Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) franchise takes $130,000 – $421,500 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $50,000 – $250,000. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 4% on sales. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $50,000 | $250,000 | $50,000 to $250,000 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $130,000 | $421,500 | $130,000 to $421,500 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $130,000 | $421,500 | $130,000 to $421,500 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer)'s filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 4% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 10 years |
How Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer)'s cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer)'s disclosed cost sits against the Home Services category:
- Minimum startup cost of $130,000 — about in line with the Home Services median of $116,350.
- Initial franchise fee of $50,000 — about in line with 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 Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer)'s units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2015–2021: began the window at 6,634 units; 2,280 units opened, 1,481 closed, ending at 99 units. (partial records: 2017, 2018 are not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) 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 Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) 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 Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) 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 Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) 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 Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) 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 Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) franchise
Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) is a home services franchisor with 99 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2015 and 2021, it began the window at 6,634 units; its filings record 2,280 unit openings and 1,481 closures, ending at 99 units (partial records: 2017, 2018 are not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is Empower Brands Franchising, LLC.
Disclosure filings report 4 franchise-related lawsuits. Review Item 3 of the FDD. (as of 2026-05)
From the franchisor's materials
The franchised business being offered is a JAN-PRO Franchise Development regional developer franchise that sells and supports unit franchises. These unit franchises operate janitorial and building maintenance service businesses under the name 'JAN-PRO Cleaning & Disinfecting™' and perform commercial, industrial, and institutional cleaning, maintenance, disinfection, sanitization, and related services.
Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) franchise cost?
- $130,000 – $421,500 all-in to open, per Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer)'s franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer) units are there?
- 99 units at the end of 2021 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Jan-Pro Cleaning & Disinfecting (Regional Developer)'s units held up?
- 86.5% 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).