Merry Maids franchise: what it costs
For a home cleaning business, opening a Merry Maids franchise costs $126,875 to $169,325. Its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) says so, and a brand must provide those papers before you buy.
Merry Maids franchise cost, item by item
- Full opening cost
- $126,875 to $169,325 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $55,000 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- 7% of gross sales (drops as sales rise) Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- A 1.3% share of gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- $439,243 a year on average across 414 locations it counts, before costs Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Location count at year-end 2025
- Franchise owners run 684; the company runs 0 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Each figure above comes out of the 2026 Merry Maids Franchise Disclosure Document. Merry Maids SPE LLC filed it at the Minnesota Department of Commerce, and its date is May 21, 2026. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Merry Maids FDD: sales and earnings
Merry Maids puts figures in Item 19, the FDD section where a brand may report location sales or earnings. Among them, the key figure puts average yearly sales at $439,243 across 414 qualifying franchises active through 2025. It is money the store takes in, not profit, because rent, wages and every other cost get paid from it.
Before you rely on any figure in it, our guide explains how to read an Item 19.
Comparing Merry Maids with other cleaning franchises
Among the cleaning franchises on this site, most cost less to open than Merry Maids; the middle one starts at $127K.
| Brand | Total cost to opentotal, lowest to highest | Upfront feeone-time fee | Royaltyongoing, usually a % of sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Maids | $118K to $141K | $60,000 | 3.9% to 6.9% |
| Merry Maids | $127K to $169K | $55,000 | 7% |
| Molly Maid | $144K to $204K | $14,900 | 3% to 6.5% |
Before you buy, a brand has to hand over its Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD); the brand's latest one is where every figure comes from. Once you're open, you keep paying the brand a royalty. It can be a cut of sales or a fixed amount. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. Sales or earnings figures appear in the FDD for all 3 brands (open a brand to see them). In 2026, the Minnesota Department of Commerce received a filing for every FDD here.
All cleaning franchises, side by side
The number of Merry Maids locations
Item 20 shows 684 Merry Maids locations across the United States when 2025 ended, with 100% run by franchise owners. In that same part of the FDD, you get phone numbers for owners still running stores and ones who left. Your best way to learn how these costs play out in real life is to call a few of them.
Get the Merry Maids FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Merry Maids FDD and franchise agreement with you.