ABC Seamless Franchise Cost, Revenue and Closure Rate (2026 FDD)
ABC Seamless is one of the franchises we compare in our gutter cleaning and guard installation guide. Here is what it costs to open, what it charges every month, what its franchisees report taking in, and how many outlets closed in a year.
Where these numbers come from
The figures come from ABC Seamless's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), the document every franchisor must give buyers before they sign. Revenue figures are sales as the brand reports them, before royalties and costs. They are not profit, and not a promise of what you would earn.
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What it costs
- Initial investment (FDD Item 7, includes the franchise fee)
- $187,701 – $331,581Pending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026FDD Item 7. Includes $148,301–$200,581 paid to the franchisor or an affiliate. This is a seamless siding and gutter installation business, not a cleaning business.
- Franchise fee
- $55,000Pending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026FDD Item 5: one territory of about 150,000 housing units. You must also buy seamless siding and gutter machines from the franchisor (the gutter machine and trailer cost $47,981).
- Royalty
- 3% of revenuePending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026FDD Item 6: the greater of 3% of gross receipts or a monthly minimum of $1,000 in year one, rising to $4,000 a month from year four.
- Marketing fund
- 1% of revenuePending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026FDD Item 6: Advertising/Marketing Fund.
Compared with starting your own
- ABC Seamless initial investment
- $187,701 – $331,581Pending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026FDD Item 7. Includes $148,301–$200,581 paid to the franchisor or an affiliate. This is a seamless siding and gutter installation business, not a cleaning business.
- Independent gutter cleaning and guard installation startup cost
- $2,290 – $3,090*Pending verificationSourcesXERO Products — XERO Gutter Vac Pack(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026California Secretary of State — LLC forms and fees(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026CSLB — List of fees(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026Computed from 3 startup budget line items: lean plan low to professional plan high. Some lines are not sourced yet and are excluded.
The independent figure is our startup budget from the guide, lean plan low to professional plan high, with no franchise fee and no royalties afterwards. * Some startup lines aren't sourced yet and are left out, so the real figure is higher.
What franchisees report taking in (FDD Item 19)
Item 19 lists each franchise's 2025 gross receipts (siding, gutters and related work) one by one, from $0 to $7,223,448.51, and the combined total of four company-owned outlets; it gives no average or median.
Outlets and closures (FDD Item 20)
- Franchised outlets at the start of 2025
- 68Pending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026Closures = terminations + non-renewals + outlets that stopped operating in 2025 (FDD Item 20, Table 3). 2025 closures: 2 terminations. Table 1 shows 67 franchised outlets at the end of 2025 but the Table 3 totals row ends at 66; we used Table 1 for the counts.
- Franchised outlets at the end of 2025
- 67Pending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026Closures = terminations + non-renewals + outlets that stopped operating in 2025 (FDD Item 20, Table 3). 2025 closures: 2 terminations. Table 1 shows 67 franchised outlets at the end of 2025 but the Table 3 totals row ends at 66; we used Table 1 for the counts.
- Closed during the year (terminated, not renewed, or stopped operating)
- 2Pending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026Closures = terminations + non-renewals + outlets that stopped operating in 2025 (FDD Item 20, Table 3). 2025 closures: 2 terminations. Table 1 shows 67 franchised outlets at the end of 2025 but the Table 3 totals row ends at 66; we used Table 1 for the counts.
- Closure rate (our calculation)
- 2.9%Pending verificationSourceABC Seamless 2026 FDD (Minnesota CARDS), issued August 19, 2026(opens in a new tab)Tier 1 · Primary source · Accessed October 31, 2026Last verified October 31, 2026Our calculation: 2 closures ÷ 68 franchised outlets at the start of 2025. Closures = terminations + non-renewals + outlets that stopped operating in 2025 (FDD Item 20, Table 3). 2025 closures: 2 terminations. Table 1 shows 67 franchised outlets at the end of 2025 but the Table 3 totals row ends at 66; we used Table 1 for the counts.
The closure rate is closures divided by franchised outlets at the start of the year. Outlets sold to a new owner aren't counted as closures. Closure rates for every brand.
Risk Meter for gutter cleaning and guard installation
2.3 out of 5 (Moderate risk)
The score covers the kind of business, not this brand alone, from 6 factors with data (1 is the lowest risk). See every factor · How we score risk
What the franchise gives you
- Brand recognition customers may already know
- Initial training before you open
- A call center or booking system that handles incoming leads
- Established pricing, operating systems and software
- A network of other owners to learn from
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