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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	CAverage Lush Lawn® Home Services Remove	DBelow average BLUEFROG PLUMBING + DRAIN Home Services Remove	DBelow average 1-800-Plumber +Air Home Services Remove	AStrongest tier Window World Home Services Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$167K – $322K	$144K – $346K	$159K – $327K	$123K – $363K
Liquid capital	$10K – $20K	$38K – $75K	$50K – $100K	$30K – $60K
Franchise fee	$38K	$60K	$55K	$45K
Royalty rate	8.0%	N/A	6.0%	N/A
Ad fund rate	3.0%	2.0%	2.0%	N/A
Performance
Avg gross sales	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.8M
Median gross sales	N/A	$546KOutlet subset	N/A	$4.7M
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified	Not classified
Risk
Rating	CAverage	DBelow average	DBelow average	AStrongest tier
Verdict score	45 / 100	29 / 100	36 / 100	73 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	N/A	33.3%	10.7%	0.0%
SBA loans on record	N/A	15	28	27
Scale
Total units	5	35	61	211
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	0.0%	40.0%	22.0%	0.5%
Contract
Initial term (years)	7	10	10	10
Renewal term (years)	5	10	10	10
Initial training (hrs)	160	44	40	63
Contacts
Franchisee phones	0	28	45	215

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