BELFOR Franchise Group’s brands here include home service, business services and cleaning franchises. Each is franchised on its own terms, under its own agreement, so the cost to open, the fees and the record of each brand differ, even where the parent company is the same.
Brands owned by BELFOR Franchise Group
| Brand | Cost to open | Franchise fee | Royalty | Locations | 3-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chem-DryCleaning | $92K–$250K | $36,000 | 4–7% | 941 | −498 (−35%) |
| The Patch BoysHome service | $75K–$106K | $44,900 | 8% + minimum | 264 | −34 (−11%) |
| redbox+ DumpstersHome service | $671K–$1.06M | $59,900 | 6%–8% | 253 | −23 (−8%) |
| 1-800 Water DamageRestoration | $170K–$295K | $59,000 | 7%–10% tiered | 154 | +64 (+71%) |
| HOODZCommercial cleaning | $201K–$247K | $59,900 | 7%–10% + minimum | 142 | +8 (+6%) |
| Z PlumberzPlumbing | $196K–$377K | $44,900 | 8% | 20 | +18 |
| Blue Kangaroo PackoutzMoving | $186K–$381K | $59,900 | 7% + minimum | 11 | +11 |
| Cool BinzBusiness services | $889K–$1.11M | $59,900 | 8%–9% | 10 | +9 |
| Clear Pest ProsPest control | $99K–$192K | $35,000 | 7% + minimum | 7 | +6 |
| Helpful HeroesHandyman | $75K–$140K | $49,999 | 5%–8%, subject to minimums | 2 | +2 |
| DUCTZHVAC | $144K–$240K | $49,900 | 10% + minimum | – | – |
Change is in US locations, franchised and company-owned, over the three latest years in each brand’s filing. A dash means the brand’s counts aren’t usable.
Size and growth
Together these brands have 1,804 US locations, 99% of them run by franchisees. Across the 10 brands with three years of counts, the total fell by 437 locations (−20%), from 2019 to 2025.
Grew the most
- 1-800 Water Damage+71%
- HOODZ+6%
Shrank the most
- Chem-Dry−35%
- The Patch Boys−11%
- redbox+ Dumpsters−8%
Brands that started the three years with at least 10 locations.
Fees and royalties across the brands
Franchise fees run from $35K to $60K across these brands, with a typical $50K. Where the royalty is a single share of sales, it runs from 7% to 10%, typically 8%. At 5 brands the royalty isn't one rate on all sales: it is tiered, ranged, charged on part of revenue or comes with a minimum. On top of that, the marketing fund ranges from 1.3% to 3% of sales.
A shared parent can mean shared suppliers, systems and support staff, but it rarely means shared terms: compare the agreements brand by brand, and ask whether owning one brand gets you anything when you buy another.
Sales per location and who runs it
Of these brands, 4 publish yearly sales per location, from $443K at DUCTZ to $842K at HOODZ. Of the 7 brands whose agreement says, 1 requires the owner to run it day to day; at the rest a trained manager can.
| Brand | Sales per location | Marketing fund | Who runs it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chem-Dry | Other figures | 3% of sales | A trained manager can run it |
| The Patch Boys | Other figures | None | A trained manager can run it |
| redbox+ Dumpsters | Other figures | 1.3% of sales | A trained manager can run it |
| 1-800 Water Damage | $585K a year | 2% of sales | Owner must run it |
| HOODZ | $842K a year | Other terms | A trained manager can run it |
| Z Plumberz | $506K a year | 2% of sales | – |
| Blue Kangaroo Packoutz | Other figures | Other terms | – |
| Cool Binz | Other figures | 2% of sales | – |
| Clear Pest Pros | Other figures | 2% of sales | A trained manager can run it |
| Helpful Heroes | Other figures | Other terms | A trained manager can run it |
| DUCTZ | $443K a year | Other terms | – |