How much does a Dryer Vent Wizard franchise cost?
Opening a Dryer Vent Wizard franchise takes a total initial investment of $82,900 to $159,400, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median annual gross sales attained by each group of $164,897 across 79 outlets.
Dryer Vent Wizard franchises businesses. Category: Home Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Dryer Vent Wizard franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $82,900 to $159,400. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Additional Funds - 3 Months ($5,000 to $40,000), Equipment, Supplies & Inventory ($11,500 to $16,000), and Advertising & Promotional and Local Marketing Spending. ($10,500 to $15,000). Together they make up about 45% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $49,900, about 60% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 | $49,900 | $49,900 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 |
| Van2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 | $3,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 |
| Equipment, Supplies & Inventory2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 | $11,500 | $16,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 | $1,500 | $6,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 |
| Advertising & Promotional and Local Marketing Spending.2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 | $10,500 | $15,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27 |
| Training, Travel, Lodging & Food2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 | $1,500 | $5,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 |
| Deposits, Permits & Licenses2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 | $0 | $6,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 |
| Professional Fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 | $0 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 |
| Real Estate2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 | $0 | $6,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 |
| Additional Funds - 3 Months2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 | $5,000 | $40,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 28 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27-28 | $82,900 | $159,400 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27-28 |
Source Dryer Vent Wizard, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 27-28, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 19
What Dryer Vent Wizard franchisees actually report earning
Median Annual Gross Sales Attained by each Group
$164,897
Dryer Vent Wizard's 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 (Reporting Period). Basis: Franchised businesses open full 12 months in 2024; Table A-1 covers single-unit operators and Table A-2 covers two-unit, three-unit, and four-unit operators.
Sample size: 79 outlets. The FDD also reports average annual gross sales attained by each group of $240,386. 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
- The information provided in Tables A-1, A-2 and B does not include data from 28 franchised businesses that opened during the year 2024.
- Ten franchised businesses closed during the 2024 fiscal year, and their data is excluded from this Item 19.
- Table A-1 excludes the Gross Sales data of 58 Reporting Businesses owned by 24 different franchisees because those franchisees reported Gross Sales data in an aggregated manner.
- The franchisor did not operate any of the businesses.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Dryer Vent Wizard outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Dryer Vent Wizard, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 65, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 20
How many Dryer Vent Wizard outlets there are, and how many closed
Dryer Vent Wizard ended 2024 with 165 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 28 franchised outlets opened and 10 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Dryer Vent Wizard opened 75 franchised outlets and 22 outlets left the system. That is a net gain of 53, from 112 to 165 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 15 were terminated, 6 were not renewed, and 1 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 5.6% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 18.
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 | 147 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 71 |
| 2023 | 132 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 71 |
| 2022 | 112 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 71 |
Source Dryer Vent Wizard, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 66-71, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Compare
How Dryer Vent Wizard 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 Dryer Vent Wizard's estimated range is $121,150. It costs less to open than 78% of Home Services franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 5.6% for Dryer Vent Wizard. That is lower than 56% of the 82 Home Services franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Dryer Vent Wizard's franchised system grew 47%. The typical Home Services franchise here grew 5.5%.
- Earnings disclosure. 77 of the 105 Home Services franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Dryer Vent Wizard 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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