Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640762
Mosquito Joe franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Mosquito Joe cost $150,155 to $191,575 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 13.7% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Mosquito Joe SPV LLC. FDD issued 2026-04-01. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
single franchise; a Developer with multiple territories totals $192,655 to $336,575 (page 34).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $42,500 | Item 5, p. 15 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | License Fee 10% of Gross Sales, weekly; 7% on Gross Sales above $500,000 in a calendar year once the threshold is met | Item 6, p. 19 |
| Advertising fund | Marketing, Advertising and Promotion (MAP) Fee 2% of Gross Sales, weekly, plus 2% local advertising | Item 6, p. 19 |
Territory of 25,000 to 35,000 Targeted Households; fees actually paid in 2025 averaged about $33,920 after discounts.
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. Part II: 2025 annual Gross Sales of the 407 Reporting Businesses split by age, with no combined row: 117 businesses in their first five years (average $208,341, median $164,899) and 290 six years or older (average $444,223, median $288,923) (Item 19, p. 72, 73, 74, 75).
Sample: 407 franchised businesses open and reporting for all of 2025; excludes 9 that closed during 2025 and 4 that did not report the full period; Part I gives customer retention (76.2%) and gross sales per treatment (average $92.68). Period: 2025 calendar year.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 is split by years in business with no combined figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 394 | 416 | 415 |
| Opened | 28 | 23 | 16 |
| Terminated | 5 | 24 | 23 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| End of year | 416 | 415 | 407 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 76; Table 3 totals p. 81.
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.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Mosquito Joe Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-01, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640762, 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.