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U Got Stink? franchise — is it worth it?
High risk Significant turnover
U Got Stink? is a home services franchise with a low initial investment range of $18,400 to $83,515.
Everything below is free, read straight off U Got Stink?'s registered filing, with where the numbers land against home services peers. Weighing U Got Stink? against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in U Got Stink?'s most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 639684 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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U Got Stink? franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: U Got Stink? 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 U Got Stink? — 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 U Got Stink?'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.
U Got Stink? lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
U Got Stink?'s most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) 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.
U Got Stink? closures & failure rate
Before you sign, U Got Stink? 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 U Got Stink?'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. U Got Stink?'s latest tables show significant franchisee turnover. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 15.4%, against a home services median of 5.1% — worse than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -1 to 12 in the latest reported year.
Who owns U Got Stink??
U Got Stink?'s franchise is offered by U Got Stink Franchising, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025), 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 U Got Stink? 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.
U Got Stink? franchise — frequently asked
Who owns U Got Stink? — who is the franchisor?
U Got Stink?'s most recently filed FDD (2025) names U Got Stink Franchising, LLC 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 U Got Stink? franchise cost?
U Got Stink?'s most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $18,400 – $83,515, with an initial franchise fee of $3,800 and a 75% 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 top quartile (median $162,725).
How much profit does a U Got Stink? franchise make?
U Got Stink? makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for U Got Stink? 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 U Got Stink? disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — U Got Stink?'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 U Got Stink??
No — U Got Stink?'s most recently filed FDD (2025) 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 U Got Stink? a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from U Got Stink?'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 high 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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