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 Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.

Focus by buyer type

Brand
Shine logoBAbove average
Shine
Cleaning & Maintenance
2025 FDD
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Techtron Environmental Solutions logoCAverage
Techtron Environmental Solutions
Cleaning & Maintenance
2025 FDD
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Sir Grout logoAStrongest tier
Sir Grout
Cleaning & Maintenance
2026 FDD
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Chem-Dry logoCAverage
Chem-Dry
Cleaning & Maintenance
2026 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Apr 25, 2025
FDD issued Dec 19, 2025
FDD issued Apr 10, 2026
2026 FDD
Investment range
$142K – $189K
$152K – $178K
$128K – $199K
$78K – $248K
Liquid capital
$30K – $60K
$50K – $60K
$14K – $20K
$3K – $9K
Franchise fee
$50K
$60K
$60K
$36K
Royalty rate
7.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
0.5%
Not extracted
Not extracted
Performance
Avg gross sales
$417KCohort-only Item 19
$251KCompany-owned only
$623KPer franchisee, not per outlet
$319KPer franchisee, not per outlet
Median gross sales
$377KCohort-only Item 19
$232KCompany-owned only
$496KPer franchisee, not per outlet
$215KPer franchisee, not per outlet
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not extracted
Not extracted
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Not classified
Gross Revenue Per Mobile Lab
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
CAverage
AStrongest tier
CAverage
Verdict score
65 / 100
44 / 100
85 / 100
40 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Limited · 21 loans
Not SBA-matched
Under 10 loans (4)
29.7% (n=98)
SBA loans on record
21
N/A
4
98
Scale
Total units
74
5
91
963
Net change (latest yr)
+18
0
+20
-137
Signed, not yet open
3 (0.04 per open outlet)
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
5 (0.05 per open outlet)
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
1.4%
0.0%
3.3%
16.6%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
5
10
5
Renewal term (years)
5
5
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
95
236
35
44
Contacts
Franchisee phones
55
0
59
96

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