Precision Garage Door Service franchise unit economics
Precision Garage Door Service franchisees run garage door repair and replacement businesses sized by the number of single-family detached homes inside a territory. The 116 businesses reporting a full 2025 averaged $5,737,824 on an average job of $1,213, which works out at roughly 18 jobs a day. Ticket is where the system separates: at that volume the distance between the top and bottom quartiles of job value is $2,975,170 of revenue a year.
- Primary source
- Precision Door Service SPV LLC, 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document
- Items read
- Item 7 for cost to open; Item 19 for sales and any profit figure; Item 20 for the location count
- Population
- 116 of 147 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.
The 116 businesses reporting a full year averaged $5,737,824 at $1,213 a job, which is about 18 jobs a day. Revenue is banded by the number of single-family detached homes inside a territory. The difference between the best and worst quartiles of ticket, held at that volume, is $2,975,170 a year.
- The average business runs about 18 jobs a day at $1,213 each. $5,737,824 of sales across 4,730 jobs a year *, which makes the job the unit this business is actually managed in.
- Ticket is worth $2,975,170 a year at system volume. $1,531 a job in the first quartile against $902 in the fourth *. The same 4,730 jobs priced either way, and business to business the ticket runs $1,975 down to $425.
- Territory scale stops paying above roughly 400,000 homes. Revenue for each home peaks at $14.57 in the 378,001 to 532,000 group and falls to $8.54 in the largest *, so the biggest territories are the least worked, on either way of measuring them.
- Zero terminations, zero non-renewals and zero closures in three years. 36 openings against 50 transfers across 2023 to 2025 *, businesses in this system change hands, which is a market for the equity.
- Opening costs 1.5 to 3.3 weeks of an average business’s sales. $164,285 to $360,294 against $5,737,824 *, and the franchise fee itself is priced per home, at 50 cents each, against revenue of $8.54 to $14.57 a home.
How much does a Precision Garage Door Service franchise make?
The average Precision Garage Door Service unit reported $5,737,824 of revenue in the 2026 FDD. 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 13% 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.
What a job is worth
$1,213 a job, and $1,550 of range around it.
| Group | Average job | Median | Range within the group | Businesses | Reaching the group average | At 4,730 jobs a year * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10% | $1,640 | $1,589 | $1,514 to $1,975 | 12 | 1, 8.3% | $7,757,200 |
| First quartile | $1,531 | $1,494 | $1,388 to $1,975 | 29 | 11, 38% | $7,241,630 |
| Second quartile | $1,274 | $1,259 | $1,195 to $1,372 | 29 | 14, 48% | $6,026,020 |
| Third quartile | $1,146 | $1,142 | $1,087 to $1,196 | 29 | 14, 48% | $5,420,580 |
| Fourth quartile | $902 | $947 | $425 to $1,073 | 29 | 16, 72% | $4,266,460 |
| Bottom 10% | $763 | $791 | $425 to $882 | 12 | 9, 75% | $3,608,990 |
| All businesses | $1,213 | $1,194 | $425 to $1,975 | 116 | 59, 51% | $5,737,490 |
Every column apart from the right-hand one is as the brand reported it. That column is marked *, holding job count at the 4,730 the system average implies and repricing it at each group’s ticket.
Moving from the fourth quartile to the first is worth $2,975,170 a year. $7,241,630 against $4,266,460 on identical job volume *, which is 51.9% of the whole system average, earned without adding a single truck.
The ticket range inside the system is 4.65 times. $1,975 at the best business against $425 at the lowest-selling *, for the same service on the same kind of door.
The top tenth of the group, ranked by sales is a tight, high group; the bottom tenth of the group, ranked by sales is a long tail. $1,514 to $1,975 against $425 to $882 *, and 9 of the 12 businesses in that bottom tenth of the group, ranked by sales sit above its own $763 average. So a handful of very low tickets pull the group down.
Attainment runs backwards to the quarter. 72% of the fourth quartile reaches its own average against 38% of the first *. The weak end is bunched and the strong end is stretched, which is where the headroom in this system sits.
Top performers
What separates the top Precision Garage Door Service performers
Precision Garage Door Service splits its locations into groups instead of publishing one average. The best group averaged $11,791,975 a year. The worst averaged $1,382,488. Both run the same brand, on the same agreement, paying the same fees.
Decided before you open
- Trade area and site.A 8.5× gap between bands is not an operating gap. Catchment, daytime population and what sits next door set the ceiling before the first customer arrives.
- Capacity, fixed at build.capacity is None vans multiplied by hours multiplied by how full they run. What you can sell is set by the build, and the build does not change after opening.
