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Made in the Shade franchise — is it worth it?

Low risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

Made in the Shade is a home services franchise with a relatively low initial investment of $78,000-$107,700.

Everything below is free, read straight off Made in the Shade's registered filing, with where the numbers land against home services peers. Weighing Made in the Shade against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Made in the Shade's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641416 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.

How much does a Made in the Shade franchise make?

Made in the Shade 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 $496,655 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 home services brand that discloses earnings in the Home services & home improvement franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Made in the Shade 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 the royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Made in the Shade franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Made in the Shade franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.

Made in the Shade lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Made in the Shade'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.

Made in the Shade closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Made in the Shade 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 Made in the Shade'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. Made in the Shade's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 4.3%, against a home services median of 5.1% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +14 to 131 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Made in the Shade?

Made in the Shade's franchise is offered by Made in the Shade Blinds and More 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.

Home services franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Made in the Shade 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.

Made in the Shade franchise — frequently asked