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Lightspeed Restoration franchise — is it worth it?

Medium risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

Lightspeed Restoration operates in the cleaning and restoration sector, offering a franchise opportunity with an initial investment between $157,180 and $268,950.

Everything below is free, read straight off Lightspeed Restoration's registered filing, with where the numbers land against cleaning & restoration peers. Weighing Lightspeed Restoration against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Lightspeed Restoration's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640894 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.

How much does a Lightspeed Restoration franchise make?

Lightspeed 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 $517,606 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.

Lightspeed 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 Lightspeed Restoration's 5% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Lightspeed Restoration franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Lightspeed Restoration franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $517,606 of revenue, a 5% royalty alone is about $25,880 a year before any other cost.

Lightspeed Restoration lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Lightspeed Restoration's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) does disclose 1 legal proceeding 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 Lightspeed 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. 1 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.

Lightspeed Restoration closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Lightspeed 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 Lightspeed 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. Lightspeed Restoration's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Net franchised outlets moved +13 to 40 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Lightspeed Restoration?

Lightspeed Restoration's franchise is offered by Lightspeed Restoration, LLC — 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. The same franchisor files separate FDDs for other brands, which is worth knowing — sibling brands share a franchise-support organization but disclose their own numbers:

Cleaning & restoration franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Lightspeed 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.

Lightspeed Restoration franchise — frequently asked