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Buy a Five Star Painting Franchise

Five Star Painting is a residential and commercial painting franchise founded in 2004 and franchising since 2007. It is part of the Neighborly® network, the largest home services franchisor in North America, and has grown to more than 260 locations across the United States and Canada.

The business runs on an executive ownership model. Owners manage marketing, sales, estimating and scheduling while subcontracted crews carry out the work, so no painting experience or hands-on labour is required. Services cover interior and exterior painting, cabinet refinishing, wallpaper installation and removal, popcorn-ceiling removal, deck and fence work, pressure washing and light carpentry for both homeowners and commercial clients.

The model is home-based, needing no storefront or office space at launch, and territory-based across protected local markets. Owners draw on Neighborly’s shared operating systems, cross-brand referrals and the ProTradeNet® vendor network, including national paint-supplier relationships such as Sherwin-Williams, running a managed local service business rather than a trade contractor.

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Why buy a Five Star Painting Franchise?

Buying a Five Star Painting franchise gives an owner an established brand in a large, fragmented painting market where most competitors are small independents without national marketing or systems. The executive model is the main draw: because crews are subcontracted, the owner builds a local management business focused on lead generation, estimating and customer experience rather than swinging a brush, and the home-based structure keeps fixed overhead low.

Backing from Neighborly adds purchasing power, cross-brand referral flow and the ProTradeNet® rebate programme, alongside supplier relationships with major paint brands such as Sherwin-Williams that an independent painter would have to negotiate alone. The category is year-round and has proved resilient across economic cycles, since homeowners keep maintaining and updating property in most conditions.

Five Star Painting Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      2004

    • Franchising Since

      2005

    • New Startup Cost

      $82,200 – $194,600

    • Avg. Resale Price

      Contact us for details

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $45,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      5%

      of gross sale price or $7,500 minimum, whichever greater

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      2%

      of Gross Sales

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      245

    • New Units Opened *

      11

    • Units Transferred *

      13

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      Not Disclosed

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

Five Star Painting – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Five Star Painting provides more than 170 hours of initial training, including 79 classroom hours and 8 to 40 hours of on-the-job training plus online modules, covering operations, sales, marketing, estimating and the brand's proprietary scheduling and estimating software. Training is built around running the business, not painting itself. Ongoing support includes field visits, SEO and social-media campaigns, vendor discounts and rebates through ProTradeNet®, and Neighborly's shared intranet. Resale buyers should confirm what onboarding and software access transfers to incoming owners when a unit changes hands.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits a sales-oriented manager rather than a tradesperson. No painting or industry experience is required; the owner is the face of the business locally, driving marketing and sales, converting estimates, and recruiting and coordinating subcontracted crews while overseeing quality and customer service. Strong people skills, business acumen and comfort managing schedules and finances matter more than technical knowledge. It can suit hands-on local operators as well as those building toward a more managed, multi-territory operation over time.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Five Star Painting is ranked in Entrepreneur's Franchise 500, most recently at #72 in 2026, and appears on the Franchise Times Top 400. It was named a Top Franchise by Franchise Business Review in 2026 on the strength of franchisee satisfaction, and offers an initial franchise-fee discount for qualified veterans. As part of Neighborly, the largest home services franchisor in North America, it also carries the credibility and resources of an established multi-brand parent. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reviews, referral sources and community reputation.

  4. Industry / Market

    The US painting services market is large and highly fragmented: IBISWorld values the US painters industry at about $49 billion in 2026, spread across more than 220,000 mostly small, independent operators. Demand is driven by housing turnover, remodeling activity and recurring repaint cycles for both interiors and exteriors, and the category tends to be resilient because homeowners continue maintaining property across economic conditions. For resale buyers, this fragmentation means a branded, systemised operator can stand out in a market still dominated by sole traders, though local competition and demand vary sharply by territory.

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