Garage Force franchise
2025 filing · May 3, 2025GrowingShares sales figures
Garage Force at a glance
A garage makeover business installing epoxy floor coatings, cabinets and storage systems. At the end of 2024 there were 228 Garage Force locations in the US, 227 franchised and 1 company-owned.
The business
- Industry
- Home service
- Franchisor
- Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc
- The company that sells the franchises
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $133K–$201K
- One territory
- Franchise fee
- $49,500
- Paid once, when you sign
- Royalty
- 5%
- 5% of gross revenues
- Brand fund
- 1%
- 1% of gross revenue
- Agreement length
- 10 years
- Territory
- Protected
- Protected territory
- Franchisor financing
- None offered
Where it is
- US locations, 2024
- 228
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 227
- Company-owned
- 1
- Change in 2 years
- +94
- Franchised locations, 2022–2024
- States
- 36
- Most in Texas, Florida and Tennessee
Support and records
From Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc’s 2025 filing; revenue and net income from its audited financial statements, page 58; SBA status from the SBA Franchise Directory, October 28, 2026.
Franchisor revenue is the company that sells the franchises (royalties, fees and anything else it earns), not what a location makes.
Where it ranks
Garage Force among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Garage Force | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $166,750 | Costs less than 74% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $49,500 | Higher than 64% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 5% | Lower than 69% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 228 | More than 87% of franchises |
| Sales per locationYearly, as the brand reports it | $507,317 | Lower than 72% of brands that share sales figures |
| Sales against cost to openYearly sales over the cost midpoint | 3.0× | Higher than 79% of brands that share sales figures |
How much a Garage Force franchise costs
Opening one territory costs an estimated $132,900 to $200,600. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc, 2025 filing, page 14
Garage Force franchise fee
The franchise fee is $49,500. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc, 2025 filing, page 10
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 5% of gross revenues. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | 1% of gross revenue. |
| Digital Marketing Fees | Currently, a total of $1,000 each month |
| Transfer Fee | 20% of then-current initial franchise fee |
| Additional Training | Currently $250 per day plus training expenses |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc, 2025 filing, page 11
Other fees as filed, from pages 11–12. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Garage Force publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
- Average revenue
- $507,317
- Median revenue
- $440,940
Yearly figures for 2024, covering single-unit franchisees open all of 2024 (42 locations). The average is about 3 times the midpoint of the cost to open.
Sales are what a location takes in before rent, payroll, royalties and other costs, not what its owner keeps.
Source: Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc, 2025 filing, pages 28–30
SBA loans to Garage Force franchisees
Lenders approved 41 SBA 7(a) loans for Garage Force franchisees from 2020 to 2026, $6.67M in all. Of the 10 that have ended, 7 were paid in full and 3 were charged off. The other 31 haven’t ended yet.
A charged-off loan is one written off as uncollectible. See SBA franchise loans for how 7(a) and 504 loans work.
Source: SBA 7(a) and 504 loan data, as of September 30, 2026
How Garage Force compares
Of the 475 home service franchises on this site, Garage Force is the 286th cheapest to open and the 59th largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Garage Force | Typical home service brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $133K | $115K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $201K | $202K | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $50K | $50K | $40K |
| Royalty | 5% | 7% | 6% |
| Brand fund | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Sales per location | $507K | $588K | $794K |
| US locations | 228 | 40 | 21 |
| Closed or left per year | 5.2% | 6.5% | – |
| Change in franchised locations, 2 yrs | +70.7% | +15.9% | – |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 367 of 475 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 475 brands in home service franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 133 (+53) | 1 | – | – |
| 2022 | 164 (+31) | 1 | +32 | −1 |
| 2023 | 185 (+21) | 1 | – | – |
| 2024 | 227 (+42) | 1 | +60 | −18 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating.
See which brands grew most in the fastest-growing franchises rankings.
More in the guides: franchise failure rates.
Over 4 years, from the start of 2021 to the end of 2024, franchised locations went from 80 to 227 (+147, +184%). The earlier years come from the brand's 2024 filing.
Source: Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc, 2025 filing, page 33
2021: Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc, 2024 filing, page 32
Where Garage Force locations are
At the end of 2024, Garage Force had locations in 36 states. The most are in Texas, Florida and Tennessee.
- Texas32
- Florida15
- Tennessee13
- Wisconsin12
- North Carolina10
- Washington9
| State | Franchised | Company-owned | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| Florida | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Tennessee | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| North Carolina | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Washington | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Illinois | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Indiana | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Minnesota | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 0 | 8 |
All 36 states
Source: Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc, 2025 filing, page 34
Who owns Garage Force?
Garage Force franchises are sold by Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc. Its filing names no parent company.
From Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc’s 2025 filing, page 8.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | Yes. The filing describes past or pending cases involving the franchisor, its affiliates or its executives on page 9. |
|---|---|
| Bankruptcy | None. The filing says no bankruptcy has to be disclosed. |
Franchisors must disclose lawsuits and bankruptcies involving the company, its parents and affiliates, and its executives. Many cases are routine disputes with franchisees over fees or contracts; read the descriptions in the filing and ask current owners about anything that worries you.
Source: Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc, 2025 filing, litigation on page 9, bankruptcy on page 10
Garage Force filings
A franchisor files a new disclosure each year it sells franchises. The figures on this page come from Ilfrich Integrated Solutions, Inc’s 2025 filing, issued May 3, 2025; the earlier ones below are on record with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and fill in older location counts.
| Filing | Issued | Registry | On this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 filing | May 3, 2025 | Minnesota | Costs, fees and locations, 2022–2024 |
| 2024 filing | – | Minnesota | Locations, 2021 |
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