Home and commercial services

Mr. Rooter franchise

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Average annual revenue: $2,093,531
U.S. locations: 240
Worldwide locations: ≥240

Opening costs and fees

Qualifications and program conditions

These conditions apply to the programs or transactions described below; they are not a universal entry requirement.

financial qualification requirements: Mr. Rooter requires a minimum 30% down payment for financing under its special rural-franchise pricing, subject to territory, discount and broker conditions.
financial qualification requirements: The franchisor limits its financing to less than 50% of total equity, debt and other financial support; standard initial-fee financing is up to 70%, potentially 80% at its discretion. The applicant must represent the business obligations in writing.

Key ongoing fees

License fee — standard business: 6% of Gross Sales, or the applicable weekly minimum if higher. No minimum in weeks 1–39. For territories under 150,000 people, minimums are $100 (weeks 40–78), $200 (79–208) and $225 (209+); for 150,000–400,000, they are $200, $300 and $350. Higher-population bands do not apply to new franchisees.Weekly
Existing-business conversions: Separate roll-in rates and minimums apply. Small/medium roll-ins pay 3% through week 52, then 6%; large roll-ins pay 2.5% through week 104, then 6%. Small means $100,000–$249,999 in rolled-in annual sales; medium $250,000–$1,999,999; large $2 million or more. Roll-in minimums use pre-conversion average weekly sales and can exceed the percentage fee.
Marketing fund — standard business: 2% of Gross Sales, paid weekly. The standard format has no minimum MAP fee; roll-in rates and minimums differ.Weekly
Local marketing: $60,000 in the first 12 months and $75,000 in months 13–24. Afterwards, Mr. Rooter may require the greater of $50,000 or 8% of prior-year Gross Sales annually. This is additional to MAP fees; qualifying local-group and other approved spending counts toward the requirement.

Selected ongoing charges, not a complete fee schedule. Confirm the current FDD and the terms for your format.

Running the business

Inferred worldwide lower bound: ≥240. ≥240 · 2025 U.S. operating business outlets. Item 20 2025 total = 238 franchised + 2 company operating outlets. Footnote explicitly counts businesses that have opened an operating location; excludes additional territories without a separate location and agreements not yet open. Regional census supports only a worldwide lower bound. Undated 240+ North America marketing and directory identities remain distinct.2025

Revenue and performance

$2,093,531

2025 · 193 full-year U.S. businesses

Annual average sales: $2,093,531 average 2025 Gross Sales per U.S. franchised business, across 193 businesses open and reporting for all 52 weeks.January 1–December 31, 2025

Revenue is sales before expenses, not owner income. Compare matching periods, formats and location samples.

Locations

240 U.S. locations (2025 · Mr. Rooter opened operating locations, including 238 franchised and 2 company-owned locations).

Existing locations do not establish that a new territory is available. Confirm your market with the franchisor.

Sources and figure notes

Reporting periods and scope

U.S. locations

240 U.S. operating units at 2025 year end. Mr. Rooter opened operating locations, including 238 franchised and 2 company-owned locations. Printed Table 1 total 240; Tables 3/4 reconcile 238 + 2. Puerto Rico has zero ending locations in 2025. New territories granted to existing franchisees without a separate operating location and signed agreements not opened are excluded.

Average annual revenue

$2,093,531 average 2025 Gross Sales per U.S. franchised business, across 193 businesses open and reporting for all 52 weeks. The 100% row reports a $2,093,531 mean and $1,257,146 median for 193 businesses; 64 (33%) met or exceeded the mean. The high was $20,262,638 and the low $633. The ranked top/bottom subsets overlap and are separate from this full-cohort result. The source lists 238 U.S. franchised businesses operating at December 31, 2025; exclusions are 22 opened during 2025, 14 transferred without full-period data and nine reporting zero sales for all weeks. Separately, 13 businesses closed during the period, one after less than 12 months. Transfers and closures remain distinct. Gross Sales includes cash, credit, barter and other receipts from the business, under the marks or otherwise. It excludes collected and remitted sales taxes, authorized bona fide refunds, rebates or discounts, and Excluded Services under a mutually executed Schedule I addendum. Franchisees supplied sales through the Software System and were not required to use GAAP. This is revenue before business costs, not profit or owner income. Individual results may differ. The table is expressly for businesses open and reporting the full 52 weeks. Its age wording varies between 12 months or more and more than 12 months; no anniversary cutoff beyond the stated full-period operating requirement is inferred. Franchised Mr. Rooter business; not franchisee portfolio, sales per job, or a territory multiplication.

Worldwide locations

≥240. ≥240 · 2025 U.S. operating business outlets. Item 20 2025 total = 238 franchised + 2 company operating outlets. Footnote explicitly counts businesses that have opened an operating location; excludes additional territories without a separate location and agreements not yet open. Regional census supports only a worldwide lower bound. Undated 240+ North America marketing and directory identities remain distinct. Item 20 2025 total = 238 franchised + 2 company operating outlets. Footnote explicitly counts businesses that have opened an operating location; excludes additional territories without a separate location and agreements not yet open. Regional census supports only a worldwide lower bound. Undated 240+ North America marketing and directory identities remain distinct.

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