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Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network
ROTO-ROOTER CORPORATION offers a home services franchise with an initial investment ranging from $123,110 to $281,550.
Everything below is free, read straight off Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's registered filing, with where the numbers land against home services peers. Weighing Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce — CARDS franchise registrations · filing 35704-202603-04 — check it yourself. See every other Minnesota-registered franchise.
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Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (77% of home services franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Home services & home improvement franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) 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.
Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter 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 Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a home services 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. Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Net franchised outlets moved -4 to 333 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter?
Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's franchise is offered by ROTO-ROOTER CORPORATION — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at MN CARDS; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it. The same franchisor files separate FDDs for other brands, which is worth knowing — sibling brands share a franchise-support organization but disclose their own numbers:
Home services franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter 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.
Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter — who is the franchisor?
Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's most recently filed FDD (2026) names ROTO-ROOTER CORPORATION as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. The same franchisor also files FDDs for Roto-Rooter. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter franchise cost?
Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $123,110 – $281,550, with an initial franchise fee of $25,000. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against home services peers it sits in the lower quartile (median $162,725).
How much profit does a Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter franchise make?
Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 77% of home services franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter?
No — Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's most recently filed FDD (2026) 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 Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Roto-Rooter Roto-Rooter's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against home services peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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