- Territory, and how much of it is real.This model sells from a territory rather than a building. 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 $164,285 to $360,294, a 2.2× 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
- Jobs, the operating driver.This model bills on jobs. Every job is won again, so the owner works on how many quotes turn into work and what the average job is worth when it does. It is worth watching every week, because by the time it turns up in a monthly close the quarter is half gone.
- Fees, and where the minimum bites.Fees run about 13.0% 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.116 of 147 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, no median, no attainment figure. Anything below the sales line has to come from the franchisor or from owners you call.
Territory and revenue
Eight groups of homes, and a ceiling on what scale buys.
| Homes in the territory | Businesses | Average | Median | Range | Revenue a home, at the midpoint * | At the group minimum * | Jobs a day * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91,000 to 230,000 | 19 | $1,382,488 | $857,807 | $210,238 to $4,910,761 | $8.61 | $15.19 | 4.4 |
| 230,001 to 312,000 | 27 | $3,783,827 | $3,209,267 | $584,768 to $8,193,701 | $13.96 | $16.45 | 12.0 |
| 312,001 to 378,000 | 15 | $4,451,119 | $4,322,441 | $932,653 to $9,146,155 | $12.90 | $14.27 | 14.1 |
| 378,001 to 532,000 | 15 | $6,629,607 | $6,536,657 | $1,623,678 to $14,616,575 | $14.57 | $17.54 | 21.0 |
| 532,001 to 630,000 | 10 | $7,854,580 | $5,610,646 | $1,967,353 to $20,271,193 | $13.52 | $14.76 | 24.9 |
| 630,001 to 750,000 | 11 | $8,454,433 | $7,911,960 | $2,183,024 to $14,069,383 | $12.25 | $13.42 | 26.8 |
| 750,001 to 960,000 | 9 | $9,053,526 | $6,601,389 | $3,414,018 to $18,482,910 | $10.59 | $12.07 | 28.7 |
| 960,001 to 1,800,000 | 10 | $11,791,975 | $4,697,521 | $3,251,114 to $43,390,376 | $8.54 | $12.28 | 37.4 |
| All 116 * | 116 | $5,737,824 | n/a | $210,238 to $43,390,376 | n/a | n/a | 18.2 |
Group boundaries, counts, averages, medians and ranges are as the brand reported it; the three right-hand columns and the all-business row are marked *.
Both ways of measuring it agree that the largest territories are the least worked. Revenue a home falls from $14.57 to $8.54 across the top five groups at midpoints, and from $17.54 to $12.28 at the group minimums *, so beyond roughly 400,000 homes, the extra ground is earning less for each home in it.
The largest group holds a $43,390,376 business and a median of $4,697,521. That median is 39.8% of its own group averages *. The widest gap of any group, and the reason the top group’s average reads better than its typical business does.
The tightest groups are the mid-sized ones. Medians sit at 97.1% and 98.6% of their averages in the 312,001 and 378,001 groups *, against 62.0% at the smallest and 39.8% at the largest, so the middle of this system behaves consistently and both ends scatter.
A business in the smallest group runs about 4 jobs a day and one in the largest about 37. $1,382,488 against $11,791,975 at $1,213 a job *, an 8.5 times gap in daily work from a territory 8.6 times larger at the midpoints. That is the arithmetic behind the flat revenue a home.
Fees and the minimum
8% of sales, with a minimum that only touches the smallest.
| Fee | Rate | At $5,737,824 of sales * |
|---|---|---|
| License fee | 6% of gross sales, with a monthly minimum | $344,269 |
| Marketing fee | 2% of gross sales | $114,756 |
| Both together | 8% | $459,026 |
| Local marketing minimum | The greater of $20,000 or 5% of the prior year | $286,891 |
| Local marketing groups | Up to 3% of gross sales | Up to $172,135 |
| Software system | $124.45 a month | $1,493 |
Rates are as the brand reported it; the dollar column is marked *, applied to the weighted system average.
| Homes in the territory | Months 0 to 12 | Months 13 to 18 | Months 19 to 24 | Month 25 onward | Sales at which 6% takes over * |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 150,000 | $0 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $400,000 |
| 151,000 to 300,000 | $0 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $500,000 |
| 300,001 to 500,000 | $0 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $600,000 |
| 500,001 to 1,000,000 | $0 | $3,000 | $4,000 | $5,000 | $1,000,000 |
| 1,000,001 and above | $0 | $5,000 | $6,000 | $7,000 | $1,400,000 |
Amounts and groups are as the brand reported it, monthly; the right-hand column is marked *, dividing twelve times the month-25 minimum by 6%.
