How much does a Trublue franchise cost?
Opening a Trublue franchise takes a total initial investment of $70,050 to $96,400, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median range of gross revenues of $314,484 across 44 outlets.
TruBlue franchises businesses. Category: Home Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Trublue franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $70,050 to $96,400. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Additional Funds - 3 months ($8,000 to $20,000), Tools and Equipment ($3,000 to $5,000), and Insurance ($1,500 to $5,000). Together they make up about 31% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $49,900, about 71% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $49,900 | $49,900 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Furniture and Office Equipment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $500 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Tools and Equipment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $3,000 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Computer System2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $1,500 | $4,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Travel and living expenses while training2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $1,250 | $2,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Initial Telephones, Call Center Answering Service, Bank and Other Deposits2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $500 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Grand Opening Promotion2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $3,000 | $4,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Licenses. Senior Home Safety Certification2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $400 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Limited Liability Entity2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $500 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $1,500 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Additional Funds - 3 months2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $8,000 | $20,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Vehicle2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $0 | $2,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $70,050 | $96,400 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
Source Trublue, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10, 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 Trublue franchisees actually report earning
Median Range of Gross Revenues
$314,484
Trublue's 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the one-year period ending December 31, 2024. Basis: certain franchised TruBlue business outlets.
Sample size: 44 outlets. The FDD also reports average gross revenues of $369,264. 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
- Only data from initial franchise units that were open for at least one year as of December 31, 2024 under continuous ownership, who operated on a full time basis with a handyman on staff, and who reported Gross Revenue from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 are included.
- Of those, 19 franchises are excluded from the below table because they opened in 2024 and so were not open for at least one year.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Trublue outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Trublue, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34, 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 Trublue outlets there are, and how many closed
Trublue ended 2024 with 104 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 19 franchised outlets opened and 9 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Trublue opened 59 franchised outlets and 26 outlets left the system. That is a net gain of 33, from 71 to 104 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 7 were terminated, 1 was not renewed, and 18 were bought back by the franchisor.
On average, about 10% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 10.
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 | 94 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 39 |
| 2023 | 84 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 39 |
| 2022 | 71 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 84 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 39 |
Source Trublue, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 39, 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 Trublue 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 Trublue's estimated range is $83,225. It costs less to open than 88% of Home Services franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 10% for Trublue. That is higher than 73% of the 82 Home Services franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Trublue's franchised system grew 46%. 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. Trublue 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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