The best remodeling franchises compared on FDD data: Floor Coverings International, Miracle Method, Cabinet IQ, Kitchen Refresh, and their sample sizes.
Quick answer 136 franchisees. That is the largest Item 19 sample in kitchen and bath remodeling, disclosed by Floor Coverings International, which reported a median gross revenue of $895,993 on an initial investment of $184,000 to $249,000. Every other brand in the category discloses on samples of 2 to 64 units.
Cabinet IQ’s 2026 FDD reports a median of $1,129,828 for franchised outlets with a showroom open throughout 2025. Two outlets qualified. Their gross revenues were $747,495 and $1,512,162, so that median is the midpoint of two numbers, and 39 other Cabinet IQ outlets sat outside the table because they were not open all year.
That is the shape of earnings disclosure in kitchen and bath remodeling. Capital runs from $21,280 at Kitchen Refresh to $534,350 at Cabinet IQ, a 25x spread, and the brands quoting the biggest revenue are usually the ones with the fewest units reporting it.
The label also hides four different businesses. Floor Coverings International sells flooring from a mobile showroom that drives to the customer. Miracle Method refinishes tubs, tile, and countertops instead of replacing them. Cabinet IQ, The Designery, and More Space Place run retail showrooms with designers on salary. Kitchen Refresh replaces cabinet doors and drawer fronts out of a studio the size of a dentist’s waiting room.
| Brand | Initial investment | Franchise fee | Franchised units | Item 19 headline | Units in the sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floor Coverings International | $184,000 to $249,000 | $55,000 | 288 (end 2024) | $895,993 median gross revenue installed | 136 franchisees |
| Miracle Method | $142,500 to $261,800 | $50,000 | 149 (end 2025) | $1,083,293 median gross revenue | 64 owners running 213 outlets |
| More Space Place | $164,200 to $253,400 | $59,500 | 26 (end 2025) | $1,414,933 median gross revenue | 11, all multi-territory owners |
| The Designery | $223,739 to $463,439 | $59,900 | 89 (end 2025) | $1,133,072 median accepted contract | 8 locations, 13 territories |
| Cabinet IQ | $308,350 to $534,350 | $59,500 | 53 | $1,129,828 median gross revenue | 2 outlets |
| Kitchen Refresh | $21,280 to $133,950 | $6,000 to $28,500 | 8 (end 2024) | $985,899 average gross sales | 7 outlets |
FCI’s Item 19 covers 136 US franchisees open more than 24 months as of December 31, 2024. Median gross revenue installed was $895,993 and the average was $1,109,721, a gap that tells you the top of the system is pulling the mean up. The disclosure then breaks the 136 into groups, which is what makes it usable: the top 14 averaged $2,890,948, the bottom 14 averaged $359,418, and the bottom half, 68 franchisees, averaged $587,555.
Average gross margin across all 136 was 45%. Average job size was $7,645. Item 20 shows 288 franchised outlets at the end of 2024, up from 252 and 215 in the two prior years, with no company-owned units anywhere in the table. Item 7 puts total initial investment at $184,000 to $249,000 against a $55,000 franchise fee.
Two caveats before you treat $895,993 as a forecast. FCI reports per franchisee, not per territory, and says plainly that some reporting franchisees own more than one business. The 136 also exclude anyone open under 24 months, anyone running the franchise part time, and anyone not reporting through the standard software. Half a system is generous by the standards of this category and still a selected half, which is why average versus median in Item 19 matters more than the headline.
Rank these brands by sample size and the order inverts. Cabinet IQ’s two outlets were both in their first full calendar year with a showroom open, which is the worst possible year to generalize from in a design business. Kitchen Refresh’s seven self-reporting outlets produced gross sales ranging from $29,139 to $1,867,641, a 64x spread inside one sample, which means the $985,899 average describes no actual franchisee.
The Designery’s $1,133,072 is not revenue at all. Its Item 19 reports Accepted Contract Amount, defined as the value recorded when a customer accepts a work order, and the FDD states that acceptance does not necessarily mean the work has been completed. Franchisees report and pay royalties on a cash basis. So the headline is booked work on an accrual basis, drawn from 8 franchise locations operating 13 territories, in a system with 89 outlets.
More Space Place discloses a $1,414,933 median from 11 locations, and every one of those 11 is owned by a multi-territory operator. The franchisor says so directly. Buying one territory and expecting that median is a category error. Miracle Method’s $1,083,293 has the same structure at larger scale: 64 franchised locations reported, and those 64 owners operate 213 outlets between them, so the median describes an owner with roughly three units, not a unit.
