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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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Focus by buyer type

Brand
Steamatic logoCAverage
Steamatic
Cleaning & Maintenance
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Stanley Steemer logoAStrongest tier
Stanley Steemer
Cleaning & Maintenance
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Fleet Clean logoAStrongest tier
Fleet Clean
Cleaning & Maintenance
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Vitals
Investment range
$222K – $445K
$176K – $510K
$188K – $459K
Liquid capital
$75K – $150K
$15K – $40K
$25K – $50K
Franchise fee
$40K
$20K
$10K
Royalty rate
8.0%
7.0%
8.5%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
4.0%
2.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales
No Item 19 representation
$1.7MPer franchisee, not per outlet
$754K
Median gross sales
N/A
$1.2MPer franchisee, not per outlet
$619K
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
EBITDA
Risk
Rating
CAverage
AStrongest tier
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
41 / 100
96 / 100
84 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
23.3%
0.0%
0.0%
SBA loans on record
43
14
6
Scale
Total units
44
264
57
Net change (latest yr)
0
0
+3
Turnover rate
9.1%
0.5%
3.5%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
5
10
5
Initial training (hrs)
112
102
93
Contacts
Franchisee phones
40
163
17

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