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indicates the clear winner per row. Ties and missing data are not highlighted.

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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These figures come from FDDs of different years (2023, 2025). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

Focus by buyer type

Brand
LAWN SQUAD logoBAbove average
LAWN SQUAD
Home Services
2025 FDD
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HandyPro logoBAbove average
HandyPro
Home Services
2023 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
2025 FDD
2023 FDD
Investment range
$79K – $118K
$70K – $130K
Liquid capital
$10K – $15K
$6K – $15K
Franchise fee
$45K
$10K
Royalty rate
7.0%
6.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
1.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
Partial, no system average
$302KNet sales
Median gross sales
Not extracted
$253K
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Net Income
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
BAbove average
Verdict score
59 / 100
56 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Under 10 loans (2)
Under 10 loans (3)
SBA loans on record
2
3
Scale
Total units
16
11
Net change (latest yr)
+7
+1
Signed, not yet open
10 (0.63 per open outlet)
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
0.0%
55.6%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
7
Renewal term (years)
10
7
Initial training (hrs)
62
37
Contacts
Franchisee phones
11
3

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