Remodel, garage and closets franchise finance
The median brand here reports average revenue of $1,296,688 a unit. Percentage fees at the median brand come to 8.5% of sales. The median cost to open runs $155,500 to $246,350.
Remodel, garage and closets franchises at a glance
- Averan Franchise compares twenty-three remodel, garage and closets franchise brands, each from its own 2026 FDD.
- The cost to open a remodel, garage and closets franchise runs from $69,095 at Access Garage Door & More to $654,860 at DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen.
- Closets by Design reports the highest average sales of these brands, at $10,175,625, and ShelfGenie the lowest, at $123,918.
- Franchise fees take 5.23% to 13.07% of sales across the twenty brands where Averan Franchise works out the figure.
These figures come from each brand's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, as the brand reported them, and were read by Averan Advisors.
Find a remodel, garage and closets brand
This guide covers twenty-three brands, each from its own 2026 FDD. Open one, or pick two and compare them.
All 23 brands
The brands in this group
Each brand has its own page on how its locations make money, with every figure set out against the brand’s disclosure document it comes from.
- Access Garage Door & More 23 locations · Same-location year on year change
- Ace Handyman Services 383 locations · Single territory against multi-territory groups by quartile
- Archadeck Outdoor Living Full P&L · Independent benchmarking P&L ending at 2.2% before owner add-backs
- Bath Tune-Up Sales by percentile · Sales for single territories and multi-territory owners, with average sale and gross profit by service line
- Cabinet IQ 53 locations · Affiliate profit and loss
- Closet & Storage Concepts 6 locations · Required local advertising larger than the royalty
- Closets by Design An appointment is worth $3,109, and the quarter range is appointments run
- DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen Banded royalty on the whole year against a $49
- Five Star Bath Solutions 345 locations · Sales per franchisee by tenure and owner size
- Five Star Flooring 0 locations · Adjusted profit and loss for one company-controlled location
- Floor Coverings International 309 locations · Revenue groups with job size and gross margin
- Floor Crafters 6 locations · Affiliate-only sales figures
- Handyman Connection 65 locations · Job count against ticket
- Kitchen Tune-Up Sales by percentile · Sales for 135 owners, with average sale and gross profit for seven service lines
- More Space Place 26 locations · Location figures from multi-territory owners
- Mr. Handyman 357 locations · Revenue per unit falls as units are added
- Precision Garage Door Service Eight territory-size bands measured in single-family detached homes, each with average, median, high, low and attainment - PLUS a second table giving average gross sales PER JOB by top decile, four quartiles and bottom decile, so revenue decomposes into job count times ticket
- Re-Bath 142 locations · Marketing cost of a sold job
- ShelfGenie 262 locations · Gross sales a territory by market
- The Tailored Closet Six measures x two groups x two years
- TruBlue 135 locations · Revenue quartiles for 42 franchises plus a separate first-full-calendar-year cohort, against a four-rung fee rebate ladder and a flat advertising floor
- Up Closets 76 locations · Cost per consultation
- Window World A royalty priced per window, no brand fund, and marketing set on LAST year's sales
The figures, brand by brand
| Measure | Median | Brands | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sales per unit | $1,296,688 | 20 of 23 | Median of each brand’s disclosed average |
| Median sales per unit | $837,014 | 18 of 23 | Median of each brand’s disclosed median |
| Initial franchise fee | $54,950 | 22 of 23 | |
| Royalty | 6% | 22 of 23 | Headline rate |
| Brand or advertising fund | 1.8% | 22 of 23 | |
| Fees paid to the brand | 8.5% | 20 of 23 | Royalty, brand fund and other fees paid to the brand or its affiliates, as a share of average sales |
| Cost to open, low | $155,500 | 22 of 23 | |
| Cost to open, high | $246,350 | 22 of 23 | |
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 5 of 23 | Each brand’s own profit line; definitions differ |
| Labor, share of revenue | 17.5% | 6 of 23 | |
| Building costs, share of revenue | 3.7% | 3 of 23 | |
| Unit growth over each FDD’s Item 20 period (2025, or 2023 to 2025) | 8.9% | 20 of 23 | (End − start) ÷ start |
| Customers lost over each FDD’s Item 20 period (2025, or 2023 to 2025) | 8.1% | 20 of 23 | Terminated, non-renewed, reacquired and ceased, ÷ opening units; transfers excluded |
Each figure is the median of the brands that disclose it, and the Brands column counts them.
