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Image One Facility Solutions

Other · independent · est. —

Image One Facility Solutions is a commercial cleaning franchise providing janitorial services to offices, medical facilities, and other businesses. A franchisee runs a low-overhead cleaning operation, servicing recurring commercial accounts with cleaning crews, typically on nights-and-weekends schedules.

Image One Facility Solutions net unit count grew +10.0% from 20232025 per its FDD Item 20.

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A franchise is a business where you (the franchisee) pay a company (the franchisor) for the right to open and run a location using their brand and system — think a local Anytime Fitness or Taco John's owned by a small-business owner, not the corporation.

Before you can buy in, U.S. law requires the franchisor to give you a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) — a long legal filing covering its fees, finances, and history. The numbers on this page come straight from that document:

  • Franchise fee — the one-time cost to buy in.
  • Royalty — the ongoing cut of your sales you pay the franchisor.
  • Item 20 — how many locations opened and closed, the basis for our verdict (from Proven & strong down to Distressed — or Too new to judge).

The verdict

Too new to judge

Distress

0
STABLE

23 franchised units over 3 disclosed years is not a track record — systems this early have realized only a fraction of their eventual failures. Judge the disclosures, not a verdict.

Exit rate · latest year

17.4%

fiscal 2025, per Item 20

Cost to open

$50K–$72K

Item 7 total investment range

SBA loan defaults

No loan record

no SBA 7(a)/504 loans found for this brand

Behind the verdict

the record, factor by factor · Item 20

hi-1.0.0
Net unit growth35%

3-yr trend · Item 20 Table 1

Strong
Exit quality25%

terminations + ceased-ops vs. all exits · Table 3

Weak
Transfer / churn15%

transfers vs. base · Table 3

Strong
Promise-keeping10%

actual vs. projected openings · Table 5

Weak
Transparency15%

Item 19 disclosure + completeness

Strong

Systemwide units

2023–2025

+10.0%
202023232024222025

Survival record

FDD Item 20 · outlet status by year

In fiscal 2025, 4 of 23 franchised outlets left the system — a 17.4% annualized exit rate. Not every exit is a failure — but this is the measurable floor.

Show the outlet tables
Status (FTC)202320242025
Outlets at start202023
Opened153
Transfers000
Terminations000
Non-renewals000
Reacquired by franchisor000
Ceased — other reasons124
Outlets at end202322
Net change0+3-1

What it costs — and what it drags

FDD Items 5–7 · fees, investment, royalty

Buying in means a $40K franchise fee (Item 5) and a total investment of $50K–$72K (Item 7). The franchisor publishes an earnings claim (Item 19) — read its methodology closely.

To open (Item 7)

$50K–$72K

all-in investment range

Franchise fee (Item 5)

$40K

upfront, one-time

Royalty (Item 6)

10%

of sales, ongoing

If a unit does this in annual sales…$1M/yr

Your figure — cross-check against this brand's Item 19 and current-owner validation.

Royalty you'd pay / yr

$100K

10% of sales, before profit

Over a 10-yr term

$1M

royalties alone, excl. ad fund

This is not profit. It's the only money the FDD actually pins down — what you put in, and the royalty you owe on every dollar of sales. Your real take-home depends on labor, rent, food cost, and ramp-to-breakeven, none of which any FDD discloses.

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Distress signals

news-sourced · bankruptcies, closures, lawsuits

No recent closures, bankruptcies, or major lawsuits found in the news for Image One Facility Solutions. That's a good sign — but it reflects news coverage, not a guarantee.

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Image One Facility Solutions franchise questions, answered from the filings

What percentage of Image One Facility Solutions franchises closed last year?

In Image One Facility Solutions's latest FDD Item 20 (fiscal 2025), 4 of 23 franchised outlets left the system — an annualized exit rate of 17.4%. That counts terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons." There is no official failure rate, and not every exit is a failure, but this is the measurable floor.

How much does a Image One Facility Solutions franchise cost?

Per Image One Facility Solutions's 2026 FDD, buying in requires an initial franchise fee of $40K (Item 5) and a total initial investment of $50K–$72K (Item 7).

What royalty does Image One Facility Solutions charge?

Image One Facility Solutions charges an ongoing royalty of 10.0% of gross sales, per Item 6 of its 2026 FDD.

Does Image One Facility Solutions disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes — Image One Facility Solutions makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2026 FDD, reporting a median unit volume of $405K. Read it closely: franchisors choose which units and which metrics to include.

Is Image One Facility Solutions a good franchise to buy? Health score, exit rate & costs (2026) · Franchise Watch Desk