2026 FDD Item 19, p. 47 Checked Oct 23, 2026
Budget Blinds Franchise Revenue (2026 FDD)
In Item 19 of its 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, Budget Blinds reports average gross sales for single-territory franchisees of $774,915 (2025, 282 single-territory franchisees open full calendar year 2025). The figures below are selected disclosures, not a substitute for reading the full Item 19.
Startup cost: a Budget Blinds franchise costs an estimated $100,500 – $211,250 to open (Item 7). See the full Budget Blinds franchise cost breakdown.
Does Budget Blinds’s Item 19 show profit or owner pay?
No. Budget Blinds’s Item 19 reports sales but no profit, costs or owner pay. Rent, payroll, supplies, loan payments and Item 6 fees such as the royalty (3.5% of Gross Revenue) come out of sales before an owner is paid, so these figures cannot show what an owner earns.
What Budget Blinds discloses (Item 19)
Source: Budget Blinds 2026 FDD, Item 19, PDF p. 47.
| Figure | Value | Period | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross sales for single-territory franchisees | $774,915 | 2025 | 282 single-territory franchisees open full calendar year 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 49) |
| Median gross sales for single-territory franchisees | $522,826 | 2025 | 282 single-territory franchisees open full calendar year 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 49) |
| 75th percentile gross sales for single-territory franchisees | $921,140 | 2025 | Top quartile threshold among single-territory owners in 2025 (Item 19, PDF p. 49) |
| Average gross sales for two-territory franchisees | $1,201,857 | 2025 | 202 franchisees operating two territories throughout calendar year 2025; total sales for both territories, not a per-territory figure (Item 19, PDF p. 49) |
Item 19 sample and definitions
Item 19 (PDF pages 47-50) presents unaudited 2025 sales reported by franchisees open for all of 2025: 282 single-territory, 202 two-territory and 128 three-or-more-territory franchisees, which the FDD says are 82% of the franchisees open all year. Median sales for single-territory owners were $522,826 against an average of $774,915.
How to interpret Budget Blinds’s Item 19 figures and sample limits · What Item 19 does and does not show about owner pay.
Item 6 calculates royalty as the greater of a sales percentage or a tier-specific monthly minimum. Advertising payments depend on territory tier and a system territory-count threshold; technology fees depend on territory count. One annual sales figure cannot establish these charges. Reported sales are not owner income.
Scope of these figures: The selected Budget Blinds disclosures above retain their recorded periods and samples. The lead figure covers 282 single-territory franchisees open full calendar year 2025. They do not establish take-home owner income or the results of a new outlet. Read the linked Item 19 for the franchisor's definitions and exclusions.
Full Budget Blinds franchise cost breakdown · Payback calculator (enter your own assumptions)
Sources
BUDGET BLINDS, LLC Franchise Disclosure Document, issued April 1, 2026, as filed with the Minnesota Commerce (CARDS). Read the source FDD PDF. How to get this FDD yourself.
- Item 5: cited PDF p. 14
- Item 6: cited PDF p. 16
- Item 7: cited PDF p. 21
- Item 19: cited PDF p. 47
- Item 20: cited PDF p. 61
- Agreement term (Item 17): cited PDF p. 44
Page references for Budget Blinds use the PDF viewer's digital page count, not printed page headers. Some viewers download the document instead of opening the referenced page.
If the state document viewer does not open, use Minnesota Commerce's public filing instructions to look up the filing by franchisor name and document date.
Document & verification changelog
- October 29, 2026: Record updated.
- October 23, 2026: Source check completed against the recorded FDD.
- October 23, 2026: Complete source recheck against the April 1, 2026 FDD (PDF pages 1-61): cover, Item 1, all Item 5 terms, all 19 Item 6 rows, every Item 7 row and total, Item 17 term, Item 19 figures and samples, and Item 20 Tables 1-3. Added the two unpriced Item 7 rows, Item 19 page citations and sample qualifications, and the Table 3 page. The source hold is cleared.
- October 19, 2026: Source review hold recorded: The October 19 audit found and corrected material Item 6 transcription errors against PDF pages 16-21. This targeted fee review does not clear the earlier whole-record verification: the other FDD sections and their narrative still require a complete source recheck. The simplified fee model is withheld for the contractual reasons stated above. The prior source-check date is historical.
- October 16, 2026: Initial cost profile published from the 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document (issued April 1, 2026).