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Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchise — is it worth it?
Low risk Stable network Item 19 disclosed
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner is a well-established brand in the cleaning and restoration category, offering a franchise opportunity with a relatively low investment range.
Everything below is free, read straight off Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's registered filing, with where the numbers land against cleaning & restoration peers. Weighing Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640890 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchise make?
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner 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 headline figure is $1,742,025 in average unit revenue — read it alongside what Item 19 says about which units it covers (often only mature or top-performing locations). See every cleaning & restoration brand that discloses earnings in the Cleaning & restoration franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner 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 Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's 3% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $1,742,025 of revenue, a 3% royalty alone is about $52,261 a year before any other cost.
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner'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.
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner 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 Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a cleaning & restoration 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. Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's latest tables show a stable franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 0.5%, against a cleaning & restoration median of 4% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved 0 to 210 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner?
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's franchise is offered by Stanley Steemer International, Inc. — 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 WI DFI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Cleaning & restoration franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner 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.
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner — who is the franchisor?
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's most recently filed FDD (2026) names Stanley Steemer International, Inc. 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 Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchise cost?
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $1,000 – $3,500, with an initial franchise fee of $20,000 and a 3% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against cleaning & restoration peers it sits in the top quartile (median $180,063).
How much profit does a Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchise make?
Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (3% of gross for Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The headline figure Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner discloses is $1,742,025 in average unit revenue.
Does Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure is $1,742,025 in average unit revenue, as the franchisor states it.
Are there lawsuits against Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner?
No — Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner'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 Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against cleaning & restoration peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is low 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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