FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team franchise takes $138,875 – $553,500 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $67,500 – $77,500. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 6% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 2%. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $67,500 | $77,500 | $67,500 to $77,500 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $138,875 | $553,500 | $138,875 to $553,500 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $500,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 | |
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $100,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 | |
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $138,875 | $553,500 | $138,875 to $553,500 |
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 6% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 2% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 10 years |
How FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team's disclosed cost sits against the Home Services category:
- Minimum startup cost of $138,875 — about 1.2× the Home Services median of $116,350.
- Initial franchise fee of $67,500 — about 1.2× the Home Services median of $54,450.
Category medians are computed from the Home Services brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Home Services franchises
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How FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2012–2021: began the window at 37 units; 11 units opened, 8 closed, ending at 37 units. (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team franchise
FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team is a home services franchisor with 37 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2012 and 2021, it began the window at 37 units; its filings record 11 unit openings and 8 closures, ending at 37 units (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is Empower Brands Franchising, LLC.
No franchise-related lawsuits reported in the disclosure data we hold (FDD Item 3, as of 2026-05) — an absence in our sources, not a guarantee; confirm against the brand's current FDD.
From the franchisor's materials
The franchised business being offered is FRSTeam, which provides specialty and emergency dry cleaning and laundry services for clothing, fabrics, electronics, and contents restoration services following residential or commercial disasters.
FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team franchise: quick answers
- How much does a FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team franchise cost?
- $138,875 – $553,500 all-in to open, per FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team units are there?
- 37 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have FRSTeam | Fabric Restoration Service Team's units held up?
- 100% of units at risk between 2019 and 2021 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).