Breakdown

DRYmedic franchise unit economics

Q: How much does a DRYmedic franchise make?

The average DRYmedic unit reported $877,084 of revenue in the 2026 FDD, and the median reported $679,571. The filing discloses revenue and not profit, so what an owner keeps depends on the cost structure set out below. Fees come off the top first, at about 21.1% of sales across royalty, brand fund and the rest of the stack. Revenue is not income. Rent, wages, cost of goods and the franchise fees all come out before an owner is paid,

DRYmedic franchisees sell water, fire, smoke and mold restoration to homeowners, businesses and their insurers across territories of up to 250,000 people. The 34 franchisees that reported all of 2025 billed $29,820,856 across 59 territories, $877,084 a franchisee and $505,438 a territory. A mature business pays $95,100 a year in minimum royalty, required local marketing and software before it takes a single job.

By Scott Engler · Averan Advisors · Source: STOP Franchising SPE LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) · Updated 22 September 2026

Where these figures come from

Primary source: STOP Franchising SPE LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
Items read: Items 5 and 6 for fees; Item 7 for cost to open; Item 19 for sales and any profit figure; Item 20 for the location count
Population: 34 of 93 locations
Our calculations: Marked on the page with an asterisk. Method
Last reviewed: 26 September 2026

Disclosure-based. Not a forecast, not an offer to sell a franchise, and not advice.

Key idea

A mature DRYmedic franchised business owes $95,100 a year before it takes a job, a $31,500 minimum royalty, $54,000 of required local marketing and $9,600 of software. The 34 franchisees who reported all of 2025 averaged $505,438 a territory, and the bottom quarter averaged $116,905. At that level those minimum charges are 81.35% of what the territory bills.

Units reporting34 franchisees, 59 territories

Average territory$505,438

Annual fixed minimum$95,100

Total investment$196,325–$318,860

A mature franchised business costs $95,100 of fixed annual cost. $31,500 of minimum royalty, $54,000 of required local marketing and $9,600 of software *, 81.35% of what a bottom-quarter territory bills and 18.82% of the average one.
The highest-selling territories are run one at a time. The nine franchisees with the highest revenue per territory hold exactly nine territories between them at $1,666,356 each; the nine lowest-selling hold 24 at $116,905 *.
The minimum royalty is exactly 7% of the performance test. $2,625 a month is $31,500 a year, and the test from the fourth year onward is $450,000 *. The minimum on what the brand collects sits on the minimum of what it requires.
Required local marketing alone is 10.7% of what an average territory bills. $54,000 against $505,438 *, rising to 46.2% at the bottom-quarter average of $116,905, a flat dollar figure.
Franchised territories went from 27 to 93 in three years. 75 openings against 9 departures *, with 56 of the 93 opening in the last two years alone.

How much does a DRYmedic franchise make?

The average DRYmedic unit reported $877,084 of revenue in the 2026 FDD, and the median reported $679,571. The brand’s disclosure document discloses revenue and not profit, so what an owner keeps depends on the cost structure set out below. Fees come off the top first, at about 21.1% of sales across royalty, brand fund and the rest of the stack. Revenue is not income. Rent, wages, cost of goods and the franchise fees all come out before an owner is paid. The figures for the highest-selling and lowest-selling businesses are below.

Territories and franchisees

$505,438 a territory, $877,084 a franchisee.

The same 34 franchisees are ranked twice: once by revenue per territory and once by total sales. Reading the two together shows where the yield in this system actually sits.

Sales by territory, 2025, as the brand reported it, with territories per franchisee added, Item 20 of the 2026 FDD*Averan calculation
quartile	Franchisees	Territories	Territories each *	Total sales	Average per territory	Highest	Lowest	Median	Above the group average
Top 25%	9	9	1.00	$14,997,208	$1,666,356	$2,953,213	$958,194	$1,341,885	3 of 9, 33%
Second	8	15	1.88	$8,744,929	$582,995	$926,386	$364,221	$627,211	5 of 15, 33%
Third	8	11	1.38	$3,272,991	$297,545	$361,093	$215,608	$294,492	6 of 11, 55%
Bottom 25%	9	24	2.67	$2,805,728	$116,905	$183,159	$15,831	$122,494	13 of 24, 54%
All 34	34	59	1.74	$29,820,856	$505,438	$2,953,213	$15,831	n/a	16 of 59, 27%

Every row is as the brand reported it apart from territories per franchisee, which is marked *.

