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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, 2024, 2025). Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.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
WINDOW GANG logoBAbove average
WINDOW GANG
Cleaning & Maintenance
2025 FDD
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DPF Alternatives logoBAbove average
DPF Alternatives
Cleaning & Maintenance
2023 FDD
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Spaulding Decon logoDBelow average
Spaulding Decon
Cleaning & Maintenance
2024 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Apr 28, 2025
FDD issued May 31, 2023
2024 FDD
Investment range
$131K – $242K
$86K – $289K
$163K – $205K
Liquid capital
$30K – $75K
$5K – $15K
$35K – $50K
Franchise fee
$65K
$3K
$50K
Royalty rate
6.0%
Flat fee
8.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
0.0%
1.5%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$385K
No Item 19 representation
No Item 19 representation
Median gross sales
$227K
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
BAbove average
DBelow average
Verdict score
58 / 100
64 / 100
31 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Under 10 loans (7)
Under 10 loans (7)
0.0% (n=11)
SBA loans on record
7
7
11
Scale
Total units
54
68
14
Net change (latest yr)
+6
+16
-27
Signed, not yet open
4 (0.07 per open outlet)
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
7 (0.50 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
3.7%
5.9%
100.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
10
Renewal term (years)
10
5
10
Initial training (hrs)
54
48
128
Contacts
Franchisee phones
51
4
35

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