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    Clean Franchise vs Speed Queen

    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.

    Clean Franchise2025 FDDSpeed Queen2026 FDD

    Initial investment · Item 7

    Clean Franchise

    $104,300 – $179,750

    2025 FDD · Item 7

    Speed Queen

    $797,507 – $1,983,000

    2026 FDD · Item 7

    Initial franchise fee · Item 5

    Clean Franchise

    $32,500

    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 26

    Speed Queen

    Not available

    Royalty · Item 6

    Clean Franchise

    Not available

    Speed Queen

    Not available

    Before you compare

    • Clean Franchise figures come from its 2025 FDD and Speed Queen figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
    • Clean Franchise and Speed Queen disclose 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, Speed Queen: 24). Different groups are not directly comparable.

    Financial commitment

    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

    Clean Franchise

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

    Speed Queen

    $797,507 – $1,983,000
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

    Clean Franchise

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

    Speed Queen

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

    Clean Franchise

    Not available
    No reviewed royalty record

    Speed Queen

    Not available
    No reviewed royalty record
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

    Clean Franchise

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

    Speed Queen

    1%
    ion of “Gross Sales.” Paid by electronic funds transfer. Marketing Fund Contribution — 1% — 1%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 12

    System scale & health

    Total outlets (Item 20)

    Clean Franchise

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

    Speed Queen

    29
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 50
    Net outlet change (Item 20)

    Clean Franchise

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

    Speed Queen

    +5
    Calculated: 24 at end of 2022 → 29 at end of 2024
    Outlet exits (Item 20)

    Clean Franchise

    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year

    Speed Queen

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

    Clean Franchise

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    Speed Queen

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

    Clean Franchise

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    Speed Queen

    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
    Speed Queen
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — As stated note: tier and average/range context in quote
    9.7 percent
    other Top Tier company-owned stores
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 50
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Speed Queen company-owned Top Tier stores; tiered by annual sales
    $920,194
    other Top
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 48
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Speed Queen company-owned Low Tier stores; tiered by annual sales
    $312,139
    other Low
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 48
    +21 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 Speed Queen: common questions

    Which costs less to open, Clean Franchise or Speed Queen?
    Clean Franchise: $104,300 – $179,750 (2025 FDD · Item 7); Speed Queen: $797,507 – $1,983,000 (2026 FDD · Item 7). 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 Speed Queen?
    Clean Franchise: 621 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 73); Speed Queen: 29 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 50). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
    Do Clean Franchise and Speed Queen disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
    Clean Franchise has reviewed Item 19 figures for 3 location groups; Speed Queen has reviewed Item 19 figures for 24 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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