Joining costs $10,000 to $15,000 for a joint venture, or $25,000 to $35,000 for a full franchise, with the range depending on territory size and whether you are partnering with a co-owner. An office buy-in for an operator who already has crews is structured as a revenue arrangement rather than a fixed fee.

For comparison, published initial franchise fees at national residential cleaning brands commonly run $50,000 to $65,000. Veterans, first responders and minority owners receive 5% off.

Working capital for your opening period — equipment, vehicle, insurance, initial payroll and launch marketing — is separate, and we size it with you on the discovery call. Every figure and fee is set out in full in our Franchise Disclosure Document, which we email after your first call. Request the full breakdown.

Full franchise ownership means you own and run your own Cura Maids location outright, with an exclusive territory and complete brand rights.

A joint venture means we invest and operate alongside you. Your entry capital is lower and we carry part of the operational load, with a defined path to full ownership over time.

An office buy-in is a conversion route for someone already running a cleaning company. You keep your crews, your clients and your structure, and adopt our brand, systems, marketing and technology.

Most of the country is still open. Our home market is North Carolina, and our priority expansion states are Texas, Florida, New York, California, Illinois and Massachusetts, with target metros including Dallas, Austin, Houston, New York City, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Diego.

We are not limited to those. Because we are early in our expansion, prime territory in most major metros has not been claimed — unlike legacy brands that have been selling the same markets for decades. Tell us your city and we will map what is available around it.

No. Some of our strongest conversations start with people who have never worked in the industry. We train on operations and service delivery, hiring and team management, customer service, marketing and customer acquisition, and financial management.

What matters more is whether you want to lead a team, whether you will be hands-on through the opening period, and whether you are willing to run a proven system rather than rebuild it your own way.

Our target is 4 to 8 weeks from signed agreement to open doors. Larger franchisors commonly take six months to a year. We move faster because the systems, marketing assets, training materials and technology stack are already built — there is nothing to invent, only to configure for your market.

Yes — that is exactly what the office buy-in model is for. You keep your existing crews, client book and operating structure, and add our brand, the 77-Star process, our marketing engine and our technology. It is the fastest route for an established operator who has hit a ceiling on systems or lead generation rather than on demand.

Yes. Every partner receives an exclusive, protected territory. No other Cura Maids operation sells into your area, your marketing spend stays within your own market, and you have first right to add adjacent territory as you grow. Territory size and boundaries are set by household density and market potential.

Two: a royalty on gross revenue, which funds ongoing support, training and system development, and a contribution to the marketing fund. Structures differ slightly across the franchise, joint venture and office buy-in models, because the level of involvement we carry differs in each.

We do not publish the exact percentages here, because they are part of the formal disclosure rather than a marketing figure. You receive them in writing in our Franchise Disclosure Document, emailed to you after the initial call and well before you commit to anything.

We would rather point to the research than make a promise. Independent forecasts put the global cleaning services market at $470.8 billion in 2026 growing to $770.8 billion by 2033, and around 58% of dual-income households already outsource cleaning. On automation, McKinsey puts the potential for unpredictable physical work in unstructured settings at roughly 25%, against 78% for predictable physical work — and cleaning a lived-in home is the textbook unpredictable case. The major study of language-model exposure found impact concentrated in higher-income information work, not hands-on in-home services.

The honest counterpoint: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects little or no change in housekeeping employment through 2034, a figure driven largely by hotel housekeeping. Growth in this business comes from taking share with better service and better systems, which is precisely what a proven operating model is for.

Yes, and we encourage it. Short-term rental turnovers are a second revenue line most cleaning franchises are not built for. A rental is cleaned after every stay on a fixed deadline rather than twice a month, and a single property manager can hand over an entire portfolio at once.

Partners receive the full turnover playbook — same-day turn windows, linen and restock handling, damage and left-item reporting, photo documentation and calendar-driven scheduling. Because turnovers cluster around weekends and holidays while recurring households cluster mid-week, running both keeps crews productive across the whole week.

Hands-on training in the 77-Star Cleaning Process, operations and quality auditing, hiring and retention, and pricing and unit economics — then ongoing support that does not stop at launch.

On the marketing side you inherit local search and Google Business Profile management, paid search campaign structures already tuned against real spend, a review generation system, and access to the PR process behind our national press coverage. On the operations side you get a connected scheduling, CRM, invoicing and payments stack, plus scheduled coaching calls with our team.

Yes. Many owners start with one territory and expand. You can add adjacent territory to an existing operation, open in a separate market, or discuss area development rights for a larger region. We provide additional support during expansion so quality holds as you scale.

Discounts: yes. Veterans, first responders and minority owners receive 5% off. Mention it on your first call and it is applied automatically — there is no separate application.

Financing: indirectly. We do not lend to partners ourselves, but we can refer you to third-party lenders who regularly work with franchise buyers. Approval, rates and terms are entirely between you and the lender, and we make no representation about whether you will qualify.

Because our entry cost sits in the tens of thousands rather than six figures, many partners fund it without outside lending at all.

Complete the franchise and joint venture inquiry form with your market and your goals, and we will set up an introductory call. From there we map available territory around your city, walk through the three models side by side, and provide the Franchise Disclosure Document if there is a fit. You can also call us directly on (919) 480-1051.