Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640769
Mr. Handyman franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Mr. Handyman cost $161,900 to $215,000 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 8.4% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Mr. Handyman 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 territory; a home-based repair service with vehicles, so no build-out line.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $67,000 | Item 5, p. 16 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | License Fee 7% of Gross Sales, weekly (3.5% on material and subcontractor revenue), with minimum license fees | Item 6, p. 18 |
| Advertising fund | MAP Fee 2% of Gross Sales with minimums; local marketing groups up to 3%; minimum local marketing spend $60,000 in year 1, $75,000 in year 2, then 8% of prior-year Gross Sales | Item 6, p. 18 |
for a territory of about 40,000 to 60,000 target households; 2025 fees actually paid ranged from $28,483 to $78,591 (average about $62,355); plus a $5,500 Initial Package 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 (not per business), grouped by how many businesses the franchisee owns: single-unit (57 franchisees) average $773,574, median $580,422; 2-unit (67) average $1,057,118, median $972,424; 3-unit (22) average $1,355,334, median $1,240,458; 4-unit (12) average $1,794,704, median $1,593,538; 5-to-6-unit (7) average $2,275,602, median $1,956,297; no all-franchisee row and no per-business figure. Table D: average Gross Sales per job $742, median $721 (Item 19, p. 66, 67, 68).
Sample: 165 reporting franchisees operating 341 of the 357 franchised businesses open at 2025-12-31; data is reported by franchisee, not by business. Excludes 16 businesses opened in 2025, 10 transferred and 12 that closed. Period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 groups sales by franchisee unit count with no combined per-business figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 308 | 326 | 347 |
| Opened | 26 | 27 | 22 |
| Terminated | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| End of year | 326 | 347 | 357 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 69; Table 3 totals p. 75.
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 Mr. Handyman Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-01, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640769, 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.