How much does a Five Star Painting franchise cost?
Opening a Five Star Painting franchise takes a total initial investment of $77,450 to $184,600, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median gross sales per job attained by this group: $4,185 per job across 206 Reporting Businesses.
Five Star Painting franchises Five Star Painting franchised businesses. Category: Home Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Five Star Painting franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $77,450 to $184,600. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Advertising & Promotional and Local Marketing Spending ($15,000 to $50,000), Vehicle ($3,000 to $40,000), and Equipment, Supplies & Inventory ($2,400 to $11,550). Together they make up about 55% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $45,000, about 58% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $45,000 | $45,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Software System Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $1,250 | $1,250 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Call Center Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $350 | $450 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Vehicle2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $3,000 | $40,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Equipment, Supplies & Inventory2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $2,400 | $11,550 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $2,500 | $9,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Advertising & Promotional and Local Marketing Spending2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $15,000 | $50,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Training, Travel, Lodging & Food2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $1,500 | $4,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Deposits, Permits & Licenses2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $0 | $1,750 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Professional Fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $250 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Real Estate2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $0 | $6,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Additional Funds - 6 Mo.2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $6,200 | $10,600 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $77,450 | $184,600 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
Source Five Star Painting, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 19
What Five Star Painting's FDD reports in Item 19
Median Gross Sales Per Job Attained by this Group
$4,185 per job
This is a figure per job, not what one outlet takes in a year. Five Star Painting's 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the 2024 Reporting Period. Basis: 206 Reporting Businesses.
Sample size: 206 Reporting Businesses. The FDD also reports average gross sales per job attained by this group of $4,513 per job. We lead with the median because an average is pulled upward by the strongest Reporting Businesses; the median is the middle Reporting Business.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- The information provided in Tables A and B does not include data from 21 franchised businesses that opened during the year 2024 and therefore were not in operation for the entire 12-month Reporting Period.
- The information provided in Tables A and B does not include data from 7 franchised businesses that underwent a transfer in 2024 and as a result did not report sales data for all twelve months of the Reporting Period.
- The information provided in Tables A and B does not include data from 7 franchised businesses owned by multi-unit franchisees who only reported Gross Sales data to us on an aggregated basis for all their franchised businesses.
- The information provided in Tables A and B does not include data from 4 franchised businesses that did not report sales data for 4 or more months during the Reporting Period due to illness, or other personal reasons.
- Table B excludes data from 17 businesses that opened in the latter part of the Reporting Period and thus were in operation for too short of a time period during the Reporting Period.
- Ten franchised businesses closed during the 2024 fiscal year, and so they did not report data to us for the entire 12-month Reporting Period and therefore their data is also excluded from this Item 19.
This is a disclosure of what some existing Reporting Businesses reported, not a projection of what a new Five Star Painting outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Five Star Painting, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 65-67, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 20
How many Five Star Painting outlets there are, and how many closed
Five Star Painting ended 2024 with 245 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 21 franchised outlets opened and 10 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Five Star Painting opened 50 franchised outlets and 30 outlets left the system. That is a net gain of 20, from 225 to 245 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 22 were terminated, 1 was not renewed, and 7 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 4.4% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 23.
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 | 234 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 245 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 74 |
| 2023 | 230 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 234 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 74 |
| 2022 | 225 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 230 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 74 |
Source Five Star Painting, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 74, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Compare
How Five Star Painting 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 Five Star Painting's estimated range is $131,025. It costs less to open than 71% of Home Services franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 4.4% for Five Star Painting. That is lower than 68% of the 82 Home Services franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Five Star Painting's franchised system grew 8.9%. 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. Five Star Painting 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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