How much does a House Doctors franchise cost?
Opening a House Doctors franchise takes a total initial investment of $119,850 to $191,000, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median gross sales per franchised business of $461,215 across 31 outlets.
House Doctors franchises businesses that provide handyman and home improvement services. Category: Home Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a House Doctors franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $119,850 to $191,000. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Additional Funds (6 months) ($25,000 to $35,000), Designated Manager Salary ($0 to $30,000), and Marketing ($10,000 to $20,000). Together they make up about 45% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $65,000, about 54% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $65,000 | $65,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Vehicle2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $1,500 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Real Estate and/ | $0 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Equipment & Supplies2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $1,250 | $4,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $2,000 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Signage2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $3,000 | $4,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Technology Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $5,000 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Grand Opening2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $2,500 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Training Expenses2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $3,000 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Licenses/ | $100 | $1,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Professional Fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $1,500 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Designated Manager Salary2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $0 | $30,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Marketing2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 | $10,000 | $20,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 15 |
| Additional Funds (6 months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 16 | $25,000 | $35,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 16 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 16 | $119,850 | $191,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 16 |
Source House Doctors, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 16, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-27. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Item 19
What House Doctors franchisees actually report earning
Median Gross Sales per Franchised Business
$461,215
House Doctors' 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the 2024 fiscal year. Basis: 26 franchisees and their 31 Franchised Businesses.
Sample size: 31 outlets. The FDD also reports average gross sales per franchised business of $573,090. 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
- This analysis excludes 55 Franchisees operating 46 Franchised Businesses that either (1) were not open the entire fiscal year because they either began operating or ceased operating during our 2024 fiscal year or (2) are not currently using our customer relationship manager software (CRM) in a manner for us to collect and disclose the below financial performance information.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new House Doctors outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source House Doctors, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 41, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-27. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Item 20
How many House Doctors outlets there are, and how many closed
House Doctors ended 2024 with 88 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 46 franchised outlets opened and 7 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, House Doctors opened 85 franchised outlets and 37 outlets left the system. That is a net gain of 47, from 41 to 88 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 3 were terminated, 6 were not renewed, and 28 closed for other reasons. Those openings and departures do not add up to that change, because the FDD's own Item 20 row for 2024 does not add up either. We publish the franchisor's figures exactly as printed; see the note under the table below.
On average, about 27% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 4.
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 | 50 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 881 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 46 |
| 2023 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 46 |
| 2022 | 41 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 47 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 46 |
Source House Doctors, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 46, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-27. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Compare
How House Doctors 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 House Doctors' estimated range is $155,425. It costs less to open than 59% of Home Services franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 27% for House Doctors. That is higher than 95% of the 82 Home Services franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. House Doctors' franchised system grew 115%. 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. House Doctors 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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