Budget Blinds
Home Services · Flooring & Interior Services
- Active units
- 1,366
- Avg unit volume
- $796k
- Royalty
- 3.5%
Franchised, year-end 2024
of weekly Net Sales
About Budget Blinds
Budget Blinds operates through a mobile, home-based franchise model that provides custom window coverings to residential and commercial clients. Franchisees provide on-site design consultations, professional measuring, and installation for products such as blinds, shades, shutters, and draperies. The business also offers smart home automation and motorized window solutions. By using branded vehicles to bring samples to customers, the model functions without the need for a retail storefront.
Key terms
- Franchise fee
$20k
- Second territory (Tier 1) purchased at same time
Additional Territory fee discounted to 60000 when buying two Tier 1 territories simultaneously
- Brand fund
0.0% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
0.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
500 – 1,200 sq ft
- Veteran discount
15.0% off franchise fee — 15% discount for currently-serving or honorably discharged U.S. veterans and their spouses
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing).
Growth
- Total locations1355
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings16
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate-0.8%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR-0.3%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio0.6×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)$796k
Uses 2023 Average Sales for one-territory franchisees; figures unaudited and reported by franchisees.
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)$382k
Franchisees open all of 2023 who reported sales; territory sizes vary; data unaudited. For multi-territory owners elsewhere, sales totals are combined across t…
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)$1.0M
Franchisees open all of 2023 who reported sales; territory sizes vary; data unaudited. For multi-territory owners elsewhere, sales totals are combined across t…
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate—
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$156k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open45 months
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
↓ Lower is better - Royalty rate3.5%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio5.1×
Median AUV / estimated initial investment midpoint
- Cash-on-cash returns—
Median unit-level EBITDA / estimated initial investment midpoint. Steady-state estimate; year 1 returns will be lower as the unit ramps to median volumes.
Franchisee healthLocked
- Unit closure ratio
- Transfer vs. closure ratio
- Percent multi-unit franchisees
- Litigation rate
- EBITDA multiple on sales & transfers
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Sources
Financial and operating figures are sourced from the brand's Franchise Disclosure Documents. Brand percentile rankings are based on comparisons to other brands that include the same metrics in their Franchise Disclosure Documents.