The Cleaning Authority Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot
Residential & Commercial Cleaning
The Cleaning Authority
franchise is a cleaning service business for residential homes similar to a maid service (“Core Services”), but may also include carpet cleaning, window cleaning, furniture cleaning, the cleaning of light commercial properties and businesses, and any other type of cleaning service to any customer (“Non-Core Services”).
Business Snapshot
- Industry: Residential & Commercial Cleaning
- Headquarters: Columbia, Maryland, US
- Parent group: Authority Brands
- Website: https://thecleaningauthority.com
- Parent website: https://authoritybrands.com
- Founded: 1996
Economics Highlights
- Initial fee: Territory Fee: $0.75 per Designated Household (variable). Franchise Fee: $20,000 Enterprise; $15,000 Hometown. Total: Variable + Franchise Fee. Non-refundable.
- Royalty: Enterprise: 6% of first $600,000 Gross Revenue (weekly); 5% from $600,001-$1,300,000; 4% above $1,300,000.01. Reverts to 6% next year. Hometown: 6% of first $300,000; 5% from $300,001-$550,000; 4% above $550,000.01. Weekly.
- Brand fund: 1% of Gross Revenue or $200/week, whichever less. Can increase with 50% franchisee consent.
- Local ad minimum: Enterprise: $0.374 x % of DHH (9-13% tiers based on customers). Hometown: Similar tiers 1-75+ customers. Weekly, min $0.374 x 9% DHH.
- Item 19 median AUV: $1,257,649
- Item 19 coverage: 100%
What The Cleaning Authority Does
franchise is a cleaning service business for residential homes similar to a maid service (“Core Services”), but may also include carpet cleaning, window cleaning, furniture cleaning, the cleaning of light commercial properties and businesses, and any other type of cleaning service to any customer (“Non-Core Services”).
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.