How we calculated this
Revenue is each brand's own reported figure on its own unit basis, so the median describes the group and no single brand. Growth and customers lost are our calculations from each brand's outlet table. Where fewer than three brands disclose a figure, no benchmark is shown.
The model
The business model the top performers in remodel, garage and closets are running
What the top performers can do that others cannot
Thirteen of the twenty-three brands here sell one job at a time. Rostering against demand is the constraint: wages run 17.5% of sales at the middle brand, second to products and materials at 46.3%.
What the customer is buying
The customer buys a quoted job, usually once. At one of them the model is different: the customer buys a service booked when it is needed, which asks something else of the owner. A location at the middle brand sells $1,296,688 a year, and the median top group sells $2,339,688. The offer is the same at both ends of that range, so the difference is volume. The product is the same.
Who the customer is, and how often they come back
This is an acquisition business. Each job is won again, so lead flow, the close rate and what the average job is worth decide the year. A median 37% of locations reach their own brand’s average, so most of the system is below the number the brand advertises, and the gap usually comes from low demand. Effort is usually not the cause. The top group sells $2,339,688 against $396,918 at the bottom. Trade area and site set that range before an owner takes a booking.
How the money works
Opening costs $69,095 to $654,860 across the group, and inside one brand the top of the range is typically 1.7 times the bottom. At the middle brand the cost stack runs wages 17.5%, occupancy 3.7%, cost of sales 46.3%, franchise fees 8.5% of sales. What is left runs 11.9% at the middle brand, which is $279,359 a year at the top group and $47,392 at the bottom. The percentage changes little between them; the dollars change a lot.
Top performers
These are the things that separate top performers in remodel, garage and closets
Across the remodel, garage and closets brands that publish both figures, the median top group of locations sells $2,339,688 a year and the median bottom group sells $396,918. Across these brands, a median of 37% of locations reach their own brand’s average.
Decided before you open
- Opening cost against sales.The top group sells $2,339,688 a year against a build that tops out at $654,860, so at the heavy end of the range a location sells $3.57 for every dollar it cost to open.
- Rent as a share of sales.Occupancy runs 3.7% of sales at the middle brand, which on median sales of $1,296,688 is $47,977 of rent a year. That same $47,977 is 2.1% of sales at the top group and 12.1% at the bottom. Top-group locations put more sales through the same square footage, with longer earning hours, a second daypart, and a site picked for traffic.
Live operating levers
- Thirteen of the twenty-three brands here sell one job at a time.
Business model attribute
- Service
- Jobs quoted and won one at a time
- Unit economics
- Jobs a week times the average ticket
- Two of the twenty-three brands here run a recurring plan.
Business model attribute
- Service
- Recurring plans and booked return visits
- Unit economics
- Customers on a plan times visits a month
- Two of the twenty-three brands here can widen what they sell without widening the building.
Business model attribute
- Service
- Retail or higher service tiers
- Unit economics
- Sales per room per hour
- Wages by brand.Wages run 17.5% of sales at the middle brand and 4.2% to 29.1% across the six that disclose it. The levers are scheduling against booked demand hour by hour, sales per paid hour, and keeping part of pay variable. On the top group’s $2,339,688 of sales, a point of wages is $23,397 a year; on the bottom group’s $396,918 it is $3,969.
- Cost of goods by brand.Products and materials take 46.3% of sales at the middle brand, 22.9% to 59.8% across the fourteen that disclose it. The levers on this line are buying on the brand program, holding the price list instead of discounting to close, and counting waste weekly.
