# Handyman business franchise: Handyman Franchise Board

> The median published figure in the Handyman Franchise Board is 59,950 USD across 4 sources' own pages (range 48,000 to 70,000 USD), read 12 October 2026.

PunchListWorks · https://punchlistworks.com/datasets/handyman-franchise-board/ · computed 2026-10-19

**Median published figure:** 59,950 USD (range 48,000 to 70,000 USD; 4 sources with a figure; 4 of 22 sources read publish one).

4 of the 22 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 59,950 USD across 4).

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| [Ace Handyman Services franchise cost](https://acehandymanfranchising.com/blog/handyman-franchise-cost/) | 70,000 USD | 2026-10-12 |
| [House Doctors franchise investment](https://www.housedoctors.com/franchising/investment-info/) | 65,000 USD | 2026-10-12 |
| [TruBlue Home Service Ally investment](https://www.trubluefranchise.com/investment) | 54,900 USD | 2026-10-12 |
| [DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen franchise investment](https://www.dreammakerfranchise.com/investment/) | 48,000 USD | 2026-10-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (4)

- [Ace Handyman Services franchise cost](https://acehandymanfranchising.com/blog/handyman-franchise-cost/), read 2026-10-12: "Franchise Fee $70,000–$100,000"
- [House Doctors franchise investment](https://www.housedoctors.com/franchising/investment-info/), read 2026-10-12: "Initial Franchise Fee: $65,000 $65,000"
- [TruBlue Home Service Ally investment](https://www.trubluefranchise.com/investment), read 2026-10-12: "Franchise Fee $54,900"
- [DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen franchise investment](https://www.dreammakerfranchise.com/investment/), read 2026-10-12: "Initial Franchise Fee $48,000 to $75,600 plus $240 per 1,000 additional population over the minimum"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Mr. Handyman franchise investment (Neighborly)](https://franchise.neighborly.com/mr-handyman/the-investment), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [ShelfGenie franchise investment (Neighborly)](https://franchise.neighborly.com/shelf-genie/the-investment/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Five Star Painting franchise investment (Neighborly)](https://franchise.neighborly.com/five-star-painting/the-investment/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [HandyPro franchise opportunities](https://www.handypro.com/our-story/franchise-opportunities), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Mr. Handyman franchise opportunities](https://info.franchise.mrhandyman.com/opportunities), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Bath Tune-Up franchise (home improvement franchise opportunities)](https://franchise.bathtune-up.com/bath-franchise-blog/home-improvement-franchise-opportunities/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Minnesota Commerce CARDS franchise registrations](https://cards.web.commerce.state.mn.us/franchise-registrations), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Minnesota Department of Commerce franchise registration](https://mn.gov/commerce/money/industry/franchises/franchise-registration.jsp), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR Part 436 (eCFR)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-436), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ServiceTitan handyman franchises round-up](https://www.servicetitan.com/blog/handyman-franchises), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Franchise Direct handyman franchises directory](https://www.franchisedirect.com/homeservicesfranchises/handymanfranchises/93), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Mr. Rooter franchise investment (Neighborly)](https://franchise.neighborly.com/mr-rooter/the-investment/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Ace Handyman Services franchising](https://acehandymanfranchising.com/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [House Doctors steps to ownership](https://www.housedoctors.com/franchising/steps-to-own/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Minnesota Department of Commerce franchises](https://mn.gov/commerce/money/industry/franchises/index.jsp), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [FTC Franchise Rule compliance guide](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/franchise-rule-compliance-guide), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Entrepreneur franchise directory, Renovation Sells](https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/directory/renovation-sells/336712), read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Franchise Business Review top home improvement franchises](https://franchisebusinessreview.com/lists/top-home-improvement-franchises/), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 22 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 18 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 70 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per franchisor per FDD year: initial franchise fee, Item 7 total initial investment low and high, royalty rate, ad-fund rate, liquid capital and net worth required, territory definition, veteran discount - read from the franchisor's own investment page and reconciled against the FDD the state registers hold; the figure nobody publishes is the BOARD: median and range of the initial fee and of total investment across every handyman and adjacent home-repair brand that publishes one, the share that publishes at all versus enquiry-gated, cost per protected household, and repriced-since the previous read (a franchise fee that moves is the news, because it moves once a year with the FDD filing)

## Sources

- [Mr. Handyman franchise investment (Neighborly)](https://franchise.neighborly.com/mr-handyman/the-investment) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Ace Handyman Services franchise cost](https://acehandymanfranchising.com/blog/handyman-franchise-cost/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [TruBlue Home Service Ally investment](https://www.trubluefranchise.com/investment) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [House Doctors franchise investment](https://www.housedoctors.com/franchising/investment-info/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [DreamMaker Bath & Kitchen franchise investment](https://www.dreammakerfranchise.com/investment/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ShelfGenie franchise investment (Neighborly)](https://franchise.neighborly.com/shelf-genie/the-investment/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Five Star Painting franchise investment (Neighborly)](https://franchise.neighborly.com/five-star-painting/the-investment/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HandyPro franchise opportunities](https://www.handypro.com/our-story/franchise-opportunities) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Mr. Handyman franchise opportunities](https://info.franchise.mrhandyman.com/opportunities) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Bath Tune-Up franchise (home improvement franchise opportunities)](https://franchise.bathtune-up.com/bath-franchise-blog/home-improvement-franchise-opportunities/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Minnesota Commerce CARDS franchise registrations](https://cards.web.commerce.state.mn.us/franchise-registrations) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Minnesota Department of Commerce franchise registration](https://mn.gov/commerce/money/industry/franchises/franchise-registration.jsp) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR Part 436 (eCFR)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-436) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Handyman Connection franchise investment](https://franchiseopportunity.handymanconnection.com/the-investment/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ServiceTitan handyman franchises round-up](https://www.servicetitan.com/blog/handyman-franchises) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Franchise Direct handyman franchises directory](https://www.franchisedirect.com/homeservicesfranchises/handymanfranchises/93) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Mr. Rooter franchise investment (Neighborly)](https://franchise.neighborly.com/mr-rooter/the-investment/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Ace Handyman Services franchising](https://acehandymanfranchising.com/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [House Doctors steps to ownership](https://www.housedoctors.com/franchising/steps-to-own/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Minnesota Department of Commerce franchises](https://mn.gov/commerce/money/industry/franchises/index.jsp) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FTC Franchise Rule compliance guide](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/franchise-rule-compliance-guide) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Entrepreneur franchise directory, Renovation Sells](https://www.entrepreneur.com/franchises/directory/renovation-sells/336712) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Franchise Business Review top home improvement franchises](https://franchisebusinessreview.com/lists/top-home-improvement-franchises/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

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- The median published figure in the Handyman Franchise Board is 59,950 USD across 4 sources' own pages (range 48,000 to 70,000 USD), read 12 October 2026.
- 4 of the 22 named sources read in full publish a figure; 18 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
- The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 59,950 USD across 4).

Cite as: "PunchListWorks Handyman Franchise Board", updated 2026-10-19, https://punchlistworks.com/datasets/handyman-franchise-board/.

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