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Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Grasons is an estate sale and business liquidation franchise with a relatively low initial investment range of $58,800 to $109,000.
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- The actual Item 19 earnings — reported average unit revenue, not just “disclosed.”
- How it compares — every number ranked against other peers (median & quartile).
- Litigation detail — each case, franchisee vs. corporate, with summaries.
- Outlet churn & the questions to ask — behind the net change above: closures, terminations, transfers, and what to put to the franchisor.
Figures above are as disclosed in Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-28185. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
How much does a Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise make?
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The average revenue Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations reports, what that figure does and doesn't include, and where it ranks against other peers are in the full report. See every other brand that discloses earnings in the Other franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise profit vs. revenue
Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's 6.5% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. The full report sets Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's disclosed revenue against its total ongoing fee load, so you can see what that revenue has to cover before anything reaches you.
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a other of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's latest tables show a growing franchised network. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's churn ranks against other peers, are in the full report.
The actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against other peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations?
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's franchise is offered by B+P Burke, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Franchises at a similar investment level at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations — who is the franchisor?
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's most recently filed FDD (2024) names B+P Burke, LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise cost?
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $58,800 – $109,000, with an initial franchise fee of $49,900 and a 6.5% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. The full report breaks down every fee line and benchmarks it against other peers.
How much profit does a Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise make?
Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (6.5% of gross for Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The full report shows the disclosed revenue against the full ongoing fee load it has to cover.
Does Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The full report shows the actual revenue figures and how they rank against other peers.
Are there lawsuits against Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations?
No — Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's most recently filed FDD (2024) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against other peers — which is exactly what the full report answers. For $99 you get the risk level and what's driving it, the actual Item 19 earnings (disclosed in this FDD), where every figure ranks against peers, and the specific questions to ask the franchisor before you sign.
Everything the sections above point to, in one place: Grasons | Grasons Co | Grasons Estate Sale Services | Grasons Estate Sales & Business Liquidations's risk level and what's driving it, the actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against other peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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