Fish Window Cleaning Franchise Cost, Revenue and Closure Rate (2025 FDD)

Fish Window Cleaning is one of the franchises we compare in our window cleaning 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 Fish Window Cleaning's 2025 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): $107,000 – $173,700
Franchise fee: $49,900 – $74,900
Royalty: 5% – 8% of revenue
Marketing fund: 1% of revenue
Fixed monthly fees: $433 a month

Compared with starting your own

Fish Window Cleaning initial investment: $107,000 – $173,700
Independent window cleaning startup cost: $248 – $4,048*

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.

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What franchisees report taking in (FDD Item 19)

The 2025 FDD reports 2024 total revenue for 252 franchised outlets open all of 2024, in top 10%, top half, bottom half and bottom 10% groups; it gives no single average for all outlets.

Copied exactly from the brand's disclosure. These are sales before royalties, wages and other costs, not profit.

Outlets and closures (FDD Item 20)

Franchised outlets at the start of 2024: 264
Franchised outlets at the end of 2024: 269
Closed during the year (terminated, not renewed, or stopped operating): 11
Closure rate (our calculation): 4.2%

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 window cleaning

2.2 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

Training in operations, employee management, safety and customer service
Marketing resources and online recruiting help
Large established network focused on window cleaning

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