How much does a Cleannet franchise cost?
Opening a Cleannet franchise takes a total initial investment of $20,377 to $85,410, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports actual median gross monthly volume: $3,599 per month across 3 Maryland franchisees.
CleanNet franchises commercial cleaning businesses. Category: Business Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Cleannet franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $20,377 to $85,410. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Great Plains Software Package and Software Support ($0 to $5,000), Additional Funds (1st 3 Months) ($1,500 to $3,000), and Initial Cleaning Equipment and Supplies ($1,445 to $2,885). Together they make up about 13% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $15,500 to $69,500, about 76% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 | $15,500 | $69,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 |
| Initial Cleaning Equipment and Supplies2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 | $1,445 | $2,885 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 |
| Cellular Phone (for 3 months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 | $120 | $450 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 |
| Computer System and Internet2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 | $1,500 | $2,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 |
| Great Plains Software Package and Software Support2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 | $0 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 |
| Business Licenses and Permits2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 | $40 | $125 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 | $22 | $600 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 |
| Office Supplies, Stationery2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 | $25 | $600 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 |
| Business Entity Formation and other Legal & Accounting2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 | $100 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 |
| Initial Certification Expenses2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 | $125 | $250 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 |
| Additional Funds (1st 3 Months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 | $1,500 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 20 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19-20 | $20,377 | $85,410 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19-20 |
Source Cleannet, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 19-20, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 19
What Cleannet's FDD reports in Item 19
Actual Median Gross Monthly Volume
$3,599 per month
This is a figure per month, not what one outlet takes in a year. Cleannet's 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the January - December 2024. Basis: The 3 Maryland franchisees who bought a $5,000 Monthly Initial Package franchise during 2024, each having performed services for an average of 3 months. This is a Maryland-only FDD and the thinnest sample on this site.
Sample size: 3 Maryland franchisees. The FDD also reports actual average gross monthly volume of $2,518 per month. We lead with the median because an average is pulled upward by the strongest Maryland franchisees; the median is the middle Maryland franchisee.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- The representation does not include performance information relating to franchisees outside of Maryland.
This is a disclosure of what some existing Maryland franchisees reported, not a projection of what a new Cleannet outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Cleannet, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 43-46, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 20
How many Cleannet outlets there are, and how many closed
Cleannet ended 2024 with 1,168 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 28 franchised outlets opened and 129 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Cleannet opened 86 franchised outlets and 304 outlets left the system. That is a net loss of 218, from 1,386 to 1,168 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 57 were terminated and 247 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 7.7% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 13.
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 | 1,269 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 1,168 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 52 |
| 2023 | 1,300 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1,269 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 52 |
| 2022 | 1,386 | 31 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1,300 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 52 |
Source Cleannet, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 52, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Compare
How Cleannet compares with other Business Services franchises
Measured against the 140 Business Services franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of Cleannet's estimated range is $52,894. It costs less to open than 85% of Business Services franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 7.7% for Cleannet. That is higher than 51% of the 101 Business Services franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Cleannet's franchised system shrank 16%. The typical Business Services franchise here grew 4.4%.
- Earnings disclosure. 71 of the 140 Business Services franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Cleannet 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 Business Services franchise side by side.
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