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Zoom Drain vs Merry Maids — which franchise is the better buy?

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	Zoom Drain	Merry Maids
Disclosure honesty	C	D
Investment from	$259,618	$126,880
Total fees	8%	8.3%
Outlets	59	802
Lawsuits	0	3

Zoom Drain: what their numbers say

Discloses gross sales only (avg/median/high/low) for franchisees by tenure cohort and affiliate P&L. No franchisee net income shown. Affiliate earnings disclosed but not representative of typical franchisee results.

Merry Maids: what their numbers say

Discloses only gross sales (no expenses, net income, or profit). Excludes 419 Legacy Franchises and 90 that ceased operations. Only 306 of 802 total outlets represented. Significant cherry-picking via Qualified Franchise filter.

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