- Profit margin.Of the five brands that publish a profit line, the middle one keeps 11.9% of sales, from 2.2% to 13.5%. The cost lines above move by a few points between the highest-selling and lowest-selling locations while sales move by multiples. At an 11.9% margin, the top group earns $279,359 a year and the bottom group $47,392.
- Fees as a share of sales.Fees run a median 8.5% of sales across twenty brands, from 5.2% to 13.1%. Where a minimum applies, lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. At $2,339,688 the fees cost $198,055 a year; at $396,918 they cost $33,599.
Context you underwrite around
- First-year build-up.Four of twenty-three filings in this group show how a new location builds up. The others do not show it.
Operating levers
What each brand’s top performers actually work on
These are the levers each brand's filing supports. Each brand has three to five, read from its own 2026 FDD. Filter by type of business, or open a brand for the figures underneath.
23 brands
Access Garage Door & More
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 7.0% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Cash needed in the first year. This filing shows how a new location builds up: the month sales cover costs, and how much cash you fund before then.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
Ace Handyman Services
Remodel, garage and closets
- What you can change after opening. This filing prices none of the operating lines. Across the Home Services brands in this library that do disclose them, the largest is the cost of what you sell at a median 43.8% of sales *
Archadeck Outdoor Living
Remodel, garage and closets
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 59.8% of sales, against 2.2% kept at the end. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
- Occupancy cost. Rent and building costs take 0.9% of sales here. The rent is fixed when the lease is signed, so this share falls only as sales per square foot rise.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 7.6% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
Bath Tune-Up
Remodel, garage and closets
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 51.0% of sales. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Memberships and rebooking. A recurring plan turns appointments into a monthly subscription and keeps the schedule fuller. Rebooking before the customer leaves keeps it full.
- Service and retail mix. Retail sales and the share of customers on higher service tiers raise revenue per hour without adding hours or rooms.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 9.6% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
Cabinet IQ
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 7.6% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 45.2% of sales, against 13.5% kept at the end. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
Closet & Storage Concepts
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 5.2% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
Closets by Design
Remodel, garage and closets
- Visits. Track how many visits happen, what each one is worth, and how many customers book the next one before they leave.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 9.5% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen
Remodel, garage and closets
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 53.8% of sales. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 9.0% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
Five Star Bath Solutions
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 8.8% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Cash needed in the first year. This filing shows how a new location builds up: the month sales cover costs, and how much cash you fund before then.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
Five Star Flooring
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 8.4% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
Floor Coverings International
Remodel, garage and closets
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 9.3% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
Floor Crafters
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 8.2% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 56.0% of sales. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
Handyman Connection
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 9.5% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
Kitchen Tune-Up
Remodel, garage and closets
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 42.0% of sales. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Service and retail mix. Retail sales and the share of customers on higher service tiers raise revenue per hour without adding hours or rooms.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 8.0% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
More Space Place
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 5.4% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
- Wages. Wages take 29.1% of sales. The levers are staff productivity, scheduling against demand hour by hour, and the balance of base pay to commission.
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 37.7% of sales. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
Mr. Handyman
Remodel, garage and closets
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 9.3% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
Precision Garage Door Service
Remodel, garage and closets
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 8.0% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
Re-Bath
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 8.6% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Cash needed in the first year. This filing shows how a new location builds up: the month sales cover costs, and how much cash you fund before then.
ShelfGenie
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 13.1% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 22.9% of sales. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
The Tailored Closet
Remodel, garage and closets
- Sales depend on service calls. A technician finishes only so many calls a day, so the owner works on how many of them turn into paid work and what the average ticket is worth.
- Memberships and rebooking. A recurring plan turns appointments into a monthly subscription and keeps the schedule fuller. Rebooking before the customer leaves keeps it full.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 6.6% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
TruBlue
Remodel, garage and closets
- Sales depend on work orders. A technician completes a set number of work orders in a day, so the owner works on how many and what each one is worth.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 8.5% of sales. A minimum fee also applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Cash needed in the first year. This filing shows how a new location builds up: the month sales cover costs, and how much cash you fund before then.
