ShelfGenie Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot

ShelfGenie Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot


Remodeling & Handyman

ShelfGenie

As a franchisee, you will operate a business that designs and installs customized solutions for new and existing cabinets, pantries, closets, garages and other structures identified by the trade name and service mark “SHELFGENIE”.

Reported franchisees 261
Investment range $95,050 to $148,100
Average unit volume Not available
Latest FDD filing year 2025

Economics Highlights

  • Initial fee: Executive: $69,500 for 2 territories (125k households each); +$240/1k households over 250k. Owner/Operator: $35,000 for 75k-150k households; +$0.24/household over 150k up to 200k max. Non-refundable, paid at signing. Discounts: VetFran 20% for first; development fees for multi-unit.
  • Royalty: Executive Franchise: Greater of $400/month per Territory or 5%-7% of Gross Sales (tiered by annual Gross Sales: 7% up to $200k, 6% $200k-$700k, 5.5% $700k-$1.2M, 5% over $1.2M). Owner/Operator: Greater of $200/month or 5%-7% of Gross Sales (same tiers). Paid weekly on Monday. Excludes sales taxes, refunds. Minimum no fee first 6 months.
  • Brand fund: 2% of Gross Sales, weekly. No trust; franchisor administers. Used for national/regional/local ads, research. 2024 allocation: Production 54%, Admin 1%, Digital 41%, PR 4%. Local min: $3k/month first Territory, $1.75k for 2nd-4th, $1.5k for 5th+ (waived first 3 months). LMG up to 3% of Gross Sales.
  • Local ad minimum: $3,000/month first Territory, $1,750 for 2nd-4th, $1,500 for 5th+ (waived first 3 months). Counts toward local spend; LMG contributions also count but no limit.
  • Item 19 median AUV: Not available
  • Item 19 coverage: 53%

What ShelfGenie Does

As a franchisee, you will operate a business that designs and installs customized solutions for new and existing cabinets, pantries, closets, garages and other structures identified by the trade name and service mark “SHELFGENIE”.

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 2025-04-04
Tracked states Not available
Net unit change, 3 years 33
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.