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Culligan International Company franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network
Culligan International Company offers home services franchises with an initial investment ranging from $130,000 to $815,601.
Everything below is free, read straight off Culligan International Company's registered filing, with where the numbers land against home services peers. Weighing Culligan International Company against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Culligan International Company's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641725 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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Culligan International Company franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Culligan International Company does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Culligan International Company — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (77% of home services franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Culligan International Company's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Home services & home improvement franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Culligan International Company lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Culligan International Company's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
Culligan International Company closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Culligan International Company 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 Culligan International Company's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a home services 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. Culligan International Company's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 0.7%, against a home services median of 5.1% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -20 to 438 in the latest reported year.
Compare Culligan International Company head-to-head
Home services franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Culligan International Company 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.
Culligan International Company franchise — frequently asked
How much does a Culligan International Company franchise cost?
Culligan International Company's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $130,000 – $815,601, with an initial franchise fee of $40,601 and a 2% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against home services peers it sits in the bottom quartile (median $162,725).
How much profit does a Culligan International Company franchise make?
Culligan International Company makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Culligan International Company at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Culligan International Company disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Culligan International Company's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 77% of home services franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Culligan International Company?
No — Culligan International Company's most recently filed FDD (2026) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is Culligan International Company a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Culligan International Company's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against home services 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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