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Buy an Archadeck Outdoor Living Franchise

Archadeck Outdoor Living designs and builds custom outdoor living spaces for residential homeowners, including decks, patios, screened porches, sunrooms, pergolas, outdoor kitchens and hardscapes. Founded in 1980 and franchising since 1984, the brand positions itself as North America’s largest custom outdoor living design-build company, with more than 200,000 projects completed across the U.S. and Canada.

Each location is locally owned and operated and backed by a national support network. The model is project-based and design-led: franchisees manage a full-service process from design consultation through construction, typically coordinating subcontractor trade crews rather than carrying large in-house build teams. Owners draw on national vendor relationships with premium material brands such as AZEK, TimberTech and Belgard, and work is backed by company warranties and a structured Job Process Methodology.

Archadeck is part of Empower Brands, a multi-brand home and commercial services franchisor, and is led by longtime franchise executive and former franchisee Scott Zide.

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Why buy an Archadeck Outdoor Living Franchise?

Buying an Archadeck Outdoor Living franchise offers entry into the premium end of a resilient home-improvement category, under a brand with more than four decades of design-build history and strong recognition in outdoor living. The design-led, full-service model supports higher-value projects than volume-driven competitors, making design capability, proposal quality and customer experience central to performance.

Franchisees run a locally owned business with national infrastructure behind it: estimating, CRM and scheduling systems, professional 2D/3D drafting with permit-ready plans, and national vendor partnerships with AZEK, TimberTech and Belgard that an independent contractor would have to secure alone. The project-based model avoids heavy retail premises, and Empower Brands’ scale adds marketing, lead-generation and financial benchmarking support.

Archadeck Outdoor Living Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      1980

    • Franchising Since

      1984

    • New Startup Cost

      $215,400 – $239,300

    • Avg. Resale Price

      Contact us for details

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $59,500

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $10,000

      or 3% of purchase price, whichever higher

    • Royalty Fee

      6.5%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      1.5%

      of Gross Sales

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      113

    • New Units Opened *

      15

    • Units Transferred *

      5

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $2,024,296

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

Archadeck Outdoor Living – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Initial training runs to 120 hours of classroom instruction plus 10 hours on-the-job, delivered through Archadeck University across sales, marketing, construction and financial management. Ongoing support includes field coaching and site visits, 2D/3D drafting and permit-ready design packages, CRM, estimating and scheduling tools, a financial benchmarking program, marketing and lead generation, and a franchisee community network. Resale buyers should confirm with Archadeck what transfer training and system access carry over to incoming owners when ownership changes.

  2. Ideal Owner

    Archadeck suits a hands-on, full-time owner who leads sales, design consultation and project management rather than performing the building work; absentee ownership is not part of the model. Construction or home-improvement experience helps but is not required, as the brand supplies systems and training. The strongest fit is a process-driven local operator comfortable selling premium projects, coordinating subcontractor crews, managing budgets and meeting the expectations of higher-end residential customers.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Archadeck is ranked annually on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 (most recently #440 in 2025, and #1 in its outdoor-construction category) and has held Franchise Research Institute's World-Class Franchise distinction annually since 2012. It features in Franchise Business Review's Top 200 (2026), is a member of the International Franchise Association, and has been recognized by HGTV, by Qualified Remodeler as a top U.S. deck and porch builder, and with a 2024 Best of Houzz Service award. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reviews and referral strength.

  4. Industry / Market

    Archadeck operates in the U.S. outdoor living and home-improvement market, where demand is driven by homeowners investing in backyard and exterior upgrades. The U.S. outdoor living structures market is projected to reach $1.5 billion by 2034, growing at a 5.56% CAGR (SPER Market Research), while U.S. homeowner spending on renovations and maintenance is expected to approach $466 billion by mid-2025 (Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies). Aging housing stock and the durability of outdoor living as a lifestyle priority support steady demand, though the category carries seasonality in colder regions.

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