Franchise Tier Options
Kitchen Refresh offers THREE franchise tier options!
Tier 3 enables startup with a minimal initial franchise fee investment but earning a lower product margin
Tier 2 requires a slightly greater franchise fee financial commitment than Tier 3, and has a more attractive product margin
Tier 1 is our highest tier and it also offers our highest product margin
Excitingly, franchisees can begin as Tier 3 or Tier 2 owners and advance to higher tiers. This means qualified individuals who may lack the financial liquidity that would normally prevent them from becoming a franchise owner can still become a Kitchen Refresh franchise owner and ALSO advance tiers as they choose or are able!
“After just 1 year, we are completing our 56th Refresh kitchen. We started at 1 or 2 kitchens a month, quickly got to 1 kitchen a week, and are now at 2 kitchens per week.”
Tier 3 Franchisee
Initial franchise fee: $2,500 net fee (1)
Franchise fee financing options: Not available
Design studio: Required; can be as small as 350 sq. ft.
Party responsible for advertising costs: Kitchen Refresh
Options of adding additional franchisee territories: Tier 3 franchisees are not eligible to add additional market locations. Franchisee must be a Tier 1 or Tier 2 franchisee to add market territories.
Design consultant requirements: Franchisee must perform as or have a design consultant, painter and installer who must be trained and in place in a market within 90 days of signing the franchise document disclosure agreement.
Tier advancement: Tier 3 franchisees can advance to Tier 2 or Tier 1 at any time with an additional franchisee fee investment calculated at whatever that next Tier's initial investment is minus what their actual Tier 3 initial franchise investment was (ex. $12,500 - $2,500 to advance to Tier 2).
Gross product margin on core door/drawer front product: 21.9%
Tier 2 Franchisee
Initial franchise fee: $12,500 net fee (1)
Franchise fee financing options: Not available
Design studio: Required; can be as small as 350 sq. ft.
Party responsible for advertising costs: Franchisee
Options of adding additional franchisee territories: Franchisees in this tier can add additional franchisee locations, but they must be added as a Tier 1 or 2 franchise. They must also demonstrate they are successfully operating and proficiently following the Kitchen Refresh systems in their existing territory, and have a well organized plan to serve the territory they are wanting to add.
Design consultant requirements: Franchisee must perform as or have a design consultant, painter and installer who must be trained and in place in a market within 90 days of signing the franchise document disclosure agreement.
Tier advancement: Tier 2 franchisees can advance to Tier 1 at any time with an additional franchisee fee investment calculated at whatever that next Tier's initial investment is minus what their actual Tier 2 initial franchise investment was (ex. $25,000 - $12,500 to advance to Tier 1).
Gross product margin on core door/drawer front product: 31.3%
Tier 1 Franchisee
Initial franchise fee: $25,000 first market / $20,000 each add’l market net fee (1)
Franchise fee financing options: Home office financing is not offered for your initial fee or startup costs; however, because we offer the lower Tier 3 or Tier 2 initial fee, we recommend considering those.
Design studio: Required; can be as small as 350 sq. ft.
Party responsible for advertising costs: Franchisee
Options of adding additional franchisee territories: Franchisees in this tier can add additional franchisee locations, but they must be added as a Tier 1 or 2 franchise. They must also demonstrate they are successfully operating and proficiently following the Kitchen Refresh systems in their existing territory, and have a well organized plan to serve the territory they are wanting to add.
Design consultant requirements: Franchisee must perform as or have a design consultant, painter and installer who must be trained and in place in a market within 90 days of signing the franchise document disclosure agreement.
Tier advancement: Tier 1 is the highest tier.
Gross product margin on core door/drawer front product: 40.6%
“We’ve had clients drive from over an hour away to our design studio, walk in, touch the product and say, ‘I’m sold. When can we start?’ The product literally sells itself!”
*We reserve the right to limit which tier levels, as well as initial franchisee fee financing options, are offered in certain circumstances including, but not limited to, in the event a franchisee prospect is using the services of a franchise brokerage firm or similar such service. This website and the franchise information on this site do not constitute an offer to sell a franchise. The offer of a franchise can be made only through the delivery of a Franchise Disclosure Document (or “FDD”). Certain states require that we register the FDD in those states. The communications on this website are not directed by us to the residents of any of those states. Moreover, we will not offer or sell franchises in those states until we have registered the franchise (or obtained an applicable exemption from registration) and delivered the FDD to the prospective franchisee in compliance with applicable law. (1) The $2,500, $12,500 and $25,000 initial franchise fees for a Tier 3, 2 and 1 franchise, respectively, are based on an initial franchise fee payment of $6,000 for a Tier 3, $16,000 for a Tier 2 or $28,500 for a Tier 1, and franchisee receiving a $1,000 refund or credit for remitting payment (if applicable) and returning a signed FDD within 30 days of the Discovery Day event they attend, an additional $1,000 refund or credit for completing the required startup items such as training, point-of-sale and other software setups within 60 days of signing the FDD, and an additional $1,500 refund for completing their design studio requirements within 90 days of signing the FDD.