Gotcha Covered Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot

Gotcha Covered Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot


Remodeling & Handyman

Gotcha Covered

Gotcha Covered businesses sell and install window treatments, including draperies, fabrics, drapery hardware, bedroom ensembles, blinds, shades, and other related merchandise (“GC Business(es)”). We offer franchises for single GC Businesses.

Reported franchisees 146
Investment range $111,760 to $195,600
Average unit volume $365,035
Latest FDD filing year 2025

Economics Highlights

  • Initial fee: $69,900 initial franchise fee, uniform and non-refundable except if training not completed (refund less expenses). Veteran discount to $62,910 via VetFran (DD214 required). Additional area fee $2.06/household. Franchise Starter Package $21,500 non-refundable. Annual Conference Deposit $1,000 applied to first conference.
  • Royalty: Tiered monthly: Month 1: $350 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 2: $400 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 3: $450 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 4: $700 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 5: $750 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 6: $800 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 7: $1,050 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 8: $1,100 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 9: $1,150 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 10: $1,300 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 11: $1,350 + $0.06/household over 30k; Months 12-36: $1,400 + $0.06/household over 30k; Month 37+: $2,000 + $0.06/household over 30k. Due 15th of each month. Adjustable annually by greater of 5% or CPI.
  • Brand fund: Tiered monthly: Months 1-4: $125; Months 5-7: $250; Months 8-10: $375; Months 11-13: $550; Months 14-17: $625; Months 18-20: $750; Months 21-23: $875; Month 24+: $1,000. Due same as royalty. Adjustable annually by greater of 5% or CPI. Up to 15% admin fee. No guarantee of local spend.
  • Local ad minimum: 5% of annual gross revenue on local marketing, plus online/PPC via approved vendors. If under 5%, difference paid as additional national fees.
  • Item 19 median AUV: $365,035
  • Item 19 coverage: Not available

What Gotcha Covered Does

Gotcha Covered businesses sell and install window treatments, including draperies, fabrics, drapery hardware, bedroom ensembles, blinds, shades, and other related merchandise (“GC Business(es)”). We offer franchises for single GC Businesses.

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

Latest effective date 2025-04-30
Tracked states Not available
Net unit change, 3 years -1
Tracked locations in export 0

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.