SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · TEXAS
WINDOW GENIE franchise in Texas: what the public record shows
Franchisees of WINDOW GENIE in Texas have taken 15 SBA loans since 1991 (average $161,266)— too few resolved loans in-state to publish a local failure rate (we require a resolved cohort, never extrapolate), so the brand's national rate of 56.1% is the better guide. Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 12 franchised outlets in Texas (fiscal 2025) — about 0.04 per 100k residents.
Loans in TX
15
Resolved
7
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
56.1%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = TX. Charge-off rate = charged-off ÷ (charged-off + paid-in-full); open loans excluded. A local rate is published only when the resolved cohort clears our floor of 30 loans.
Businesses in this industry
5,920
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
18.9
national 26.7
Versus the country
-29%
thinner
Every business in WINDOW GENIE's industry operating in Texas — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across 198 brand-state cells in our loan data, the densest quartile charges off at 5.6% versus 18.1% in the thinnest. A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$609
Texas, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$659
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-8%
cheaper to staff
What WINDOW GENIE's industry actually pays workers in Texas, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This is a real cost signal independent of the FDD — a market can look demand-rich above and still carry a margin headwind here if local wages run hot for the sector.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 |
| System | Loans in TX | Local charge-off | Units in TX |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVPRO | 74 | 10.0% | 191 |
| The Grounds Guys | 51 | 41.2% | — |
| Comet One-Hour Dry Cleaners | 42 | 13.2% | — |
| Rainbow Restoration | 18 | thin | — |
| PAUL DAVIS RESTORATION | 16 | 10.0% | 16 |
| Fish Window Cleaning | 13 | thin | — |
| Lawn Doctor | 13 | thin | — |
| One-Hour Martinizing | 11 | thin | — |
| MOLLY MAID | 10 | thin | 44 |
| Shine, SHINE WINDOW CARE AND HOLIDAY LIGHTING, SHINE WINDOW CARE, and SHINE HOLIDAY LIGHTING. | 10 | thin | 13 |
| RESTORATION 1 | 9 | thin | 33 |
| WaveMAX Laundry | 9 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how WINDOW GENIE compares to the systems a buyer in Texas would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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