Franchise opportunities compared

    Clean Franchise vs LaundroLab

    Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.

    Initial investment · Item 7

    Clean Franchise

    $104,300 – $179,750

    2025 FDD · Item 7

    LaundroLab

    $1,104,730 – $1,767,230

    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 31

    Initial franchise fee · Item 5

    Clean Franchise

    $32,500

    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 26

    LaundroLab

    Not available

    Royalty · Item 6

    Clean Franchise

    Not available

    LaundroLab

    $500

    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 17

    Before you compare

    • Clean Franchise figures come from its 2025 FDD and LaundroLab figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
    • Clean Franchise discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
    • Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Clean Franchise: 3, LaundroLab: 8). Different groups are not directly comparable.

    Financial commitment

    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

    Clean Franchise

    $104,300 – $179,750
    2025 FDD · Item 7

    LaundroLab

    $1,104,730 – $1,767,230
    Total Single-Unit Estimated Initial Investment: $1,104,730 to $1,767,230
    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 31
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

    Clean Franchise

    $32,500
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 26

    LaundroLab

    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)

    Clean Franchise

    Not available
    No reviewed royalty record

    LaundroLab

    $500
    After the Waived Royalty Period, monthly royalty is the greater of $500 per month or the applicable Tiered Royalty Rate of Gross Revenues; rates vary with the total number of the franchisee’s and Affiliates’ open and under-control LaundroLab businesses.
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 17
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

    Clean Franchise

    $4,750
    Online marketing fund deposit
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 27

    LaundroLab

    1.5%
    2 below for definitions of "Open and Under Control" and "Affiliates." Brand Fund Contribution 3 — 1.5 — 1.5%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 17

    System scale & health

    Total outlets (Item 20)

    Clean Franchise

    621
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 73

    LaundroLab

    24
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 84
    Net outlet change (Item 20)

    Clean Franchise

    −52
    Calculated: 673 at end of 2022 → 621 at end of 2024

    LaundroLab

    +19
    Calculated: 5 at end of 2022 → 24 at end of 2024
    Outlet exits (Item 20)

    Clean Franchise

    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year

    LaundroLab

    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)

    Clean Franchise

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    LaundroLab

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)

    Clean Franchise

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    LaundroLab

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

    Clean Franchise
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Single-Franchise Ownership Groups with one Active Franchise operating throughou…
    $259,836
    other gross service sales
    2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 69
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Single-Franchise Ownership Groups with one Active Franchise operating throughou…
    $81,345
    other gross service sales
    2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 69
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Single-Franchise Ownership Groups with one Active Franchise operating throughou…
    $753,140
    other gross service sales
    2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 69
    LaundroLab
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — TLR
    $0.00
    other TLR 2019
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 84
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — CLT1
    $23,133
    other CLT1 2022
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 85
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 18month all
    $431,430
    other 18month all 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 86
    +5 more groups in the full report

    Item 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.

    Clean Franchise vs LaundroLab: common questions

    Which costs less to open, Clean Franchise or LaundroLab?
    Clean Franchise: $104,300 – $179,750 (2025 FDD · Item 7); LaundroLab: $1,104,730 – $1,767,230 (2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 31). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Clean Franchise. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
    Which has more locations, Clean Franchise or LaundroLab?
    Clean Franchise: 621 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 73); LaundroLab: 24 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 84). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
    Do Clean Franchise and LaundroLab disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
    Clean Franchise has reviewed Item 19 figures for 3 location groups; LaundroLab has reviewed Item 19 figures for 8 location groups. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.

    Answers restate the reviewed figures above. Not a ranking or recommendation.

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