Tide Cleaners franchise
2025 filing · October 24, 2025GrowingShares sales figures
Tide Cleaners at a glance
A dry cleaning and laundry business with drive-thru stores, lockers and pickup and delivery. At the end of its 2025 fiscal year there were 256 Tide Cleaners locations in the US, all franchised.
The business
- Franchisor
- Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc
- The company that sells the franchises
- Franchising since
- 2009
- 16 years of selling franchises
- Franchisor based in
- Cincinnati, Ohio
What you pay
- Cost to open
- $710K–$1.51M
- Plant Store
- Franchise fee
- $50,000
- Initial franchise fee for a first outlet, which must be a Plant Store.
- Royalty
- 6.5%
- 6.5% of weekly net sales
- Brand fund
- 3.5%
- 3.5% of weekly net sales, paid weekly; it can rise to 4%
- Renewal fee
- See terms
- 50% of our then- current Initial Franchise Fee for type of Outlet
- Agreement length
- 10 years
- Franchisor financing
- Introductions to lenders
Where it is
- US locations, 2025
- 256
- Franchised and company-owned
- Franchised
- 256
- Company-owned
- 0
- Change in 3 years
- +42
- Franchised locations, 2023–2025
Support and records
From Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc’s 2025 filing; revenue and net income from its audited financial statements, page 256; 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
Tide Cleaners among all franchises with the same figure.
| Figure | Tide Cleaners | Among all franchises |
|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, midpointHalfway between the low and high estimate | $1,110,250 | Costs more than 85% of franchises |
| Franchise feePaid once, when you sign | $50,000 | Higher than 70% of franchises |
| RoyaltyShare of sales paid to the franchisor | 6.5% | Higher than 68% of brands with a set rate |
| US locationsFranchised and company-owned | 256 | More than 89% of franchises |
| Sales per locationYearly, as the brand reports it | $785,324 | Lower than 51% of brands that share sales figures |
| Sales against cost to openYearly sales over the cost midpoint | 0.7× | Lower than 92% of brands that share sales figures |
How much a Tide Cleaners franchise costs
Opening Plant Store costs an estimated $709,700 to $1,510,800. That covers the franchise fee and everything else needed to open, through the first months of working capital.
Source: Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc, 2025 filing, page 21
Tide Cleaners franchise fee
The franchise fee is $50,000, Initial franchise fee for a first outlet, which must be a Plant Store.. You pay it when you sign the franchise agreement.
Source: Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc, 2025 filing, page 12
Royalty and ongoing fees
| Royalty | 6.5% of weekly net sales. |
|---|---|
| Brand or marketing fund | 3.5% of weekly net sales, paid weekly; it can rise to 4%. |
| Technology Support Fee | Currently, $0 per month |
| Transfer | 50% of our then- current Initial Franchise Fee for type of Outlet |
| Renewal Fee | 50% of our then- current Initial Franchise Fee for type of Outlet |
| Local Advertising Expenditures | Currently 1% of the Outlet’s weekly Net Sales |
The typical franchise royalty is 6% of sales, plus 2% for marketing. See franchise fees and royalties to compare.
Source: Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc, 2025 filing, page 15
Other fees as filed, from pages 15–18. The filing lists every fee, including late fees and audit costs.
Sales and earnings
Shares figures Tide Cleaners publishes sales or earnings figures for its locations. The full tables, with notes on which locations are counted, are in its filing.
- Average sales
- $785,324
Yearly figures for July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, covering franchised plant stores (49) and drop stores (91) open the whole period (140 locations). The filing gives an average for each format rather than one overall figure; this is the overall average worked out from those and each one's number of locations. The average is about 0.7 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: Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc, 2025 filing, pages 65–66
SBA loans to Tide Cleaners franchisees
Lenders approved 21 SBA-backed loans for Tide Cleaners franchisees from 2017 to 2026, $13.5M in all: 13 7(a) loans and 8 504 loans. All 4 that have ended were paid in full; none was charged off. The other 17 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
Growth and closures
Share of franchised locations, 2025 / 2023–2025. Typical means the median: half of brands are above it, half below.
| Measure | Tide Cleaners | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|
| GrowthNet change in franchised locations | +4.1% / +20% | +1.2% / +10% |
| ClosuresTerminated, not renewed or stopped operating | 1.2% / 4.2% | 3.9% / 16% |
| Bought backLocations the franchisor took back | 0% / 0% | 0% / 0% |
How Tide Cleaners compares
Of the 6 dry cleaning franchises on this site, Tide Cleaners is the 4th cheapest to open and the largest by number of locations.
| Figure | Tide Cleaners | Typical dry cleaning brand | Typical franchise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to open, low end | $710K | $634K | $222K |
| Cost to open, high end | $1.51M | $1.4M | $477K |
| Franchise fee | $50K | $50K | $40K |
| Royalty | 6.5% | 6% | 6% |
| Brand fund | 3.5% | – | 2% |
| Sales per location | $785K | – | $794K |
| US locations | 256 | 78 | 21 |
| Shares earnings figures | Yes | 5 of 6 | 2,147 of 3,352 |
Typical is the median across the 6 brands in dry cleaning franchises; typical franchise, across every brand here.
Locations opened and closed
| Year | Franchised | Company-owned | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 214 (+13) | 13 | – | – |
| 2023 | 223 (+9) | 9 | +12 | −3 |
| 2024 | 246 (+23) | 0 | +26 | −3 |
| 2025 | 256 (+10) | 0 | +13 | −3 |
Closed or left counts terminations, non-renewals, locations bought back by the franchisor and locations that stopped operating. The outlet years below are the franchisor's fiscal years ending June 30.
See which brands grew most in the fastest-growing franchises rankings.
Tide Cleaners passes all five tests on our list of the best franchises to own and ranks number 44.
More in the guides: franchise failure rates.
Over 4 years, from the start of 2022 to the end of 2025, franchised locations went from 201 to 256 (+55, +27%). The earlier years come from the brand's 2024 filing.
Source: Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc, 2025 filing, page 74
2022: Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc, 2024 filing, pages 74–75
Who owns Tide Cleaners?
Tide Cleaners franchises are sold by Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc. It is a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble Company.
From Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc’s 2025 filing, page 9.
Lawsuits and bankruptcy
| Lawsuits and regulatory actions | None. The filing says no litigation has to be disclosed. |
|---|---|
| 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: Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc, 2025 filing, litigation on page 12, bankruptcy on page 12
Tide Cleaners filings
A franchisor files a new disclosure each year it sells franchises. The figures on this page come from Agile Pursuits Franchising, Inc’s 2025 filing, issued October 24, 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 | October 24, 2025 | Minnesota | Costs, fees and locations, 2023–2025 |
| 2024 filing | – | Minnesota | Locations, 2022 |
Each link opens the filing as a PDF. See the newest filings across all brands.
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