Sales by franchisee, 2025, as the brand reported it, with revenue per territory added *Averan calculation
quartile	Franchisees	Territories	Territories each *	Total sales	Average per franchisee	Per territory *	Highest	Lowest	Median	Above the group average
Top 25%	9	15	1.67	$16,574,651	$1,841,628	$1,104,977	$2,953,213	$1,248,717	$1,432,601	4 of 9, 44%
Second	8	14	1.75	$7,794,105	$974,263	$556,722	$1,222,250	$687,057	$967,032	4 of 8, 50%
Third	8	13	1.63	$3,556,627	$444,578	$273,587	$672,086	$317,749	$362,657	3 of 8, 38%
Bottom 25%	9	17	1.89	$1,895,474	$210,608	$111,498	$316,183	$15,831	$244,988	6 of 9, 67%
All 34	34	59	1.74	$29,820,856	$877,084	$505,438	$2,953,213	$15,831	$679,571	15 of 34, 44%

This table reconciles end to end.

The nine highest-yielding franchisees run one territory each. Nine franchisees, nine territories, $1,666,356 apiece *, against 2.67 territories each and $116,905 apiece at the bottom.

Territory yield runs 14.3 times from top to bottom. $1,666,356 against $116,905 *. Owner totals differ 8.7 times over, so most of the difference is between territories.

The median franchisee bills 77.5% of the average. $679,571 against $877,084 *, and 15 of 34 reach the mean, a single territory at $2,953,213 is 5.8 times the average territory.

Top performers

What separates the top DRYmedic performers

DRYmedic splits its locations into groups instead of publishing one average. The best group averaged $1,841,628 a year. The worst averaged $210,608. Both run the same brand, on the same agreement, paying the same fees. The middle location sold $679,571. The average was $877,084. More than half the system is below the number the brand quotes.

Decided before you open

Trade area and site.A 8.7× gap between bands is not an operating gap. Catchment, daytime population and what sits next door set the ceiling before the first customer arrives.
Territory, and how much of it is real.This model sells from a territory rather than a building, quoted at 250,000 people. Two owners with the same brand and different ground are running different businesses, and density decides how much driving sits between jobs.
What you spend to open.Opening costs $196,325 to $318,860, a 1.6× range inside one brand. The high end usually buys more capacity, so the cheapest build is not always the cheapest route to the top band.

Live operating levers

Routes, the operating driver.This model bills on routes. The van costs the same whatever it does that day, so the owner works on how many stops fit into it and how far apart they are. It is worth watching every week, because by the time it turns up in a monthly close the quarter is half gone.
The gift card book.Gift cards are sold before the service is delivered. The top performers are not selling more of them by accident, they are running a deliberate seasonal push into the holidays and out of it again. The accounting follows: a gift card is deferred revenue until it is redeemed, so cash and earned revenue arrive in different periods.
Fees, and where the minimum bites.Fees run about 21.1% of sales. A minimum sits underneath the percentage, so the low-volume location pays the higher effective rate. The brand charges the weakest locations the most. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum and know which side of it you are on, because the answer changes what an extra dollar of sales is worth.

Context you underwrite around

The reporting screen.34 of 93 locations are behind these figures. Locations open less than the full year, brand-owned, or not meeting the reporting criteria are excluded, so the numbers describe locations that cleared that screen, not the system as a whole.
What the disclosure leaves out.Item 19 publishes no profit or cost data for franchised locations. Anything below the sales line has to come from the franchisor or from owners you call.

Top performers

How far apart the locations are

$1,666,356, the top-quarter average

This filing does not split its locations into performance bands, so the gap between the highest and lowest DRYmedic location is not disclosed. What it does publish is on the Model and Finance tabs.

What the fees come to

Minimum charges of $95,100, and a royalty rate that falls as sales rise. (Items 5 and 6)

Three charges make up that minimum. The minimum royalty reaches $2,625 a month from the 49th month. Local marketing is a flat $54,000 a calendar year. Software runs $800 a month. Above that minimum the royalty steps down: 7% of the first $1,000,000 of mitigation and contents sales in a year, 6% to $5,000,000, and 5% beyond, resetting every January.

$1,666,356, the top-quarter average

$1,666,356

$958,194, the lowest in the top quartile

$958,194

$582,995, the second-quartile average

$582,995

$297,545, the third-quartile average

$297,545

What one mature franchised business owes at each point in the reported range, rates, minimums and revenues as the brand reported it, dollars and shares *Averan calculation
Territory sales	Royalty	Royalty rate	Brand fund	Local marketing	Marketing share	Software	All in	Share of revenue
$2,953,213, the highest territory	$187,193	6.34%	$39,415	$54,000	1.8%	$9,600	$290,208	9.83%
$1,666,356, the top-quarter average	$109,981	6.60%	$23,329	$54,000	3.2%	$9,600	$196,911	11.82%
$958,194, the lowest in the top quartile	$67,074	7.00%	$14,373	$54,000	5.6%	$9,600	$145,046	15.14%
$582,995, the second-quartile average	$40,810	7.00%	$8,745	$54,000	9.3%	$9,600	$113,155	19.41%
$505,438, the average territory	$35,381	7.00%	$7,582	$54,000	10.7%	$9,600	$106,562	21.08%
$450,000, the performance test	$31,500	7.00%	$6,750	$54,000	12.0%	$9,600	$101,850	22.63%
$297,545, the third-quartile average	$31,500	10.59%	$4,463	$54,000	18.1%	$9,600	$99,563	33.46%
$116,905, the bottom-quarter average	$31,500	26.94%	$1,754	$54,000	46.2%	$9,600	$96,854	82.85%
$15,831, the lowest territory	$31,500	198.98%	$237	$54,000	341.1%	$9,600	$95,337	602.22%

