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Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Windermere Real Estate is a real estate brokerage franchise with a $25,000 franchise fee.
Unlock what the free page above only hints at:
- Risk & red-flag breakdown — what the missing earnings, fees and churn imply.
- How it compares — every number ranked against real estate peers (median & quartile).
- Litigation detail — beyond the case count above: each case, franchisee vs. corporate, with summaries.
- Outlet churn & the questions to ask — closures, terminations, transfers, and what to put to the franchisor.
Figures above are as disclosed in Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-33215. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company 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 Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (many real estate franchisors do disclose), and the full report reads the risk signals Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's FDD does contain — fees, litigation, and outlet churn — against peers. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Real estate franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) does disclose 5 legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. The full Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company report lists each case with what it was about and how it ended, separates franchisee disputes from corporate and securities matters, and flags the ones a franchisee started — the split that actually matters, because franchisees suing their franchisor is the signal a buyer is looking for.
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company 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 Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a real estate 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. Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's outlet tables are read directly from the FDD in the full report. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's churn ranks against real estate peers, are in the full report.
The risk & red-flag breakdown, every figure ranked against real estate peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company?
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's franchise is offered by Windermere Real Estate Services Company — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025), 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.
Other real estate franchises
Anyone weighing Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company 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.
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company — who is the franchisor?
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's most recently filed FDD (2025) names Windermere Real Estate Services Company 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 Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company franchise cost?
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at a range disclosed in Item 7, 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. The full report breaks down every fee line and benchmarks it against real estate peers.
How much profit does a Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company franchise make?
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labour and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing; the report focuses on the verifiable risk signals instead.
Are there lawsuits against Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company?
Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's most recently filed FDD (2025) discloses 5 legal proceedings in Item 3. Item 3 covers the franchisor, its predecessors, parents and affiliates — so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing. The full report lists each case, separates franchisee disputes from corporate and securities matters, and flags the franchisee-initiated ones.
Is Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against real estate 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 (absent from 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: Windermere Real Estate | Windermere Services Company's risk level and what's driving it, what the missing Item 19 earnings imply, every figure ranked against real estate peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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