Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 642336
Jani-King franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Jani-King cost $10,500 to $223,050 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor gives no unit revenue figure; 25.9% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Focus Franchising, Inc.. FDD issued 2026-09-05. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
from the smallest to the largest plan; the initial fee is $5,000 to $195,500 of it.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $12,000 | Item 5, p. 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty Fee 10% of monthly Gross Revenue, $100 minimum for the first year then $500 | Item 6, p. 11 |
| Advertising fund | Advertising Fee currently 2% of monthly Gross Revenues, up to 2.5% | Item 6, p. 11 |
Plan A, with $3,000 of initial monthly business; Plans B, C and D are $19,500, $29,000 and $38,000; 50% veteran discount.
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.
No Item 19. Jani-King's 2026 FDD makes no financial performance representation (Item 19, p. 46). The revenue-to-investment ratio is undefined for this brand.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: no Item 19 representation.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 4,980 | 4,916 | 4,859 |
| Opened | 453 | 403 | 317 |
| Terminated | 146 | 106 | 119 |
| Not renewed | 21 | 34 | 36 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 45 | 43 | 46 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 305 | 277 | 244 |
| End of year | 4,916 | 4,859 | 4,731 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 12 | 13 | 19 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 47; Table 3 totals p. 53.
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.
system-wide counts including unit franchises of regional franchisors.
all three rows sum; the opened figures carry footnote markers in the printed table.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Jani-King Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-09-05, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 642336, 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.
A commercial cleaning franchise sold in plans priced by the monthly cleaning business the franchisor supplies. Item 20 counts every unit franchise in the system, including those sold by regional franchisors, and there is no Item 19..
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