Restoration franchise finance
The median brand here reports average revenue of $941,644 a unit. Percentage fees at the median brand come to 10.1% of sales. The median cost to open runs $167,488 to $326,430.
Restoration franchises at a glance
- Averan Franchise compares twenty-two restoration franchise brands, each from its own 2026 FDD.
- The cost to open a restoration franchise runs from $84,650 at CRDN to $804,900 at Paul Davis.
- Houzpital reports the highest average sales of these brands, at $8,983,924, and Bio-One the lowest, at $372,962.
- Franchise fees take 5.46% to 20.65% of sales across the twenty-one 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 restoration brand
This guide covers twenty-two brands, each from its own 2026 FDD. Open one, or pick two and compare them.
All 22 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.
- 1-800 WATER DAMAGE Single territory outproduces a second by 64%
- 911 Restoration 327 locations · Top and bottom quarter of operators
- Bio-One 144 locations · Revenue in four tiers plus expense percentages and Adjusted EBITDA
- BOR Restoration 71 locations · Printed average does not match total divided by reporting count
- CRDN 131 locations · Combination jobs carry most of the billing
- DRYmedic Territory and franchisee quartiles read against a three-part annual floor - minimum royalty, flat-dollar local marketing and software - that holds whatever the territory bills
- FRSTeam 47 locations · Revenue thirds against a minimum royalty
- Houzpital 0 locations · Affiliate-only sales figures
- Lightspeed Restoration 40 locations · Sales by number of territories held
- Lyons Restores 10 locations · Franchised and company-owned medians
- Mold Medics 18 locations · Sales and costs per territory
- Paul Davis Revenue by group · The fee schedule prices the territory by the head and most businesses sit below the rate it sets
- Prism Specialties Single line against multiple lines
- PuroClean The same seven revenue tiers published three times - for all franchisees, for those employing a business development rep, and for those without one - plus a conversion cohort, against an eight-bracket royalty stepping 10% to 3% that resets every January
- Rainbow Restoration Revenue by group · Descending license-fee ladder set annually, so each threshold is a cliff worth 1% of itself
- Restoration 1 Full-time business development split published
- Rytech 105 locations · Four years of median revenue
- ServiceMaster Restore Logged sales calls published beside revenue
- SERVPRO No financial performance representation
- Storm Guard Full P&L · Average job size converts the brand’s disclosure document into jobs a week
- True North Restoration 23 locations · Each business named
- Voda Cleaning & Restoration 105 locations · Revenue per job by service
The figures, brand by brand
| Measure | Median | Brands | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average sales per unit | $941,644 | 21 of 22 | Median of each brand’s disclosed average |
| Median sales per unit | $584,720 | 18 of 22 | Median of each brand’s disclosed median |
| Initial franchise fee | $59,700 | 22 of 22 | |
| Royalty | 7% | 22 of 22 | Headline rate |
| Brand or advertising fund | 2% | 21 of 22 | |
| Fees paid to the brand | 10.1% | 21 of 22 | Royalty, brand fund and other fees paid to the brand or its affiliates, as a share of average sales |
| Cost to open, low | $167,488 | 22 of 22 | |
| Cost to open, high | $326,430 | 22 of 22 | |
| Profit margin | 15.3% | 6 of 22 | Each brand’s own profit line; definitions differ |
| Labor, share of revenue | 28% | 8 of 22 | |
| Building costs, share of revenue | 4.9% | 3 of 22 | |
| Unit growth over each FDD’s Item 20 period (2025, or 2023 to 2025) | 4.3% | 18 of 22 | (End − start) ÷ start |
| Customers lost over each FDD’s Item 20 period (2025, or 2023 to 2025) | 4.5% | 15 of 22 | 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 restoration are running
What the top performers can do that others cannot
Fourteen of the twenty-two brands here sell work paid by an insurer. Rostering against demand is the constraint: wages run 28.0% of sales at the middle brand, close to the 29.3% that goes on products and materials.
What the customer is buying
The customer buys restoration that is billed to a carrier and not to the homeowner. At two of them the model is different: the customer buys work that repeats on a schedule, which asks something else of the owner. A location at the middle brand sells $909,364 a year, and the median top group sells $3,799,088. The offer is the same at both ends of that range, so the difference is volume.
