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Buy a Window Gang Franchise

Window Gang is one of America’s oldest exterior cleaning franchises, operating since 1986 and now part of Premium Service Brands, a national multi-brand home services franchisor that acquired the business in 2023. It began in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, and has grown into a nationwide network of locally owned operations.

Franchisees provide residential and commercial window cleaning alongside a wider menu of exterior maintenance services, including pressure and soft washing, gutter cleaning, dryer vent cleaning and chimney sweeping. The model is home-based and mobile, with no storefront or warehouse required, and runs on protected local territories supported by proprietary cleaning solutions and operating systems.

Local owners now serve customers across more than 1,600 cities, making Window Gang one of the largest dedicated window and exterior cleaning brands in the country. It positions itself as America’s #1 window cleaning franchise, pairing a long-established service name with the backing of a national franchising group.

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Why buy a Window Gang Franchise?

Buying a Window Gang franchise offers entry into an essential, repeat-demand home services category through one of the longest-running names in window and exterior cleaning. Decades of refinement have produced proven operating systems and proprietary cleaning solutions, while membership in Premium Service Brands’ portfolio adds the support infrastructure of a national multi-brand franchisor.

The home-based, mobile model keeps overhead low, with no lease or commercial premises to carry, and a broad service menu lets owners serve both homeowners and commercial clients through changing seasons. An in-house marketing team supplies custom campaigns and ready-to-use content, so owners can concentrate on local sales, scheduling and crews rather than building marketing from scratch.

Window Gang Franchise Costs & Information

Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

  • Brand Profile

    • Year Founded

      1986

    • Franchising Since

      1996

    • New Startup Cost

      $138,600 – $246,500

    • Avg. Resale Price

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  • Franchise Fees

    • Initial franchise Fee

      $65,000

      for new territories

    • Transfer Fee

      $20,000

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

      of weekly Gross Sales

    • Marketing Fee

      2%

      of Gross Sales or $50/week min

  • Unit Performance

    • Total Units *

      52

    • New Units Opened *

      1

    • Units Transferred *

      4

    • Avg. Unit revenue *

      $304,885

    * Based on 2025 data reported in the 2026 FDD

Window Gang – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming owners receive 50 hours of classroom training and 10 hours of on-the-job training, working directly with company leadership to build a market plan, with a Discovery Day visit to the corporate office as part of onboarding. Ongoing support covers operations coaching, proprietary software tools and an in-house marketing team that delivers custom campaigns and ready-to-use content. Buyers of an existing Window Gang unit should confirm what transfer training and system access the franchisor provides to incoming owners and any retained crew.

  2. Ideal Owner

    Window Gang suits hands-on local operators who are comfortable leading from the front, building a customer base and managing a small field crew. The role is sales- and operations-led: owners win local jobs, schedule work, coordinate technicians and uphold service quality rather than cleaning every property themselves. No prior cleaning or franchise experience is required, but a service mindset, strong customer relationships and a willingness to drive local marketing matter most.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Window Gang markets itself as America's #1 window cleaning franchise and has been named to Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 for more than two decades, including recent listings under Premium Service Brands. Entrepreneur has also recognised it in its window cleaning category for seven consecutive years, ranked it #1 in window cleaning in 2022 and #64 among fastest-growing franchises. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's local reviews, referral sources and community standing.

  4. Industry / Market

    Window Gang sits in the US building exterior cleaners industry, estimated by IBISWorld at about $16.3 billion in 2026, with the related US pressure washing segment near $1.2 billion. Demand is driven by aging housing stock, dual-income households outsourcing upkeep and property owners protecting value through regular maintenance. Cleaning is recurring and largely non-discretionary, giving the category resilience, though revenue can be seasonal. For resale buyers, local territory demand and repeat-customer strength are key.

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