CertaPro Painters Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot
Painting & Coatings
CertaPro Painters
CertaPro Painters, Ltd. is a franchisor that sells residential and commercial painting and decorating franchises, granting franchisees the right to use the CertaPro trademark, logo, operations manual, business format, and certain technology and software for the operation of a residential painting and decorating business.
Business Snapshot
- Industry: Painting & Coatings
- Headquarters: Audubon, PA, US
- Parent group: FirstService Brands
- Website: https://certapro.com
- Parent website: https://firstservice.com
- Founded: 1991
Economics Highlights
- Initial fee: $65,000 non-refundable, due upon signing. Refundable only if CertaPro rescinds pre-training or if operations not commenced within 120 days (partial $10,000 refund). [[PAGE: 6]]
- Royalty: Tiered: 6% on $0-$2,500,000 Gross Sales; 5% on $2,500,001-$5,000,000; 4% on over $5,000,000. Minimum annual royalties apply (e.g., $15,000-$36,000 on Residential Services, $15,000-$51,000 on Total Gross Sales, varying by year 2-10). Payable monthly on 10th for prior month. [[PAGE: 7]]
- Brand fund: 3% of Gross Sales up to $2,500,000; 2% thereafter. Payable monthly. [[PAGE: 22]]
- Local ad minimum: 12% of Gross Sales in first year; 8% thereafter. Includes GAF contributions. [[PAGE: 22]]
- Item 19 median AUV: $1,380,416
- Item 19 coverage: Not available
What CertaPro Painters Does
CertaPro Painters, Ltd. is a franchisor that sells residential and commercial painting and decorating franchises, granting franchisees the right to use the CertaPro trademark, logo, operations manual, business format, and certain technology and software for the operation of a residential painting and decorating business.
This page is generated from Franchise Fox franchise and FDD-derived data. Reported franchisee counts and economics usually come from the most recent available FDD snapshot rather than manually edited marketing copy.
Scale and Filing Notes
The current Franchise Fox dataset has strong FDD coverage, but live location counts are still sparse in the denormalized export. For now, the best “size” signal is reported franchisee count.
