CertaPro Painters
Source filing: WI · filed 2026-04-08
Item 5 — Initial franchise fee
Not disclosed
Item 6 — Recurring fees (royalty & advertising)
| Advertising Fees and Expenses | 12% of Gross Sales during your 1st year of operation, for both startup territories and existing CertaPro businesses; after 1st year, 10% of Gross Sales. [p.17 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
|---|---|
| General Advertising Fund (“GAF”) | Contributions to GAF are based upon total annual Gross Sales. If your annual Gross Sales are $2,500,000 or less, the contribution to GAF is 3% of Gross Sales, and if your total annual Gross Sales are greater than $2,500,000, the contribution to GAF is 2% of Gross Sales. [p.17 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Advertising Cooperative Fees | As voted by franchisees in the advertising cooperative; the amounts are determined by the franchisees and generally range from of 1% to 4% of Gross Sales [p.17 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
Full Item 6 schedule (including one-time and conditional fees) is in the FDD itself.
Item 7 — Estimated initial investment (total)
Not disclosed – Not disclosed
Base single-franchise offering as stated in the FDD's total row. Multi-unit or area-development formats are not broken out here.
Item 20 — Outlets
| Franchised outlets at start of year | 303 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
|---|---|
| Franchised outlets at end of year | 299 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Net change in franchised outlets | -4 [p.47 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Transfers | 21 [p.50 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Terminations | 6 [p.53 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Non-renewals | 5 [p.53 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Ceased operations (other) | 7 [p.53 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Company-owned outlets at end of year | Not disclosed |
Item 19 — Financial performance representation
Headline cohort
All franchised outlets in business for at least 12 months, FY2023 · January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023
| Outlets in sample | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $2,086,740 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $1,362,549 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
All disclosed cohorts (7)
| Cohort | Outlets | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All franchised outlets in business for at least 12 months, FY2025 January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 excluded: failed consistency checks |
Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| All franchised outlets in business for at least 12 months, FY2024 January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024 |
292 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $2,134,130 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $1,380,416 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| All franchised outlets in business for at least 12 months, FY2023 January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 |
311 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $2,086,740 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $1,362,549 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Production Year 1 - franchisees in production for 12 months as of December 31, 2025, FA signed in 2024, all participants 12 months ending December 31, 2025 |
3 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $923,585 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $1,130,896 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | Not disclosed | $288,041 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Production Year 2 - franchisees in production for 24 months as of December 31, 2025, FA signed in 2023, all participants 12 months ending December 31, 2025 |
4 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $853,219 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $806,700 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | Not disclosed | $715,581 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Production Year 3+ - franchisees in production for 25 months or more as of December 31, 2025, all participants 12 months ending December 31, 2025 |
152 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $2,228,563 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $1,278,657 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] | Not disclosed | $590,692 [p.43 · WI · 2026-04-08] |
| Flight Program participants - 74 geographically diverse franchisees, FY2025 January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 |
74 [p.44 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $2,903,461 [p.45 · WI · 2026-04-08] | $2,053,934 [p.45 · WI · 2026-04-08] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
“The following Table presents the Gross Sales realized by CertaPro's franchisees as of year-end (December 31) for 2025 plus average and median Gross Sales, in addition a summary comparison of 2025.” [p.41 · WI · 2026-04-08]
Extraction notes
- Item 20 outlet counts were extracted with model assistance and verified against the cited pages.
- One or more Item 19 figures failed source verification and were removed.
- Item 7 totals were extracted with model assistance and verified against the cited page.