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Buy a Bar-B-Clean Franchise

Bar-B-Clean is a barbecue grill cleaning franchise that also handles grill repair, replacement parts and new grill sales. Using a proprietary steam-cleaning system, technicians strip grease, food residue and carcinogens to return a grill to a condition the company calls “completely clean to the touch.” The brand was founded in 2011 by Bryan Weinstein as an owner-operator service in Southern California and awarded its first franchise in 2013.

The model is mobile and home-based: owners work from an existing vehicle with no commercial premises, minimal inventory and low labour costs. Franchisees serve residential homeowners and outdoor-cooking enthusiasts alongside commercial clients such as vacation rentals and hotels. Territories are large and exclusive, each covering roughly 75,000 households in higher-income areas.

Bar-B-Clean positions itself as the first registered franchisor in the barbecue-cleaning category, a niche with limited direct competition. It has grown into a national network across multiple states, supported by franchise-development partner Franchise FastLane, and remains founder-led with Weinstein active in franchisee support.

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Why buy a Bar-B-Clean Franchise?

Bar-B-Clean occupies an unusual position: a specialised service in a category it helped create, where most local markets still have little to no direct competition. For a buyer, that means recognition in a niche where “barbecue cleaning” rarely returns an established rival. The service taps a repeat need, since grills require regular cleaning, and adds repair, parts and new-grill sales as further revenue lines.

The home-based, mobile structure keeps overhead low: no commercial lease, an existing vehicle and minimal staffing. Large exclusive territories of around 75,000 higher-income households give room to build a repeat customer base, and the simple, taught service is accessible to owners without prior industry experience. Owners also gain proprietary CRM and retention tools and a veteran-friendly programme that has brought many current franchisees into the system.

Bar-B-Clean Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2024 data reported in the 2025 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2011

    • Franchising Since

      2013

    • New Startup Cost

      $78,200 – $99,120

    • Avg. Resale Price

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    Bar-B-Clean franchisee cleaning a barbecue grill

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $49,500

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $10,000

      plus any applicable broker fees

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      2%

      of Gross Revenue

    Bar-B-Clean franchisee being trained and supported.

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      78

    • New Units Opened *

      59

    • Units Transferred *

      5

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $215,697

    * Based on 2024 data reported in the 2025 FDD
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Bar-B-Clean – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming owners receive a two-day initial training programme covering business operations, marketing, sales, technology and hands-on grill cleaning and repair. Ongoing support includes access to a corporate operations manager, proprietary CRM software and annual meetings, with marketing help spanning ad templates, social-media strategies and SEO. Customer-retention tools such as automated reminders and professional invoicing support repeat business. Resale buyers should confirm what transfer training and CRM access the franchisor provides when an existing territory changes hands.

  2. Ideal Owner

    Bar-B-Clean suits a sales- and marketing-minded operator comfortable generating local demand for a service many customers have never bought before. The work is hands-on and customer-facing, rewarding friendly, outgoing owners who build relationships and earn referrals and repeat bookings. No industry experience is required; the steam-cleaning process is taught in training. Owners willing to lead and grow a small team can scale across multiple territories, and the model has proved a strong fit for veterans, who make up over half of current franchisees.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Bar-B-Clean's clearest credibility signal is category leadership: it bills itself as the first registered franchisor offering barbecue cleaning and was featured on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 during its early growth. Individual units tend to carry strong local reputations, with five-star Yelp and customer reviews common across markets, and the brand participates in the VetFran initiative through its veteran discount. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition matters less than a specific territory's standing: local reviews, referral sources and repeat customers are the better gauge of a unit's strength.

  4. Industry / Market

    Bar-B-Clean operates against a healthy backdrop for outdoor cooking. The US barbecue grill market was valued at about $3.35 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach roughly $4.81 billion by 2030, and a large majority of US households own a grill or smoker. That high ownership creates ongoing maintenance and repair demand the brand serves through a niche cleaning service with limited direct competition. Demand is seasonal, peaking around the spring and summer grilling months, so buyers should weigh a territory's annual revenue pattern and its local base of grill-owning households.

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