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ZIPS Cleaners franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Significant turnover Item 19 disclosed
ZIPS Cleaners operates in the cleaning and restoration sector, offering two distinct store models.
Everything below is free, read straight off ZIPS Cleaners's registered filing, with where the numbers land against cleaning & restoration peers. Weighing ZIPS Cleaners against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in ZIPS Cleaners's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640912 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a ZIPS Cleaners franchise make?
ZIPS Cleaners 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 $1,123,997 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.
ZIPS Cleaners 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 ZIPS Cleaners's 6% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a ZIPS Cleaners franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "ZIPS Cleaners franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $1,123,997 of revenue, a 6% royalty alone is about $67,440 a year before any other cost.
ZIPS Cleaners lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
ZIPS Cleaners'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.
ZIPS Cleaners closures & failure rate
Before you sign, ZIPS Cleaners 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 ZIPS Cleaners'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. ZIPS Cleaners's latest tables show significant franchisee turnover. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 31.4%, against a cleaning & restoration median of 4% — worse than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -18 to 52 in the latest reported year.
Who owns ZIPS Cleaners?
ZIPS Cleaners's franchise is offered by ZIPS Franchising, 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.
Cleaning & restoration franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing ZIPS Cleaners 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.
ZIPS Cleaners franchise — frequently asked
Who owns ZIPS Cleaners — who is the franchisor?
ZIPS Cleaners's most recently filed FDD (2026) names ZIPS 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 ZIPS Cleaners franchise cost?
ZIPS Cleaners's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $23,000 – $25,000 and a 6% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against cleaning & restoration peers it sits in the top quartile (median $180,063).
How much profit does a ZIPS Cleaners franchise make?
ZIPS Cleaners discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (6% of gross for ZIPS Cleaners), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any ZIPS Cleaners franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The headline figure ZIPS Cleaners discloses is $1,123,997 in average unit revenue.
Does ZIPS Cleaners disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — ZIPS Cleaners reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure is $1,123,997 in average unit revenue, as the franchisor states it.
Are there lawsuits against ZIPS Cleaners?
No — ZIPS Cleaners'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 ZIPS Cleaners a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from ZIPS Cleaners's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against cleaning & restoration 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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