Ambrosio’s Take
Garage Force specializes in polyurea floor coatings for garages and commercial spaces, a service category that benefits from strong homeowner demand and a relatively low initial investment of $132,900 to $200,600. The system is growing rapidly, adding 74 franchised outlets in 2025 alone, and that expansion is the essential context for reading the 16.6% decline in average gross revenue: the sample grew from 42 to 69 qualifying businesses year over year, and the newer operators naturally bring the average down as they build their client base. The company-owned location, which is the most mature reference point in this FDD, generated $601,117 in gross revenue with an operating income margin of 39.25% before certain undisclosed expenses, which gives a more instructive picture of where an established operator can land.
Ambrosio’s Take is a new feature on all Franchise Chatter FDD Talk posts based on the 2026 FDD.
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Section I – Estimated initial investment (franchise costs) for a Garage Force franchise, based on Item 7 of the company’s 2026 FDD
Section II – Initial franchise fee, royalty fee, and marketing fee for a Garage Force franchise, based on Items 5 and 6 of the company’s 2026 FDD
Section III – Number of franchised and company-owned Garage Force outlets at the start of the year and the end of the year for 2023, 2024, and 2025, based on Item 20 of the company’s 2026 FDD
Section IV – News updates on the Garage Force franchise opportunity
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- 2025 average, median, highest, and lowest annual gross revenue, annual product cost (including consumables and equipment), annual invoices, average invoice, and average profit per invoice for the 69 single-unit existing franchised Garage Force businesses that had been open and continuously operating in the U.S. on a full-time basis for at least one full calendar year as of December 31, 2025
- 2025 actual annual gross revenue, annual product cost (including consumables and equipment), annual invoices, and average invoice for the single company-owned Garage Force business that was open and operated for the full 2025 calendar year
- 2025 actual product cost, labor, continuing fee, local advertising, fuel expense, consumables, equipment maintenance, branding fee, insurance, and total expense as a percentage of annual gross revenue for the single company-owned Garage Force business that was open and operated for the full 2025 calendar year
Section VI – Key ratios, comparables, computations, and analyses for the Garage Force franchise opportunity (exclusive content for Platinum subscribers)
Section I – Garage Force Franchise Costs
- Garage Force franchise costs, based on Item 7 of the company’s 2026 FDD:
- Initial Fee: $49,500
- Initial Equipment Package: $65,000
- Initial Coating Products: $10,000
- Wages, Travel, and Living Expenses for You and Your General Manager During Initial Training Program: $1,000 to $5,000
- Computer Hardware and Software: $600 to $5,000
- Office and Storage Space (3 Months): $0 to $3,000
- Vehicle: $1,500 to $41,500
- Office Furniture, Supplies, and Equipment: $0 to $2,500
- Insurance (3 Months): $300 to $2,100
- Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Payroll Services, etc.): $900 to $1,900
- Opening Assistance and Travel Expenses: $0 to $2,500
- Grand Opening Advertising: $500
- Additional Funds (3 Months): $3,600 to $12,100
- Total Estimated Garage Force Franchise Costs: $132,900 to $200,600
Section II – Garage Force’s Initial Franchise Fee, Royalty Fee, and Marketing Fee
- Garage Force’s initial franchise fee, royalty fee, and marketing fee, based on Items 5 and 6 of the company’s 2026 FDD:
- Initial Fee: $49,500
- Continuing Fee: 5% of Gross Revenues
- Branding Fees: 1% of Gross Revenues
- Digital Marketing Fees: currently, a total of $1,000 each month
Section III – Number of Franchised and Company-Owned Garage Force Outlets
Franchised
2023
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 164
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 185
- Net Change: +21
2024
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 185
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 227
- Net Change: +42
2025
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- Outlets at the End of the Year: 301
- Net Change: +74
Company-Owned
2023
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 1
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 1
- Net Change: 0
2024
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 1
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 1
- Net Change: 0
2025
- Outlets at the Start of the Year: 1
- Outlets at the End of the Year: 5
- Net Change: +4
Section IV – News Updates on the Garage Force Franchise
Section V – Financial Performance Representations (Average Revenues and/or Profits) for the Garage Force Franchise (Item 19, 2026 FDD)
- Garage Force has included below financial performance representations setting forth historical information on Gross Revenue and Product Costs (defined below) based upon the 69 single-unit existing franchised Garage Force Businesses that had been open and continuously operating in the U.S. on a full-time basis for at least one full calendar year as of December 31, 2025 (the “Qualifying Businesses”).
- Garage Force previously offered and sold Garage Force Businesses that operated on different business models, specifically, on a seasonal, part-time, or absentee basis. Garage Force currently no longer offers that business model, and Garage Force currently only offers and sells Garage Force Businesses that operate full-time. Therefore, the below financial performance representations include the 69 Qualifying Businesses that are substantially similar to the franchised business being offered and sold under the disclosure document.
- This Item 19 excludes 232 Garage Force Businesses that were open and operating as of December 31, 2025 because: (i) 95 Garage Force Businesses had not been operating for at least one full year as of December 31, 2025, and (ii) 137 operate on a seasonal, part-time, or absentee basis, and/or have purchased multiple territories and are operating larger than Garage Force’s standard single unit territories, and as such, are not substantially similar to the franchised business being offered under the disclosure document.
