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Bar-B-Clean

Bar-B-Clean offers barbecue cleaning, service, parts, and repairs, as well as new grill sales. Our mission is to promote a healthy, family-oriented lifestyle to our clients while pioneering and leading the untapped barbecue cleaning industry. Bar-B-Clean started in 2012 out of necessity. Our founder needed his grill cleaned and there was only one competitor in the market. Rather than calling the competitor, he capitalized on an opportunity and started his own grill cleaning business. After finding success, he franchised the business in 2014 and hasn’t looked back since. Bar-B-Clean is a mobile home service business where we provide a service that customers want done, but don't want to do themselves - similar to window cleaning or carpet cleaning. Anybody with a backyard barbecue is a prospective customer. If grills haven’t been professionally cleaned within six months, cancer-causing carcinogens left behind by old food & rat droppings cause real health risks. HOA’s, apartment complexes, office buildings, hotels, and Airbnb's also offer great B2B opportunities for our franchisees. Our customers are typically in the middle to upper-class demographic, so we know it is important to set ourselves apart from our mom-and-pop competitors. We do that through our proprietary steam cleaning system and custom Stainless-Steel Polish, bringing instant credibility and brand awareness. Our proprietary CRM keeps our customers up to date with appointment reminders and professional invoices while keeping our franchisees organized and efficient.

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Maintenance & Cleaning Services

Brand highlights

  • CEO
  • Headquarters5390 Los Monteros, Yorba Linda, CA, 92887
  • Year founded2012
  • Year started franchising2014
  • IndustryMaintenance & Cleaning Services
  • Locations open78 (+54 last three years)

Statistics & metrics

  • Investment range$78,200 - $99,120
  • Franchise fee$49,500
  • Royalty6%
  • Brand fund2%
  • Required Liquid Capital$100,000
  • Required Net Worth$250,000
  • Franchise Sales Average Gross Revenue$383,243
  • Total Revenue less disclosed expenses$129,907

Brand superpowers

  • Niche market - very limited number of organized competitors
  • Low investment & overhead - home based
  • Proprietary steam cleaning system & polish product
  • Quick launch and recover the initial investment
  • Relationships with grill manufacturers & distributors
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  • Desire to scale / multi-unit ownership
  • Relationship Builder
  • No Industry Experience Required
  • Values Outstanding Customer Service
  • Operations Focused
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FDD Version Referenced - Issuance Date: 2025-04-29

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Location data

Total locations78
Franchise locations77
Corporate locations1
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Number of Locations: 10

Feb 3, 2026

The franchisors business model doesn’t align with what is prescribed to the franchisees, and the margins are not aligned because of that. Franchisee margins are half of what was advertised

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