Only the smallest businesses in the smallest territories reach the minimum. The lowest business in the smallest group billed $210,238, on which 6% is $12,614 against a minimum of $24,000 to $30,000 *, an effective 11.42% to 14.27%, against 6% for everyone above roughly $500,000.
The franchise fee is priced by the home, at 50 cents each. $75,000 to $150,000 for a typical 150,000 to 300,000 home territory *, which is 3.43% to 5.85% of a single year’s revenue from those same homes, depending on the group.
The required local marketing spend is two and a half times the marketing fee. $286,891 at 5% of sales against $114,756 at 2% *, so the money an owner directs themselves is much larger than the money the brand directs, which makes lead cost the number to watch.
All in, a business at system average sales pays 13.03% before any local marketing group. $747,410 of license, marketing, mandated local spend and software *, and a designated marketing group can add up to 3 points on top of that.
The network of locations
Nobody left in three years.
| Year | At start | Opened | Terminations | Non-renewals | Reacquired | Ceased, other | At end | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 111 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 17 |
| 2024 | 118 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 19 |
| 2025 | 132 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 14 |
Every figure is as the brand reported it.
| Line | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Franchise fee, at 50 cents a home | $75,000 | $150,000 |
| Opening parts and electronics inventory | $17,250 | $28,750 |
| Advertising and local marketing to launch | $17,250 | $34,500 |
| Additional funds, three months | $34,500 | $69,000 |
| Everything else | $20,285 | $77,844 |
| Total as the brand reported it | $164,285 | $360,294 |
| As weeks of average sales * | 1.5 weeks | 3.3 weeks |
The line items and the printed totals are as the brand reported it; the “everything else” row and the weeks row are marked *.
The system grew 32.4% in three years and lost nobody. 111 to 147 businesses on 36 openings and zero exits of any kind *, across a library where closures are the norm, that is the single most unusual line in this breakdown.
50 businesses changed hands over the same period. 17, 19 then 14 transfers *, which in 2025 is 10.6% of the businesses open at the start of the year. So ownership turns over at a steady clip while the outlets themselves stay open.
Entry is the lightest thing about this business relative to what it bills. $164,285 to $360,294 against $5,737,824 of average sales *, 2.9% to 6.3%, because the assets are vans, parts and a phone.
The pipeline is small and the growth is steady. 5 agreements signed and unopened against 6 projected openings *, compared with 15 actual openings in 2025, so the brand is guiding below its recent pace.
Questions we get asked
Questions owners ask.
What does a Precision Garage Door Service business bill?
It depends almost entirely on territory size. The 116 businesses reporting a full 2025 averaged $5,737,824 on our weighting of the filed groups, running from $1,382,488 in the smallest territory group to $11,791,975 in the largest. Business to business the range was $210,238 to $43,390,376.
How many jobs is that?
At the filed $1,213 average job, the system average works out at roughly 4,730 jobs a year, or about 18 a day across 260 working days. The smallest group runs near 4 a day and the largest near 37.
What is a job worth?
$1,213 on average and $1,194 at the median. The first quartile of businesses averages $1,531 a job and the fourth $902, with the full range running $1,975 down to $425.
Is ticket or volume the bigger lever?
Ticket, by a wide margin, once a business is established. Holding job count at the system’s 4,730 and moving from the fourth quartile’s $902 to the first quartile’s $1,531 is worth $2,975,170 a year. Is 51.9% of the system average.
Does a bigger territory earn more?
More in total, less for each home. Revenue for each home in the territory peaks around $14.57 in the 378,001 to 532,000 group and falls to $8.54 in the largest group on our midpoint reading. The same pattern holds when each group is measured at its minimum.
What does the brand take?
A license fee of 6% of gross sales and a marketing fee of 2%. A minimum local marketing spend of the greater of $20,000 or 5% of the prior year’s sales. Software at $124.45 a month. Up to 3% for a designated local marketing group. A monthly minimum license fee between $1,000 and $7,000 applies from month 13, scaled by territory size, and the first twelve months have zero minimum.
What does it cost to open?
$164,285 to $360,294 excluding real estate, of which the franchise fee is $75,000 to $150,000, priced at 50 cents for each single-family detached home in the territory. Opening parts inventory runs $17,250 to $28,750 and launch advertising the same again.
- No median. Only an average is published, which a few large locations can lift on their own.
- 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.
- No attainment figure. The filing does not say how many locations reached the average it publishes.
Questions worth putting to Precision Garage Door Service
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 Precision Garage Door Service locations closed, were sold, or changed hands last year, and why?
Run your own numbers.
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