Bumble Bee Blinds
Home Services · Flooring & Interior Services
- Active units
- 17
- Avg unit volume
- $1.5M
- Royalty
- 8.5%
Franchised, year-end 2023
of weekly Net Sales
About Bumble Bee Blinds
Bumble Bee Blinds is a trusted brand that specializes in providing beautiful and custom window treatments. With a team of experts, they are dedicated to helping you find the perfect modern window treatments that suit your style and needs. From blinds, shades, shutters, and drapery to hardware, motorization, and home automation, Bumble Bee Blinds offers a comprehensive range of products and services. Their high-quality window blinds allow you to have precise control over natural light, while their window shutters add timeless elegance to any space. Window shades provide comfort and energy efficiency, and their drapery and curtains add privacy and a cohesive design theme. Bumble Bee Blinds also offers outdoor solutions to create the perfect outdoor oasis. With top-notch customer service, free in-home measurements, and professional installation, Bumble Bee Blinds ensures that your window treatment experience is seamless and satisfactory. Visit their website or contact them today to transform your windows into stunning focal points.
Key terms
- Franchise fee
$60k
- Multi-unit pricing
Additional territories: #2 $40,000; #3 $35,000; #4 $30,000; #5 $30,000; cumulative fees shown in table.
- Financing for additional territories
Franchisor may finance up to 60% of the Initial Franchise Fee for the 2nd territory and up to 80% for the 3rd territory (see Item 10).
- Brand fund
3.0% of Net Sales
- Local advertising
5.0% of Net Sales
- Veteran discount
Not offered
Brand Percentile Rankings
Rankings compare brands in the same operating year. Fee and investment figures come from the FDD (2026 filing); filings on file: 2024, 2025, 2026.
Growth
- Total locations212
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings—
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate36.8%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR92.9%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio—
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)$366k
Gross Sales excludes tips paid directly to subcontractors or personnel and sales tax collected from customers and remitted to taxing authorities.
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)$798k
Gross Sales excludes tips paid directly to subcontractors or personnel and sales tax collected from customers and remitted to taxing authorities.
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate-68.3%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$186k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open6 months
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
↓ Lower is better - Royalty rate6.0%
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
↓ Lower is better - Sales-to-investment ratio—
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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Location footprint
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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.