Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640856
Budget Blinds franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Budget Blinds cost $100,500 to $211,250 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 5.5% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Budget Blinds, LLC. FDD issued 2026-04-01, amended 2026-10-12. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
single territory; a home-based, vehicle-based business with no build-out.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $19,950 | Item 5, p. 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | the greater of 3.5% of Gross Revenue or a flat monthly minimum of $2,500 (Tier 1), $1,875 (Tier 2) or $1,250 (Tier 3) | Item 6, p. 11 |
| Advertising fund | National Advertising Fund a flat $1,000 per month for a Tier 1 Territory (less for lower tiers), rising once 1,500 franchises are granted | Item 6, p. 11 |
plus an Initial Territory Fee of $30,000 to $70,000 by territory tier; 15% veteran discount on the franchise fee.
What a unit sells
Item 19 is optional and is the franchisor's own representation. It is shown here as filed, with the franchisor's measure, sample and period, and nothing is estimated where it is missing.
Item 19 present, no single unit figure. 2025 gross sales per franchisee by number of territories owned: one territory (282 franchisees) average $774,915, median $522,826; two territories average $1,201,857, median $967,557; three or more average $2,594,079, median $1,823,078; 75th percentile and middle-50% averages also given; 2024 shown alongside; no all-franchisee row (Item 19, p. 40, 41, 42, 43).
Sample: 612 franchisees (282 single-territory and 330 multi-territory operating 910 territories) open for all of calendar 2025 and reporting a full year, 82% of US owners open all year; 148 franchisees were excluded for opening or closing during 2025 or not reporting. Period: 2025 calendar year.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 is per franchisee by territory count with no combined figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 1,298 | 1,362 | 1,366 |
| Opened | 78 | 35 | 16 |
| Terminated | 6 | 7 | 15 |
| Not renewed | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 6 | 23 | 6 |
| End of year | 1,362 | 1,366 | 1,355 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 44; Table 3 totals p. 54.
Closures are the franchisor's Item 20 counts of units terminated, not renewed, or ceased for other reasons, summed over 2023–2025 and divided by franchised units at the start of 2023. Units the franchisor reacquired are not closures. This is an Item 20 count, not a failure rate.
counts are territories.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Budget Blinds Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-01 and amended 2026-10-12, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640856, registry record). The PDF is the franchisor's and is not hosted here; the item and page beside each figure is where to check it. Item 7 and Item 20 tables were read cell by cell; Item 19 was read by hand; each Item 20 year was checked to sum (start + opened − exits = end) before it was recorded.
Informational only, not professional, legal or investment advice. Unitnomics computes from the filing and does not advise on, rank, or refer to any franchise. Last reviewed: November 2026.