Lawn Doctor Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot

Lawn Doctor Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot


Landscaping & Outdoor Living

Lawn Doctor

The franchise offered is for the right to operate a business to (1) establish, care for, and maintain lawns and other vegetation under the LAWN DOCTOR® trademark and (2) design, install, maintain, remove, and store holiday lighting and décor under the HOLIDAY LIGHTING HEROES® trademark.

Reported franchisees 653
Investment range $150,070 to $177,052
Average unit volume $659,073
Latest FDD filing year 2025

Economics Highlights

  • Initial fee: $123,950 to $127,000, nonrefundable, paid upon signing.
  • Royalty: 10% of Net Revenues, weekly.
  • Brand fund: Maximum of 5% of Net Revenues, weekly. LDI will specify the amount at least 30 days before the start of any Marketing Fund.
  • Local ad minimum: Greater of $30,000 or 10% of Net Revenues annually.
  • Item 19 median AUV: $659,073
  • Item 19 coverage: 100%

What Lawn Doctor Does

The franchise offered is for the right to operate a business to (1) establish, care for, and maintain lawns and other vegetation under the LAWN DOCTOR® trademark and (2) design, install, maintain, remove, and store holiday lighting and décor under the HOLIDAY LIGHTING HEROES® trademark.

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 2025-06-02
Tracked states Not available
Net unit change, 3 years 23
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.