- Also excluded from this Item 19 are 17 franchised Garage Force Businesses because they were terminated, not renewed, or ceased operations in 2025.
Part 1 – All Single-Unit Qualifying Businesses During the 2025 Calendar Year
- Part 1 discloses historical financial performance representations for the 69 Qualifying Businesses.
Average
- Annual Gross Revenue: $422,998
- Annual Product Cost (including consumables and equipment): $121,541
- Annual Invoices: 97
- Average Invoice: $4,498
- Average Profit Per Invoice: $3,152
Highest
- Annual Gross Revenue: $1,301,965
- Annual Product Cost (including consumables and equipment): $344,264
- Annual Invoices: 460
- Average Invoice: $8,608
- Average Profit Per Invoice: $6,229
Lowest
- Annual Gross Revenue: $125,096
- Annual Product Cost (including consumables and equipment): $31,732
- Annual Invoices: 22
- Average Invoice: $2,577
- Average Profit Per Invoice: $1,542
Median
- Annual Gross Revenue: $318,744
- Annual Product Cost (including consumables and equipment): $98,676
- Annual Invoices: 72
- Average Invoice: $4,446
- Average Profit Per Invoice: $3,066
Part 2 – Company-Owned Garage Force Business During the 2025 Calendar Year
- Part 2 discloses historical financial performance representations for the single company-owned Garage Force Business that was open and operated for the full 2025 calendar year.
Company-Owned Location
- Annual Gross Revenue: $601,117
- Annual Product Cost (including consumables and equipment): $217,154
- Annual Invoices: 100
- Average Invoice: $6,011
- “Annual Gross Revenue” means all income of the reported Qualifying Businesses from the sale of all services and products by the Qualifying Businesses during the 2025 calendar year. Gross Revenue does not include any sales, use, or gross receipts taxes if the amount of the tax was added to the selling price, charged to the customer, and paid to the appropriate taxing authority.
- “Product Costs” means only those products and supplies that the Qualifying Businesses purchased from Garage Force or its affiliates during the 2025 calendar year because Garage Force or its affiliates are the exclusive suppliers of such products and supplies. Product Costs excludes salaries, utilities, taxes, equipment purchased from other suppliers, office or storage space, Continuing Fees, Branding Fees, advertising expenses, start-up costs, insurance, professional services fees such as legal and accounting, depreciation/amortization, and other miscellaneous operating costs.
- “Annual Invoices” means the number of invoices that the Qualifying Franchisee issued to customers during the 2025 calendar year.
- “Average Invoice” means the Annual Gross Revenue divided by the Annual Invoices.
- “Average Profit per Invoice” means the Annual Gross Revenue less the Continuing Fees, Branding Fees, and costs of products purchased from Garage Force in the 2025 calendar year. Garage Force did not disclose an Average Profit per Invoice for the company-owned Garage Force Business because it does not pay a Continuing Fee or Branding Fee.
- The Qualifying Businesses are located throughout the country, are single outlets, and do not have multiple territories.
Part 3 – Expenses as a Percent of Annual Gross Revenue for the Company-Owned Business During the 2025 Calendar Year
- Part 3 shows certain expenses as a percent of the annual Gross Revenue for the one company-owned Garage Force Business that was operating as a company-owned Garage Force Business throughout the 2025 calendar year.
- Product Cost: 29%
- Labor: 14%
- Continuing Fee: 5%
- Local Advertising: 5%
- Fuel Expense: 3%
- Consumables: 5%
- Equipment Maintenance: 0.25%
- Branding Fee: 1%
- Insurance: 3%
- Total Expense %: 60.75%
- This Part 3 only reflects those nine expenses that are explicitly noted in the chart for the single company-owned Garage Force Business as a percent of its 2025 annual Gross Revenue, and it excludes professional service fees, insurance, licensing costs, rent, utilities, depreciation/amortization, and other miscellaneous operating costs.
- “Product Costs” means only those products and supplies that the company-owned Garage Force Business purchased from Garage Force or its affiliates during the 2025 calendar year because Garage Force and its affiliates are the exclusive suppliers of such products and supplies. Product Costs excludes salaries, utilities, taxes, equipment purchased from other suppliers, office or storage space, Continuing Fees, Branding Fees, advertising expenses, start-up costs, insurance, professional services fees such as legal and accounting, depreciation/amortization, and other miscellaneous operating costs.
- “Labor” includes part-time labor for an assistant, and excludes the owner’s salary.
- The Continuing Fee reflects the percent of the Gross Revenue that the company-owned Garage Force Business would have paid to Garage Force had it been a franchisee and been subject to the 5% Continuing Fee as required under the current form of Franchise Agreement.
- “Consumables” means those items and supplies that were used up, and new or replacement equipment pieces, that were purchased from Garage Force or its affiliates throughout the 2025 calendar year, which may include, without limitation: Rollers, Squeegees, Rags, Roller Covers, Chip Brushes, Grinder Blades, Shot, Grinders, Drills, Cleaning Supplies, Solvent, Mixing Buckets, Paint Trays, Rugs, Tarps, Canvas, Equipment Fuel.
- The Branding Fee reflects the percent of the Gross Revenue that the company-owned Garage Force Business would have paid to Garage Force had it been a franchisee and been subject to the 1% Branding Fee as required under the current form of Franchise Agreement.
- Some outlets have sold this amount. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance that you’ll sell as much.
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