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911 Restoration franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed
911 Restoration is a cleaning and restoration franchise with a moderate initial investment.
Everything below is free, read straight off 911 Restoration's registered filing, with where the numbers land against cleaning & restoration peers. Weighing 911 Restoration against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in 911 Restoration's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641987 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a 911 Restoration franchise make?
911 Restoration is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The headline figure is $941,752 in average unit revenue — read it alongside what Item 19 says about which units it covers (often only mature or top-performing locations). See every cleaning & restoration brand that discloses earnings in the Cleaning & restoration franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
911 Restoration franchise profit vs. revenue
Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come 911 Restoration's 2.5% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a 911 Restoration franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "911 Restoration franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $941,752 of revenue, a 2.5% royalty alone is about $23,544 a year before any other cost.
911 Restoration lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
911 Restoration's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) does disclose 12 legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against 911 Restoration itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. 5 of those proceedings were brought by franchisees against the franchisor — the split that actually matters, because franchisees suing their franchisor is the signal a buyer is looking for. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.
911 Restoration closures & failure rate
Before you sign, 911 Restoration will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what 911 Restoration's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a cleaning & restoration of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. 911 Restoration's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 1.8%, against a cleaning & restoration median of 4% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +3 to 329 in the latest reported year.
Who owns 911 Restoration?
911 Restoration's franchise is offered by 911 Restoration Franchise Inc. — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at WI DFI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Compare 911 Restoration head-to-head
Cleaning & restoration franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing 911 Restoration is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
911 Restoration franchise — frequently asked
Who owns 911 Restoration — who is the franchisor?
911 Restoration's most recently filed FDD (2026) names 911 Restoration Franchise Inc. as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a 911 Restoration franchise cost?
911 Restoration's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $167,700 – $334,000, with an initial franchise fee of $55,000 and a 2.5% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against cleaning & restoration peers it sits in the lower quartile (median $180,063).
How much profit does a 911 Restoration franchise make?
911 Restoration discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (2.5% of gross for 911 Restoration), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any 911 Restoration franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The headline figure 911 Restoration discloses is $941,752 in average unit revenue.
Does 911 Restoration disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — 911 Restoration reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure is $941,752 in average unit revenue, as the franchisor states it.
Are there lawsuits against 911 Restoration?
911 Restoration's most recently filed FDD (2026) discloses 12 legal proceedings in Item 3. Item 3 covers the franchisor, its predecessors, parents and affiliates — so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against 911 Restoration itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing. 5 of the disclosed proceedings were brought by franchisees against the franchisor.
Is 911 Restoration a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from 911 Restoration's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against cleaning & restoration peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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