the owners.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to open a World Inspection Network franchise?
Per the 2026 FDD, the total investment to open a World Inspection Network franchise ranges from $41K to $50K, with an initial franchise fee of $21K. This is the Item 7 total in the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD): the startup costs the franchisor lists, such as build-out, equipment, inventory and working capital. It usually leaves out buying land or a building; Item 7's notes say what is excluded.
What do World Inspection Network franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the World Inspection Network FDD, average gross sales were $270K (Item 19 group “Franchisees with Gross Revenue >= $100,000 (All)”, 94 franchisees; gross sales, not profit). The median is $206K. Averaged per franchisee, not per outlet - not comparable with per-outlet figures. What an owner keeps depends 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?
There is no published franchise failure rate. What is measurable is World Inspection Network's SBA charge-off rate: 15.0% on 20 resolved loans approved FY2004 to FY2013. Put plainly: 1 in 7 SBA 7(a) loans to World Inspection Network owners charged off (3 of 20 resolved loans, approved FY2004 to FY2013). The SBA charge-off rate is the share of a brand's resolved SBA 7(a) loans to its franchisees that the SBA wrote off, including purchased guarantees. Resolved means paid in full or charged off; active loans are excluded because their outcome is not yet known. It is a lending outcome, not a count of closed businesses. A franchisee can repay and close, or default and keep trading.
How many World Inspection Network franchise locations are there?
Per the 2026 FDD, World Inspection Network has 247 franchised units and 0 company-owned (247 in all). In the latest year, the number of franchised outlets fell by 24 (18 opened, 42 closed).
Is World Inspection Network a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict gives World Inspection Network a B Verdict grade (Second tier) with a verdict score of 56 out of 100 (higher is better), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Helped by financial health (audited financials), unit economics, scale, legal record and transparency. Held back by unit growth (-21 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025: 268 to 247, -7.8% in total, -4.0% a year compounded). The “Why a B” section on this page lists all six dimensions and any adjustment. Speak with current franchisees before making any investment decision.
Other Real Estate franchises
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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.