How much does a CertaPro Painters franchise cost?
Opening a CertaPro Painters franchise takes a total initial investment of $171,000 to $246,000, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median gross sales of $1,380,416 across 292 outlets.
CertaPro Painters franchises painting businesses. Category: Home Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a CertaPro Painters franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $171,000 to $246,000. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Additional Funds (3-6 months of operation) ($19,500 to $52,500), Advertising & Marketing ($45,000), and Real Estate and Improvements ($9,000 to $24,000). Together they make up about 49% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $65,000, about 38% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $65,000 | $65,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Advertising & Marketing2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $45,000 | $45,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Commercial Services Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Miscellaneous Opening Costs2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $2,000 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Equipment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $1,000 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Office Equipment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $500 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Vehicle2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $2,500 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Contractor License2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $250 | $2,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Computer System and Proprietary Software Solution2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $9,000 | $11,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Travel and Living Expenses While Training2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $2,250 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 | $5,000 | $7,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12 |
| Real Estate and Improvements2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $9,000 | $24,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Additional Funds (3-6 months of operation)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 | $19,500 | $52,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 13 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13 | $171,000 | $246,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13 |
Source CertaPro Painters, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 12-13, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Item 19
What CertaPro Painters franchisees actually report earning
Median Gross Sales
$1,380,416
CertaPro Painters' 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the January 1 through December 31, 2024. Basis: CertaPro franchisees who operated a CertaPro franchise for the full 12 months of the respective year, including those that are certified and perform Commercial Services.
Sample size: 292 outlets. The FDD also reports average gross sales of $2,134,130. We lead with the median because an average is pulled upward by the strongest outlets; the median is the middle outlet.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- Franchisees who provided incomplete or partial financial information during the reporting year were excluded from the chart for the applicable reporting year.
- Resales in which a franchisee purchased a complete, ongoing business were excluded from the production-year tables.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new CertaPro Painters outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source CertaPro Painters, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 33-36, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Item 20
How many CertaPro Painters outlets there are, and how many closed
CertaPro Painters ended 2024 with 303 franchised outlets and 4 company-owned outlets. In that year 3 franchised outlets opened and 24 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, CertaPro Painters opened 10 franchised outlets and 48 outlets left the system. That is a net loss of 38, from 341 to 303 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 23 were terminated, 4 were not renewed, 1 was bought back by the franchisor, and 20 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 4.8% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 21.
Our arithmetic from the FDD's Item 20 table below. "Left the system" counts every outlet the franchisor reports as terminated, not renewed, bought back, or closed for other reasons.
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Non-renewed | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 324 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 303 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 44 |
| 2023 | 330 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 324 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 44 |
| 2022 | 341 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 330 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 44 |
Source CertaPro Painters, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 44, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Compare
How CertaPro Painters compares with other Home Services franchises
Measured against the 105 Home Services franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of CertaPro Painters' estimated range is $208,500. It costs more to open than 65% of Home Services franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 4.8% for CertaPro Painters. That is lower than 62% of the 82 Home Services franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. CertaPro Painters' franchised system shrank 11%. The typical Home Services franchise here grew 6.6%.
- Earnings disclosure. 77 of the 105 Home Services franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. CertaPro Painters is one of them.
Our arithmetic from each brand's Item 7 and Item 20. Growth and departure comparisons leave out brands with fewer than 10 outlets, where one opening or closure distorts the figures. See every Home Services franchise side by side.
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