Question 1

Is Express Employment Professionals or Servicemaster Clean cheaper to open?

Accepted Answer

Express Employment Professionals costs $131,000–$598,700 and Servicemaster Clean costs $111,800–$187,500 to open (FDD Item 7). Servicemaster Clean has the lower entry cost.

Question 2

Which earns more, Express Employment Professionals or Servicemaster Clean?

Accepted Answer

Express Employment Professionals reports $5,342,686 average annual unit revenue vs $885,376 for Servicemaster Clean (FDD Item 19). Express Employment Professionals is higher. For Servicemaster Clean: Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system.

Question 3

Which is safer, Express Employment Professionals or Servicemaster Clean?

Accepted Answer

SBA 7(a) charge-off rate is 2.0% for Express Employment Professionals and 0.0% for Servicemaster Clean. Lower is safer, so Servicemaster Clean has the stronger loan-repayment record.

Question 4

Which is the better franchise, Express Employment Professionals or Servicemaster Clean?

Accepted Answer

FranchiseVerdict grades Express Employment Professionals A and Servicemaster Clean A, from FDD Items 5–7, 19–21 and SBA loan performance. See the full side-by-side above.

Metric	Express Employment Professionals	Servicemaster Clean
Verdict Grade	AStrongest tierStrongest tier	AStrongest tierStrongest tier
Investment Range	$131K – $599K	$112K – $188K
Franchise Fee	$40K	$40K
Royalty Rate	The default royalty is a Gross Margin split ('Your portion'/'Our portion of the Gross Margin'), but the split percentage is not stated in fee_text. Opt-out Franchisees instead pay 'Royalty — 8% of the Total Billings.' No royalty as a % of gross sales	N/A
Average Revenue (Item 19)	$5.3M	$885KOutlet subset
SBA Charge-Off Rate	2.0% (113 loans)	0.0% (73 loans)
Total Units	765	584
Unit Growth (YoY)	N/A	N/A
Year Began Franchising	1985	2021
FDD Year	2026	2026

Express Employment Professionals vs Servicemaster Clean