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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 (2025, 2026). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

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Brand
MONSTER TREE SERVICE logoBAbove average
MONSTER TREE SERVICE
Home Services
2025 FDD
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Culligan logoBAbove average
Culligan
Home Services
2026 FDD
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TemperaturePro logoDBelow average
TemperaturePro
Home Services
2025 FDD
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Worldwide Refinishing System logoBAbove average
Worldwide Refinishing System
Home Services
2026 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
2025 FDD
FDD issued May 12, 2026
FDD issued May 1, 2025
FDD issued Apr 21, 2026
Investment range
$416K – $535K
$130K – $816K
$444K – $484K
$330K – $655K
Liquid capital
$30K – $50K
$55K – $150K
$130K – $150K
$18K – $116K
Franchise fee
$50K
$41K
$148K
$48K
Royalty rate
6.5%
2.0%
6.0%
7.0%
Ad fund rate
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$1.3MPer franchisee, not per outlet
No Item 19 representation
Partial, no system averageOutlets $135K-$4.1M
$1.6M
Median gross sales
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Not extracted
$1.2M
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Gross Revenue
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
BAbove average
DBelow average
BAbove average
Verdict score
49 / 100
64 / 100
31 / 100
56 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
8.3% (n=86)
Limited · 117 loans
21.1% (n=36)
16.7% (n=12)
SBA loans on record
86
117
36
12
Scale
Total units
176
550
24
47
Net change (latest yr)
-38
-20
-3
+4
Signed, not yet open
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
Not extracted
1 (0.04 per open outlet)
3 (0.06 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
27.3%
3.8%
16.7%
Not extracted
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
20
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
Not extracted
10
10
Initial training (hrs)
111
169
98
17
Contacts
Franchisee phones
77
459
9
49

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