Up Closets
Remodel, garage and closets
- Fees and the minimum. A minimum fee applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
- Sales depend on installations. The sale happens in the customer’s home, so the owner works on how many appointments are booked, how many close, and what the average install is worth.
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 42.0% of sales. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
Window World
Remodel, garage and closets
- What you can change after opening. This filing prices none of the operating lines. Across the Home Services brands in this library that do disclose them, the largest is the cost of what you sell at a median 43.8% of sales *
Remodel, garage and closets cost lines as a share of sales
Fourteen of the twenty-three remodel, garage and closets brands in Averan Franchise disclose what their locations spend on wages, rent and space, or cost of goods. Each figure is a share of the average location's sales, from the brand's 2026 FDD. Rent and space covers rent and the other costs of the premises.
| Brand | Wages | Rent and space | Cost of goods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Access Garage Door & More | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 46.1% |
| Archadeck Outdoor Living | 20.0% | 0.9% | 59.8% |
| Bath Tune-Up | 28.0% | Not disclosed | 51.0% |
| Cabinet IQ | 12.6% | 3.7% | 45.2% |
| DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 53.8% |
| Five Star Bath Solutions | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 43.8% |
| Five Star Flooring | 4.2% | Not disclosed | 56.3% |
| Floor Crafters | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 56.0% |
| Handyman Connection | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 49.6% |
| Kitchen Tune-Up | 15.0% | Not disclosed | 42.0% |
| More Space Place | 29.1% | 6.5% | 37.7% |
| Re-Bath | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 46.5% |
| ShelfGenie | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 22.9% |
| Up Closets | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 42.0% |
How fast new remodel, garage and closets locations build sales
The pages for five of the twenty-three remodel, garage and closets brands in Averan Franchise show how a new location's sales build after opening, by month or by years open, in dollars from each brand's FDD. The months before sales cover costs are the ones to plan cash for, and the minimum fee calculator shows what the fees cost during them.
Common questions
How much does a remodel, garage and closets franchise cost to open?
Among the twenty-two remodel, garage and closets brands in Averan Franchise that publish it, the cost to open runs from $69,095 at Access Garage Door & More to $654,860 at DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen, according to their 2026 FDDs.
Which remodel, garage and closets franchise costs the least to open?
Access Garage Door & More has the lowest starting cost of the remodel, garage and closets brands in Averan Franchise, at $69,095 to $187,055.
Which remodel, garage and closets franchise has the highest average sales?
Closets by Design reports the highest average sales of the remodel, garage and closets brands in Averan Franchise, at $10,175,625 in its 2026 FDD.
What do remodel, garage and closets franchise fees cost as a share of sales?
Across the twenty remodel, garage and closets brands where Averan Franchise works out the figure, franchise fees take 5.23% to 13.07% of sales.
Questions owners ask next
The figures above raise these, and each one is answered on its own page.
- At what level of sales does a minimum fee stop costing me more than the percentage?It works out the sales level where a minimum fee stops applying.
- How much cash do I fund before a new location covers its own costs?It builds a 13-week forecast for the months before break-even.
- My payroll percentage keeps climbing. Is that a payroll problem?It shows how to tell whether payroll is rising or revenue is falling.
- What should I be looking at every week?It lists the handful of numbers that move before the P&L does.
- Do I need a bookkeeper, a controller, or a CFO?It explains what each role owns and when the next hire pays for itself.
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Talk to AveranWhere these figures come from
Every figure here comes from the brands' 2026 FDDs and is unaudited by us. We are unaffiliated with the brands. The medians, growth and customers lost figures are our own calculations. The figures describe past performance at other businesses. They are not a projection of your results. This page is an educational summary and is not an offer to sell a franchise or financial, legal or tax advice. All trademarks belong to their owners. How Averan reads a Franchise Disclosure Document.