Kitchen and bath brands are hardly alone in this. The same pattern turns up in painting and handyman systems that scaled fast and then disclosed on the small slice open long enough to count. To filter the whole home services field by disclosure quality instead of marketing, our home services category page shows what each brand actually publishes.
At $6,000, Kitchen Refresh has the lowest initial franchise fee in this category in our data. Item 5 explains it: there are three tiers, $28,500, $16,000, and $6,000, so the number in most listings is the floor of a ladder rather than a flat price. Total initial investment runs $21,280 to $133,950, and the low end assumes the Tier 3 fee, virtual training, and a studio with $500 in leasehold improvements.
The more interesting disclosure is what is missing. Item 6 lists no continuing royalty. It lists a $500 weekly minimum local marketing spend, a $100 weekly lead nurturing fee, a $2,500 site extension fee, and 21% interest on late balances, but no percentage of gross sales flowing to the franchisor. Item 8 explains where the money comes from instead: franchisees must buy all customer orders of cabinet doors and drawer fronts from the franchisor or its affiliate, which is the only approved supplier. The franchisor earns on product margin.
That is a legitimate model and it changes your diligence questions. A royalty is visible and fixed. Product margin is neither, and it can move without amending your franchise agreement. Ask for three years of price lists before you sign.
FCI’s Item 6 stacks a 5% royalty on top of a 3% brand fund contribution and a required local advertising minimum of 6% of gross sales. That is 9% of the top line committed to marketing before a franchisee buys a single extra lead. Cabinet IQ’s affiliate location spent 4.0% on advertising plus a 1.0% brand fund on $2.38M in revenue. Kitchen Refresh requires $26,000 a year in local marketing plus $5,200 in lead nurturing fees regardless of what the business does.
FCI is the only brand here that discloses the funnel behind the revenue. Its 136 reporting franchisees averaged 894 leads and 356 proposals, converting at a 43% average success rate on an average job of $7,645. Roughly 40% of leads became proposals. No other brand in this group publishes lead volume, so no other brand lets you check whether its revenue figure was bought or earned. That ratio decides whether the buildout in your Item 7 estimate is survivable, and it reads best alongside what local marketing actually costs beyond the ad fund.
Take the number you were quoted and divide it by the brand’s disclosed average job size. FCI’s $895,993 median against a $7,645 average job implies about 117 completed jobs a year, a bit over two a week, every week. Mixing a median with an average makes that rough, and rough is enough. Now pull residential alteration permits for your county from the local building department and count how many remodelers are already pulling them. If the implied job count is a meaningful share of the permits in your territory, that median was earned in a market that does not resemble yours.
Two questions belong in writing to the franchisor. How many units were left out of the Item 19 table, and on what criterion? And is the figure collected revenue, booked contracts, or something else? The Designery answers the second one honestly, in a footnote most buyers never reach. Run your own numbers against the disclosed fee stack in our investment calculator before you treat anyone’s median as a starting point.
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Between $21,280 and $534,350 across the brands in our database. Kitchen Refresh sits at the bottom because it runs from a small studio with a $6,000 fee at its lowest tier. Cabinet IQ sits at the top because a franchisee builds out a retail showroom. Franchise fees cluster between $49,000 and $59,900 regardless of model.
No FDD here discloses profit at the franchisee level, so nobody can answer that from public paper. Cabinet IQ publishes a full profit and loss for one affiliate-owned location in Cedar Park, Texas: $2,383,388 in gross revenue, a 42.2% gross profit margin, and $322,570 in adjusted profit. That unit was in its eighth year and belongs to an affiliate of the franchisor, which makes it a ceiling rather than a baseline.
Usually yes, and the rule varies by state and trade. These systems either require the franchisee to hold a license, hire a qualifying individual, or subcontract installation to licensed trades. Kitchen Refresh, Cabinet IQ, and The Designery all sell design plus installation, which triggers home improvement contractor rules in states like New Jersey and California.
Because most of these brands are young and grew fast. The Designery went from 4 outlets to 89 in three years, and Cabinet IQ left 39 outlets out of its 2025 tables because they were not open the full year. A franchisor may disclose only the units meeting a stated criterion, and in a system that recently doubled, that criterion removes most of the system.
It is a flooring franchise, and it belongs in this comparison because buyers shop it against showroom remodelers on the same capital. Its 2025 FDD discloses $184,000 to $249,000 in initial investment, a $55,000 franchise fee, and 288 franchised outlets at the end of 2024. It is the only brand here with an Item 19 sample above 100 units.
Kitchen Refresh, at $21,280 to $133,950 in total initial investment. The low end assumes the $6,000 Tier 3 franchise fee, virtual training, and a minimal studio buildout. Item 5 also lists Tier 1 at $28,500 and Tier 2 at $16,000, so the $6,000 headline is one of three prices.
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