Window World Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot


Exterior & Building Envelope

Window World

Window World franchisees are in the business of marketing, selling, and installing exterior remodeling products in residential and light commercial settings.

Reported franchisees 209
Investment range $123,200 to $331,000
Average unit volume $4,025,000
Latest FDD filing year 2025

Business Snapshot

  • Industry: Exterior & Building Envelope
  • Headquarters: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, US
  • Parent group: Independent / not linked
  • Website: https://windowworldfranchise.com

Economics Highlights

  • Initial fee: $45,000. The initial franchise fee covers the initial grant of a license to operate the Franchised Business and other costs associated with our pre-opening obligations to you, such as the initial training we provide to you, access to our Manuals, our assistance in helping you to open your business, and a start-up package consisting of the following: one computer equipped with Microsoft Windows, a tablet, interior showroom signage, showroom displays, demonstrator samples, start-up print materials, an initial $5,000 sign allowance, a $1,000 siding display allowance, a $500 apparel allowance, the first six months of the basic Technology Fees (defined below) plus premium services, and up to four additional, local domain-specific email addresses for one year. The initial franchise fee is non-refundable and due in lump sum upon signing of the Franchise Agreement.
  • Royalty: Currently ranges between $.10 and $75 per option or unit or up to 12% of the cost of the product that franchisee buys from the vendor. When invoiced by vendor. Currently collected from vendor as part of the product cost. The Royalty is not based upon franchisee gross sales. We have the right to change or increase the amount of royalties or, in the case of new items, establish royalties. We can change the collection method of the Royalties upon 90 days’ notice to you. The alternative collection method is electronic funds transfer from your business bank operating account.
  • Brand fund: We have not established or require you to contribute to any other advertising fund.
  • Local ad minimum: 7% of your prior calendar year’s annual gross sales on local advertising. Note right to change.
  • Item 19 median AUV: $4,025,000
  • Item 19 coverage: Not available

What Window World Does

Window World franchisees are in the business of marketing, selling, and installing exterior remodeling products in residential and light commercial settings.

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 2025-03-28
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.