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Buy a Kitchen Tune-Up Franchise

Kitchen Tune-Up is a kitchen remodeling franchise built around fast, budget-conscious cabinet and kitchen updates rather than full gut renovations. Founded in 1988 and franchising since the late 1980s, the brand made its name with the Original Tune-Up, a same-day cabinet restoration service, and has since grown into a broader remodeler offering cabinet painting, redooring, refacing, custom cabinetry, countertops, backsplashes, flooring and organization systems.

The model is built around five core revenue streams, letting owners serve a wide range of budgets and project sizes. Units can be run from a home office or a retail showroom, and each franchisee holds a protected territory defined by ZIP codes. Owners typically sell and project-manage jobs while coordinating installers rather than performing the trade work themselves, so prior remodeling experience is not required.

Kitchen Tune-Up is part of Home Franchise Concepts, a multi-brand franchisor whose portfolio includes Budget Blinds and Tailored Living. The brand operates across all 50 states and is one of the longer-established names in the kitchen and bath remodeling category.

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Why buy a Kitchen Tune-Up Franchise?

For buyers entering home improvement, the case to buy a Kitchen Tune-Up franchise rests on a defined niche in a large, resilient remodeling category without the cost of full-scale renovation. The five-service model (Original Tune-Up, cabinet painting, redooring, refacing and custom cabinets) gives owners multiple price points to convert leads, from quick refreshes to full kitchen transformations.

The low-overhead structure is central to the appeal: with a home-office option and an installer-coordination model, owners avoid much of the fixed cost and trade-labor burden of a conventional contractor. Backing from Home Franchise Concepts adds national marketing, established systems and the buying power of a large multi-brand group, while a protected ZIP-code territory limits internal competition. A long track record and repeat national-ranking recognition give the brand consumer and lender familiarity a new independent remodeler would have to build from scratch.

Kitchen Tune-Up Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      1988

    • Franchising Since

      1988

    • New Startup Cost

      $121,930 – $198,850

    • Avg. Resale Price

      Contact us for details

  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $19,950

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $5,000

      or 6% of sale price (greater; max $50,000)

    • Royalty Fee

      5–6%

      of Gross Revenue

    • Marketing Fee

      1%

      of Gross Sales or $500/mo min

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      250

    • New Units Opened *

      16

    • Units Transferred *

      11

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $521,522

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

Kitchen Tune-Up – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming owners complete a four-week online pre-training program followed by a 13-day certification course at the Home Franchise Concepts Experience Center outside Dallas, covering sales, operations and products. A 12-week post-training launch plan is led by a dedicated marketing manager, sales coach and operations manager. Ongoing support includes business coaching, national and local marketing toolkits, point-of-sale and sales technology, online modules, power hours, podcasts, webinars and an annual convention. Buyers of an existing unit should confirm what initial certification training and system access transfer to new ownership.

  2. Ideal Owner

    Kitchen Tune-Up suits a sales-oriented, organized operator who is comfortable managing projects and coordinating installers rather than doing the trade work. No remodeling background is required, but owners should be confident generating local leads, running in-home consultations, closing jobs and overseeing quality and scheduling. Strong customer-relationship and communication skills matter, since much of the business depends on converting estimates and earning referrals and reviews. The role fits hands-on local operators who want to build and lead a small sales and installation team.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Kitchen Tune-Up is a long-running presence on Entrepreneur's Franchise 500, ranked #136 in 2026 and inducted into its Hall of Fame for 37 years of consecutive recognition. It also earned a 2026 Franchise Business Review Top Franchises award for franchisee satisfaction, ranked #17 among Entrepreneur's Top Low-Cost Franchises Under $150K in 2026, and was named a FranServe Fran-Tastic Brand. Recent years added Franchise Times Top 400 and category-leading Entrepreneur rankings in kitchen and bath remodeling. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reviews and reputation.

  4. Industry / Market

    Kitchen Tune-Up operates in the US kitchen and bath remodeling market, a large and relatively resilient part of home improvement. The National Kitchen & Bath Association projects US homeowners will spend $228 billion on kitchen and bathroom updates in 2026, with kitchens accounting for $112 billion. Demand is supported by aging housing stock, high accumulated home equity and a tendency to renovate in place rather than move. Cabinet-focused updates can appeal in both strong and soft housing markets, costing far less than full renovations, which is useful context for resale buyers weighing a territory's local demand.

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