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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 (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 Costs, fees and unit counts change from one filing to the next, so the older column may be out of date.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
Yard Patrol Pros logoBAbove average
Yard Patrol Pros
Home Services
2024 FDD
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MACH ONE logoBAbove average
MACH ONE
Home Services
2025 FDD
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Lawn Doctor logoAStrongest tier
Lawn Doctor
Home Services
2025 FDD
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Vitals
FDD filing
FDD issued Apr 19, 2024
FDD issued Mar 19, 2025
2025 FDD
Investment range
$113K – $216K
$95K – $236K
$150K – $177K
Liquid capital
$15K – $30K
$8K – $15K
$11K – $18K
Franchise fee
$55K
$50K
$124K
Royalty rate
7.0%
7.0%
10.0%
Ad fund rate
2.0%
2.0%
5.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
Partial, no system average
No Item 19 representation
$1.1MPer franchisee, not per outletOutlet subsetNet sales
Median gross sales
Not extracted
Not disclosed
$659KPer franchisee, not per outletOutlet subset
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
Not extracted
Not disclosed
Not extracted
Earnings metric
Not classified
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
BAbove average
BAbove average
AStrongest tier
Verdict score
58 / 100
60 / 100
81 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
Not SBA-matched
Under 10 loans (9)
11.0% (n=104)
SBA loans on record
N/A
9
104
Scale
Total units
11
16
653
Net change (latest yr)
+11
+9
+23
Signed, not yet open
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
5 (0.31 per open outlet)
0 (0.00 per open outlet)
Turnover rate
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
7
10
Renewal term (years)
10
7
10
Initial training (hrs)
30
48
37
Contacts
Franchisee phones
1
21
34

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