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Kitchen Guard Services franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Item 19 disclosed
Kitchen Guard Services is a home services franchise with an initial investment ranging from $210,486 to $285,883.
Everything below is free, read straight off Kitchen Guard Services's registered filing, with where the numbers land against home services peers. Weighing Kitchen Guard Services against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Kitchen Guard Services's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640843 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a Kitchen Guard Services franchise make?
Kitchen Guard Services 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 did not machine-read cleanly from this filing, so we don't print one; Item 19 of the source FDD has the tables. See every home services brand that discloses earnings in the Home services & home improvement franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Kitchen Guard Services 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 Kitchen Guard Services's 8% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Kitchen Guard Services franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Kitchen Guard Services franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.
Kitchen Guard Services lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
We do not publish a litigation answer for Kitchen Guard Services. Item 3 could not be read reliably from this particular filing, and a claim that a company has no legal history is not one to make on a failed parse — so we say we do not know instead. Item 3 of the FDD itself is the place to check; the methodology page explains what we do and do not machine-read.
Kitchen Guard Services closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Kitchen Guard Services 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 Kitchen Guard Services'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. Kitchen Guard Services's outlet tables did not machine-read cleanly; Item 20 of the source FDD has them.
Who owns Kitchen Guard Services?
Kitchen Guard Services's franchise is offered by Kitchen Guard Franchising, 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.
Home services franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Kitchen Guard Services 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.
Kitchen Guard Services franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Kitchen Guard Services — who is the franchisor?
Kitchen Guard Services's most recently filed FDD (2026) names Kitchen Guard Franchising, 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 Kitchen Guard Services franchise cost?
Kitchen Guard Services's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $210,486 – $285,883, with an initial franchise fee of $49,000 and a 8% 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 Kitchen Guard Services franchise make?
Kitchen Guard Services discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (8% of gross for Kitchen Guard Services), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Kitchen Guard Services franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate.
Does Kitchen Guard Services disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Kitchen Guard Services reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure did not machine-read cleanly, so check Item 19 of the source FDD for the numbers.
Are there lawsuits against Kitchen Guard Services?
We do not publish a litigation answer for Kitchen Guard Services: Item 3 could not be read reliably from this filing, and we would rather say so than assert a clean record we have not verified. Item 3 of the FDD itself is the place to check.
Is Kitchen Guard Services a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Kitchen Guard Services'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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