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Buy a CD One Price Cleaners Franchise

CD One Price Cleaners is a dry cleaning and laundry franchise built around a single flat price for any garment, paired with next-day turnaround at no extra charge. Founded in 2001 and franchising from the same year, the brand is headquartered in suburban Chicago and runs on a “hub and spoke” structure: a centralized processing plant supports satellite retail stores and pickup-and-delivery routes within a protected territory.

Beyond standard dry cleaning, stores handle wash-and-fold laundry, pressed shirts, blankets and comforters, area rugs, leather and wedding-gown preservation, giving each location several revenue streams. The network has grown to more than 50 stores, concentrated in the Chicago metro area and Minneapolis, and continues to add locations.

Its main differentiator is transparent, volume-based pricing: customers pay the same price per garment regardless of item, gender or complexity, processed through high-throughput equipment and proprietary systems. The brand also runs eco-conscious operations, including Green Cleaner certification and hanger recycling.

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Why buy a CD One Price Cleaners Franchise?

Buying a CD One Price Cleaners franchise gives an owner a recognized, differentiated position in an everyday service category that has proved resilient across economic cycles. The flat-price model is easy for customers to understand and encourages repeat visits and volume, while multiple service lines and pickup-and-delivery add ways to grow a single territory.

The hub-and-spoke structure lets one central plant serve several retail and delivery points, spreading fixed equipment costs across more revenue. Protected territories, an established operations manual, a customized POS system and ongoing corporate support give a buyer infrastructure that an independent cleaner would have to build alone.

CD One Price Cleaners Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2024 data reported in the 2025 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2001

    • Franchising Since

      2005

    • New Startup Cost

      $263,350 – $2,997,650

    • Avg. Resale Price

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  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $12,500 – $30,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $8,000

      $4,000 if transferee is existing CD franchisee; $1,000 non-controlling

    • Royalty Fee

      6.50%

      of Gross Revenues

    • Marketing Fee

      3%

      of Gross Revenues

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      52

    • New Units Opened *

      12

    • Units Transferred *

      2

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $1,072,352

    * Based on 2024 data reported in the 2025 FDD

CD One Price Cleaners – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Initial training runs four weeks of combined virtual and in-person instruction in Chicago, with 45 hours of classroom and 133 hours of on-the-job training covering operations, the customized POS system, staffing, marketing, equipment and logistics. Owners receive a confidential operations manual, proprietary technology tools, and ongoing help through field operations visits, franchisee meetings and phone and email support. Buyers of an existing CD One unit should confirm what transfer training and POS access the franchisor provides when ownership changes.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits financially capable, hands-on business owners or managers rather than hobbyist cleaners; no dry cleaning experience is required. CD One looks for natural team leaders who understand the pace of a quick-service operation and the logistics of moving garments between a central plant and satellite stores. Owners spend their time managing staff, driving local marketing and maintaining service quality and customer relationships, and the model can run semi-absentee once a capable store team is in place.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    CD One Price Cleaners won a 2016 CINET Global Best Practices Award recognizing its customer-focused, volume-based approach to dry cleaning, and the brand is listed in Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 directory. It has built a strong consumer reputation, with thousands of five-star reviews across its Chicago-area and Minneapolis stores and a franchisee culture that publicly recognizes top-performing locations each quarter. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reviews, referral sources and community visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    The US dry cleaners market is worth roughly $9.6 billion (IBISWorld, 2025), a mature, essential-service category supported by steady demand for garment care from working households. Growth drivers include convenience-led pickup-and-delivery, interest in eco-friendly cleaning and busy dual-income lifestyles. Demand is broadly recurring and recession-resistant, though local results depend on population density, commuting patterns and competition. For resale buyers, a territory's customer mix and route penetration matter more than national figures.

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