HouseMaster
Real Estate & Property · Real Estate Investment
- Active units
- 190
Franchised, year-end 2025
About HouseMaster
HouseMaster Home Inspections has been a trusted brand for over 35 years, providing customers with confidence in their property purchases. With the best professional training, systems, and tools, HouseMaster offers a wide range of services for buyers, sellers, and real estate agents. Their services include comprehensive home inspections, seller home inspections, post-close home inspections, new construction home inspections, and additional home inspection services. HouseMaster also offers expert demonstrations, advantages, and explains the benefits of their services through informative resources. As a neighborly company, HouseMaster prioritizes customer satisfaction, with higher loyalty and satisfaction scores than many recognized consumer brands. Although they may not currently have a location in your area, HouseMaster is actively searching for individuals interested in business ownership. Choose HouseMaster for your home inspection needs and experience their commitment to excellence.
Key terms
- Franchise fee
$43k
- Community Heroes Program
Up to a $3,000 discount to qualifying franchisees
- Additional Concept Discount
10% discount on the initial franchise fee for qualifying affiliate franchisees (2+ years)
- Multi-Unit Franchisee Discount
20% discount on the initial franchise fee for additional territory (franchisee 2+ years)
- Additional Territory Discount
5% after 2 yrs; 10% after 3 yrs; 15% after 4 yrs; 20% after 5+ yrs as HouseMaster franchisee
- HIRE Discount (Employees of Franchisees)
10% after 2 yrs; 15% after 3 yrs; 20% after 4 yrs; 25% after 5+ yrs employment; applies to first 75,000 OOHs
- Local Jurisdiction Additional Required Training Discount
$2,000 credit against future license fees if required third-party licensing training is completed (conditions apply)
- Local advertising
7.0% of Net Sales
- Footprint
500 – 700 sq ft
- Veteran discount
$6,000 discount for qualifying U.S. or Canadian honorably discharged veterans
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 locations190
Franchised units open at year-end
- New openings5
Gross new units opened during the calendar year
- 1-year unit growth rate-19.1%
Net unit growth versus prior year
- 3-year unit CAGR-11.4%
Compound annual growth rate of unit count over the trailing 3 years
- Unit growth ratio0.1×
Cumulative opens / closures through year-end
Unit economics
- Annual unit volume (Median)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (25th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- Annual unit volume (75th percentile)—
Per FDD Item 19 disclosure
- 1-year Median AUV growth rate-6.1%
Year-over-year change in median AUV
- Store-level EBITDA Margin—
Median unit-level EBITDA / AUV
Investment profile
- Estimated initial investment$103k
Midpoint of estimated initial investment range
↓ Lower is better - Time to open—
Midpoint of average time from agreement to opening
- Royalty rate—
Percent of net sales paid to the franchisor
- 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.