The rates, tiers, minimums and revenue figures are as the brand reported it. Every dollar amount and every share is marked *, modeling one franchised business at one location in its 49th month or later.

The $95,100 is owed however little the territory bills. $31,500, $54,000 and $9,600 *, which is 81.35% of the bottom-quarter average and 18.82% of the average territory.

The royalty tiers start paying above $1,000,000 of calendar-year revenue. The lowest territory in the top quartile bills $958,194, so at most eight of the 59 reported territories reach that point *. The rate steps save the highest of them $19,532 a year against a flat 7%.

Crossing $450,000 is what turns the royalty back into a percentage. Below it the $31,500 minimum governs *, so every dollar up to that point is charged at a rate that rises as revenue falls.

Local marketing outweighs the royalty below $771,429. $54,000 is 7% of $771,429 *, and three of the four quartile averages sit under that line.

Opening and the territory

$196,325 to open, and 66.51% of it goes to the brand.

Estimated initial investment, as the brand reported it. The share column is, Item 7 of the 2026 FDD*Averan calculation
Line	Low	High	Share of the low column *
Equipment and vehicle outfitting fee	$80,000	$80,000	40.75%
Franchise fee	$45,000	$45,000	22.92%
Additional funds, three months	$32,000	$56,000	16.30%
Vehicle	$12,000	$17,000	6.11%
Professional fees and licensing	$4,500	$20,000	2.29%
Initial brand fund contribution	$3,570	$3,570	1.82%
Software	$3,240	$8,240	1.65%
Rent or lease of real estate	$3,000	$10,000	1.53%
Insurance	$3,000	$12,000	1.53%
Travel while training	$2,500	$6,000	1.27%
DASH initial setup fee	$2,000	$2,700	1.02%
Signage for vehicle	$2,000	$5,000	1.02%
Health, safety and industry certifications	$1,500	$4,800	0.76%
Technology hardware	$800	$2,000	0.41%
Start-up supplies	$500	$5,000	0.25%
Telephone services	$315	$525	0.16%
Internet services	$300	$525	0.15%
Signage costs	$100	$500	0.05%
Additional equipment and supplies	$0	$10,000	0.00%
Building work	$0	$5,000	0.00%
Full-time manager	$0	$25,000	0.00%
Total	$196,325	$318,860	100%

Amounts are as the brand reported it and the share column is marked *; both columns add to their stated totals to the dollar.

Opening costs 38.8% of what an average territory bills in a year. $196,325 against $505,438 *, and 168% of what a bottom-quarter territory bills.

The van and its kit are $94,000 at the low end. The outfitting fee, the vehicle and its signage together *, 47.88% of the whole entry cost. This is an equipment business before it is anything else.

$300,000 in year three, $450,000 from year four.

A territory covers up to 250,000 people and is protected. The performance requirement arrives in two steps.

The performance ladder against the filed groups. The tests and revenues as the brand reported it, the comparison is *Averan calculation
Group	Revenue	Against $300,000, year three *	Against $450,000, year four onward *
Top-quarter territory average	$1,666,356	5.55×	3.70×
Second-quartile territory average	$582,995	1.94×	1.30×
Average territory	$505,438	1.68×	1.12×
Third-quartile territory average	$297,545	0.99×	0.66×
Bottom-quarter median territory	$122,494	0.41×	0.27×
Bottom-quarter territory average	$116,905	0.39×	0.26×

The two tests and the revenue figures are as the brand reported it; the multiples are marked *.

Half the reporting system sits below the year-four test. The third and bottom quartiles average $297,545 and $116,905 against $450,000 *, 35 of the 59 territories.

The average territory clears the year-four test by 12%. $505,438 against $450,000 *, $55,438 of headroom on the system’s own mean.

The network of locations

A system that tripled in three years.

Franchised territory movement, 2023 to 2025, as the brand reported it, with total departures added *Averan calculation
Year	At start	Opened	Terminated	Ceased for other reasons	Departures *	At end	Transfers
2023	27	19	0	3	3	43	3
2024	43	26	3	0	3	66	0
2025	66	30	1	2	3	93	0

Every column apart from departures is as the brand reported it, and start plus openings less departures returns the filed year-end count in all three years.

