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Two Men and a Truck vs 1 Tom Plumber — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Two Men and a Truck	1 Tom Plumber
Disclosure honesty	B	C
Investment from	$92,100	$238,307
Total fees	—	8%
Outlets	338	56
Lawsuits	3	1

Two Men and a Truck: what their numbers say

Discloses 2024 gross sales and full P&L including EBITDA for Single ($341K avg), Multi-Unit ($564K avg), and Mod Market franchises by years of operation. No owner salary adjustment; EBITDA overstates net owner income.

1 Tom Plumber: what their numbers say

39 franchises open full year 2025. Average gross sales $1.51M (range $378K-$4.23M). Mature 4-territory corporate unit averaged $3.01M. Cherry-picks best performers; excludes 19 new units and 4 closed units.

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