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. Among the restoration brands that publish it, a median 31% of locations reach their own brand’s average. The top group sells $3,799,088 against $161,973 at the bottom. Trade area and site set that range before an owner takes a booking.
How the money works
Opening costs $84,650 to $804,900 across the group, and inside one brand the top of the range is typically 1.8 times the bottom. At the middle brand the cost stack runs wages 28.0%, occupancy 4.9%, cost of sales 31.7%, franchise fees 10.1% of sales. What is left runs 15.3% at the middle brand, which is $579,551 a year at the top group and $24,709 at the bottom. The percentage changes little between them; the dollars change a lot. Cash and earned revenue arrive in different periods here, so the cash forecast matters more than the profit line in any given month.
Top performers
These are the things that separate top performers in restoration
Across the restoration brands that publish both figures, the median top group of locations sells $3,799,088 a year and the median bottom group sells $161,973. Across these brands, a median of 31% of locations reach their own brand’s average.
Decided before you open
- Opening cost against sales.The top group sells $3,799,088 a year against a build that tops out at $804,900, so at the heavy end of the range a location sells $4.72 for every dollar it cost to open.
- Rent as a share of sales.Occupancy runs 4.9% of sales at the middle brand, which on median sales of $941,644 is $46,141 of rent a year. That same $46,141 is 1.2% of sales at the top group and 28.5% 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
- At fourteen of the twenty-two brands here, an insurer pays the bill and the homeowner does not.
Business model attribute
- Service
- Repair work paid by an insurer
- Unit economics
- Claims won times the average claim, and the days until the insurer pays
- Two of the twenty-two brands here run routes.
Business model attribute
- Service
- Scheduled service on van routes
- Unit economics
- Stops a day for each van
- Three of the twenty-two brands here publish how a new location builds up.
Business model attribute
- Service
- The FDD’s month-by-month build-up of a new location
- Unit economics
- Months until sales cover costs
- Ten of the twenty-two 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-two 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 28.0% of sales at the middle brand and 23.0% to 39.8% across the eight 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 $3,799,088 of sales, a point of wages is $37,991 a year; on the bottom group’s $161,973 it is $1,620.
- Cost of goods by brand.Products and materials take 31.7% of sales at the middle brand, 4.1% to 52.0% across the eight 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 six brands that publish a profit line, the middle one keeps 15.3% of sales, from 10.0% to 26.4%. The cost lines above move by a few points between the highest-selling and lowest-selling locations while sales move by multiples. At a 15.3% margin, the top group earns $579,551 a year and the bottom group $24,709.
- Fees as a share of sales.Fees run a median 10.1% of sales across twenty-one brands, from 5.5% to 20.6%. Where a minimum applies, lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. At $3,799,088 the fees cost $384,848 a year; at $161,973 they cost $16,408.
Context you underwrite around
- First-year build-up.Three of twenty-two restoration filings set out a month-by-month build-up of a new location.
- Brands without sales bands.Five brands publish only an average, with no sales bands.
Operating levers
What each brand’s top performers actually work on
These are the levers each brand's filing supports. Each brand has up to five, read from its own 2026 FDD. Filter by type of business, or open a brand for the figures underneath.
22 brands
1-800 WATER DAMAGE
Restoration
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 12.8% 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.
911 Restoration
Restoration
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 10.9% 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.
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
Bio-One
Restoration
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 11.6% 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.
- Wages. Wages take 35.2% of sales, against 16.1% kept at the end. The levers are staff productivity, scheduling against demand hour by hour, and the balance of base pay to commission.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
BOR Restoration
Restoration
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 12.5% 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.
CRDN
Restoration
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- 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 7.7% 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.
DRYmedic
Restoration
- Routes. Each van costs the same per day. Track stops per van and the distance between them.
- Gift cards. Gift cards are sold before the service is delivered, and sales peak around the holidays. A gift card is deferred revenue until it is redeemed, so cash and earned revenue arrive in different periods.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 10.4% 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.
FRSTeam
Restoration
- 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.
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Wages. Wages take 23.6% of sales. The levers are staff productivity, scheduling against demand hour by hour, and the balance of base pay to commission.