Departures held at exactly three a year while openings climbed. 19, 26 and 30 against 3, 3 and 3 *, a departure rate of 4.5% in 2025 against 11.1% in 2023.

Nearly a fifth of the system is company-owned. 22 of 115 territories *, unchanged for two years while the franchised side added 50.

Three transfers in three years. All of them in 2023 *, a system young enough that few owners have reached the point of selling.

Questions we get asked

Questions owners ask.

What does a DRYmedic territory bill?

The 34 franchisees reporting all of 2025 billed $29,820,856 across 59 territories, an average of $505,438 each. By quartile the per-territory averages run $1,666,356, $582,995, $297,545 and $116,905, and 16 of 59 territories beat the system average.

What does a franchisee bill?

An average of $877,084 with a median of $679,571, ranging from $15,831 to $2,953,213. The top quartile averages $1,841,628 across 1.67 territories each; the bottom quartile averages $210,608 across 1.89.

What does the brand take?

A royalty of 7% on the first $1,000,000 of mitigation and contents sales in a year, 6% to $5,000,000 and 5% above that. A minimum that reaches $2,625 a month from the 49th month. Rebuilding work is charged at a flat 3%. The brand fund starts at 1.5% and steps down to 0% above $10,000,000. Software is $800 a month. On top of that, $54,000 a year must be spent on local marketing. At the average territory that totals $106,562, or 21.08% of revenue.

What is the fixed cost before any work?

$95,100 a year for a mature franchised business at one location, $31,500 of minimum royalty, $54,000 of local marketing and $9,600 of software. That is 18.82% of what an average territory bills and 81.35% of what a bottom-quarter one bills.

How much revenue keeps the territory?

$300,000 in the third twelve-month period after opening, then $450,000 from the fourth onward. Falling short gives the franchisor the right to require a revenue improvement program and then to shrink the territory or end the agreement. The average territory clears the higher test by $55,438.

What does it cost to open?

$196,325 to $318,860. Of that, $130,570 to $131,270 goes to the brand at signing. The $45,000 franchise fee, an $80,000 equipment and vehicle outfitting fee, a $3,570 brand fund contribution and the DASH setup fee. Cash to run the business day to day is $32,000 to $56,000. Under the Pioneer Incentive Program the franchise fee is deferred five years and may be forgiven in full.

What this filing does not disclose

No profit figure. The filing reports sales and not earnings, so what an owner keeps is not disclosed.
No cost lines. Wages, rent and cost of goods are not broken out, so margin cannot be rebuilt from the document.

Questions worth putting to DRYmedic

The filing answers what it answers. These are the gaps an owner or a buyer should close directly.

What do locations at the median spend on wages and rent as a share of sales? The filing reports sales only.
What separates the highest-selling locations from the lowest: trade area, years open, size, or the owner?
How long does a new location take to reach the average you publish, and what does the build-up look like month by month?
At what level of sales do the minimum charges stop applying and the percentage take over?
How many DRYmedic locations closed, were sold, or changed hands last year, and why?

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DRYmedic franchise unit economics

How much does a DRYmedic franchise make?

$505,438 a territory, $877,084 a franchisee.

What separates the top DRYmedic performers

Decided before you open

Live operating levers

Context you underwrite around

How far apart the locations are

Minimum charges of $95,100, and a royalty rate that falls as sales rise. (Items 5 and 6)

$196,325 to open, and 66.51% of it goes to the brand.

$300,000 in year three, $450,000 from year four.

A system that tripled in three years.

Questions owners ask.

What does a DRYmedic territory bill?

What does a franchisee bill?

What does the brand take?

What is the fixed cost before any work?

How much revenue keeps the territory?

What does it cost to open?

Questions worth putting to DRYmedic

Run your own numbers.

What is the minimum costing you?

Questions owners ask next

Where these figures come from.

What happens next

DRYmedic franchise unit economics

How much does a DRYmedic franchise make?

$505,438 a territory, $877,084 a franchisee.

What separates the top DRYmedic performers

Decided before you open

Live operating levers

Context you underwrite around

How far apart the locations are

Minimum charges of $95,100, and a royalty rate that falls as sales rise. (Items 5 and 6)

$196,325 to open, and 66.51% of it goes to the brand.

$300,000 in year three, $450,000 from year four.

A system that tripled in three years.

Questions owners ask.

What does a DRYmedic territory bill?

What does a franchisee bill?

What does the brand take?

What is the fixed cost before any work?

How much revenue keeps the territory?

What does it cost to open?

Questions worth putting to DRYmedic

Run your own numbers.

What is the minimum costing you?

Questions owners ask next

Other restoration brands

Minimum fees and fixed charges, in other categories

Where these figures come from.

What happens next