How much does a Summit Building Services franchise cost?
Opening a Summit Building Services franchise takes a total initial investment of $25,500 to $46,200, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports monthly median client revenue: $4,089 per client per month across 1 company-owned outlet.
Summit Building Services franchises a business providing cleaning services. Category: Business Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Summit Building Services franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $25,500 to $46,200. 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 $15,000), Computer System & Software ($8,000 to $10,000), and Training Expenses ($1,000 to $2,500). Together they make up about 60% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $9,000 to $12,000, about 35% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $9,000 | $12,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Furniture, Fixtures, and Security System2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $0 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Equipment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $500 | $1,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Computer System & Software2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $8,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Opening Inventory2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $200 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Signage2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $1,000 | $1,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $300 | $700 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Training Expenses2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $1,000 | $2,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Professional Fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $500 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Additional funds – 3 Months2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $5,000 | $15,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 | $25,500 | $46,200 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14 |
Source Summit Building Services, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 14, 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 Summit Building Services's FDD reports in Item 19
Monthly Median Client Revenue
$4,089 per client per month
This is a figure per client per month, not what one outlet takes in a year. Summit Building Services' 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the 2024 calendar year. Basis: The Stow, Ohio company-owned outlet, operated by an affiliate; the FDD states "Our affiliate outlets have earned this amount" and publishes no figures for a franchised outlet. The figure is the median of that outlet’s twelve 2024 monthly average revenue-per-client amounts, not its monthly revenue, which totalled $7,197,580 in 2024.
Sample size: 1 company-owned outlet. The FDD also reports monthly average client revenue of $4,040 per client per month.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- Our affiliate Bennett Building Services, Ltd is a minority shareholder of the second corporate outlet noted in Item 20, therefore is not represented in the financials above.
This is a disclosure of what some existing company-owned outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Summit Building Services outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Summit Building Services, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34-35, 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 Summit Building Services outlets there are, and how many closed
Summit Building Services ended 2024 with 1 franchised outlet and 3 company-owned outlets. In that year 1 franchised outlet opened and none left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Summit Building Services opened 1 franchised outlet and no outlets left the system. That is a net gain of 1, from 0 to 1 franchised outlets.
The system had no franchised outlets at the start of these years, so there is no departure rate to calculate.
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 36 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 36 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 36 |
Source Summit Building Services, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 35-36, 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.
Compare
How Summit Building Services 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 Summit Building Services' estimated range is $35,850. It costs less to open than 92% of Business Services franchises here.
- Earnings disclosure. 71 of the 140 Business Services franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Summit Building Services 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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