Molly Maid franchise: what it costs
A Molly Maid franchise for a home cleaning business costs $144,150 at the low end and $203,950 at the high end. The source is its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, or FDD, the required papers a brand must hand over before you buy.
Molly Maid franchise cost, item by item
- Full opening cost
- $144,150 to $203,950 Item 7, 2026 FDD
- Franchise fee you pay one time at the start
- $14,900 Item 5, 2026 FDD
- Royalty, your ongoing payments to the brand
- Minimum fees apply to this 3% to 6.5% share of gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Marketing fund, which covers shared advertising
- 2% based on gross sales Item 6, 2026 FDD
- Figures on sales or earnings
- Shared, with no single main number Item 19, 2026 FDD
- Count of locations when 2025 ended
- Franchise owners ran 432, the company ran 0 Item 20, 2026 FDD
Dated April 1, 2026, the 2026 Molly Maid Franchise Disclosure Document was submitted by Molly Maid SPV LLC to the Minnesota Department of Commerce; we copied every figure above from it. Each small label points to the numbered part of the FDD where that figure sits.
Molly Maid FDD sales and earnings figures
Item 19 is where Molly Maid shares figures. In that FDD part a brand may state location sales or earnings, yet you won't find one main number to quote. Before you rely on any of them, go through the Item 19 tables all the way.
Learn to read an Item 19 with the guide before you rely on any figure inside.
Other cleaning franchises next to Molly Maid
Among the cleaning franchises here, Molly Maid has the highest opening cost.
| 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. After opening, the royalty is the sales share or set amount you still pay the brand. A K stands for thousand, an M for million. You can open a brand to view the sales or earnings figures all 3 brands include in their FDD. Each FDD here was submitted to the Minnesota Department of Commerce in 2026.
All cleaning franchises, side by side
Molly Maid location count
By the close of 2025, 432 Molly Maid locations were open in the United States; franchise owners operated 100% of them (Item 20). 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 Molly Maid FDD read by a franchise attorney
Before you sign, one franchise attorney can go through the Molly Maid FDD and franchise agreement with you.