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    Renew Medic vs Restoration 1 Water Damage Experts

    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.

    Before you compare

    • Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
    • Renew Medic and Restoration 1 Water Damage Experts 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 (Renew Medic: 15, Restoration 1 Water Damage Experts: 3). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureRMRenew MedicRestoration 1 Water Damage Experts
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $6.00 – $842,150
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    $18,350 – $309,500
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)
    Not available
    No reviewed royalty record
    Greater of 7% of Collected Gross Revenue, or the Minimum Royalty Fee; 3.5% for a conversion franchise during its initial 6 months
    Royalty Fee
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 14
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    Not available
    No reviewed brand or advertising fund fee
    0% of percentage of collected gross revenue, excluding construction gross revenue
    Brand Fund Contribution
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 14
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    45
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 48
    278
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 54
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    +16
    Calculated: 29 at end of 2024 → 45 at end of 2025
    −15
    Calculated: 293 at end of 2023 → 278 at end of 2025
    Outlet exits (Item 20)
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    May 2020
    2026 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 8
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not stated
    2026 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 8
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Chicago - — 5 territories, converted 7/1/2024
    $1,702,250
    other Chicago - 2024 revenue · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 46
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Phoenix - — 5 territories, converted 10/1/2024
    $2,673,005
    other Phoenix - 2025 revenue · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 46
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Corporate Locations Memphis - — 1 territories, converted 3/1/2024
    $1,206,454
    other Corporate Locations Memphis - 2025 revenue · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 46
    +12 more groups in the full report
    Franchised (118 locations) — revenue
    $1,427,586
    mean Total Collected Revenue · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 52
    Franchised (59 locations) — revenue
    $818,415
    mean Total Collected Revenue · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 52
    Franchised (75 territories) — revenue and profit
    100 percent of Total Collected Revenue
    mean TOTAL REVENUE · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 53

    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.

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