- Occupancy cost. Rent and building costs take 9.3% of sales here. The rent is fixed when the lease is signed, so this share falls only as sales per square foot rise.
Houzpital
Restoration
- Fees. Fees run about 9.4% of sales. No minimum royalty applies, so the charge rises and falls with sales.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
Lightspeed Restoration
Restoration
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 10.1% 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.
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Wages. Wages take 23.0% 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 21.0% of sales. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
Lyons Restores
Restoration
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 9.8% 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.
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
Mold Medics
Restoration
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 10.2% 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.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Wages. Wages take 24.0% of sales, against 26.4% kept at the end. The levers are staff productivity, scheduling against demand hour by hour, and the balance of base pay to commission.
Paul Davis
Restoration
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 5.5% 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.
Prism Specialties
Restoration
- 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.
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
PuroClean
Restoration
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 12.6% 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.
- 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.
Rainbow Restoration
Restoration
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 10.0% 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.
Restoration 1
Restoration
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 43.8% of sales, against 10.0% kept at the end. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
- Occupancy cost. Rent and building costs take 4.9% of sales here. The rent is fixed when the lease is signed, so this share falls only as sales per square foot rise.
- Routes. Each van costs the same per day. Track stops per van and the distance between them.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 6.4% 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.
Rytech
Restoration
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 20.6% 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.
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
ServiceMaster Restore
Restoration
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 12.0% 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.
SERVPRO
Restoration
- 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. A minimum fee applies, so lower-selling locations pay a higher effective rate. Work out the sales level where the percentage overtakes the minimum.
Storm Guard
Restoration
- Products and materials. Products and materials take 52.0% of sales, against 12.7% kept at the end. The levers are buying terms, price discipline and waste.
- Occupancy cost. Rent and building costs take 2.6% 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.
- 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 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.
True North Restoration
Restoration
- 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.
- Jobs. Each job is won separately. Track how many quotes turn into work and the average job value.
- Claims. The work is done first and the carrier pays later, so you fund wages and materials until the claim is paid. Track days to collect.
- Wages. Wages take 32.0% of sales. The levers are staff productivity, scheduling against demand hour by hour, and the balance of base pay to commission.
Voda Cleaning & Restoration
Restoration
- Fees and the minimum. Fees run about 11.9% 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.
Restoration cost lines as a share of sales
Nine of the twenty-two restoration 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bio-One | 35.2% | Not disclosed | 9.3% |
| FRSTeam | 23.6% | 9.3% | 29.3% |
| Houzpital | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | 43.4% |
| Lightspeed Restoration | 23.0% | Not disclosed | 21.0% |
| Mold Medics | 24.0% | Not disclosed | 34.0% |
| Restoration 1 | 39.8% | 4.9% | 43.8% |
| Storm Guard | 23.7% | 2.6% | 52.0% |
| True North Restoration | 32.0% | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Voda Cleaning & Restoration | 38.8% | Not disclosed | 4.1% |
How fast new restoration locations build sales
The Averan Franchise pages for one of the twenty-two restoration brands show a new location's sales in dollars, by month or by years open, from each brand's FDD. That is a separate count from the three restoration FDDs that set out a month-by-month build-up of a new location, and the two lists overlap only in part. 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 restoration franchise cost to open?
Among the twenty-two restoration brands in Averan Franchise that publish it, the cost to open runs from $84,650 at CRDN to $804,900 at Paul Davis, according to their 2026 FDDs.
Which restoration franchise costs the least to open?
CRDN has the lowest starting cost of the restoration brands in Averan Franchise, at $84,650 to $538,850.
Which restoration franchise has the highest average sales?
Houzpital reports the highest average sales of the restoration brands in Averan Franchise, at $8,983,924 in its 2026 FDD.
What do restoration franchise fees cost as a share of sales?
Across the twenty-one restoration brands where Averan Franchise works out the figure, franchise fees take 5.46% to 20.65% of sales.
Questions owners ask next
The figures above raise these, and each one is answered on its own page.
- Money arrives before the service does. How should that be booked?It explains deferred revenue and why the bank balance and the profit line disagree.
- 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.
- 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.