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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Brand
JOHNSTONE SUPPLY logoAStrongest tier
JOHNSTONE SUPPLY
Home Services
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1-Tom-Plumber logoAStrongest tier
1-Tom-Plumber
Home Services
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Superior Walls logoAStrongest tier
Superior Walls
Home Services
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Vitals
Investment range
$808K – $3.4M
$516K – $2.8M
$1.1M – $2.1M
Liquid capital
$200K – $400K
$100K – $800K
$250K – $500K
Franchise fee
$60K
$50K
$225K
Royalty rate
N/A
6.0%
N/A
Ad fund rate
0.0%
2.0%
N/A
Performance
Avg gross sales
N/A
N/A
N/A
Median gross sales
N/A
N/A
N/A
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
AStrongest tier
AStrongest tier
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
80 / 100
70 / 100
59 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
0.0%
0.0%
40.0%
SBA loans on record
13
12
5
Scale
Total units
443
43
13
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
1.4%
10.8%
7.7%
Contract
Initial term (years)
6
10
10
Renewal term (years)
3
5
10
Initial training (hrs)
N/A
70
248
Contacts
Franchisee phones
423
30
1

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