360BRANDS, INC.360clean360clean vs Budget Blinds

Budget Blinds is the stronger software-sales opportunity right now, and the decisive dimension is TAM — total addressable market. With 1,355 franchised units versus 69, you’re selling into a base that’s nearly 20× larger. Even though both brands are contracting slightly YoY, Budget Blinds’ -0.805% decline on a massive footprint is a rounding error compared to 360BRANDS’ -5.479% drop on a tiny count. That raw unit volume translates into more at-bats for your sales team, more renewal streams, and a bigger installed base to upsell add-on modules (scheduling, marketing automation, back-office) once you’ve landed the POS core.

The meaningful tradeoff is procurement model. 360BRANDS runs an approved-supplier setup, which is inherently more open to third-party software integration — your platform can plug into their vendor ecosystem without the franchisor locking you out. Budget Blinds uses franchisor-controlled procurement, so you’d likely need corporate sign-off and may face mandated stack components. But that friction is manageable when the prize is 1,355 locations doing ~$775k AUV each. The royalty rate difference (3.5% vs 7.0%) also means Budget Blinds franchisees retain more margin, making them less price-sensitive on software that demonstrably saves labor or boosts ticket size. And the fresher, current FDD filing (2026 vs 2025) signals a franchisor actively managing disclosure — a proxy for operational maturity that reduces sales-cycle surprises.

Verdict: Budget Blinds wins on sheer unit volume and revenue per location; the controlled procurement is a surmountable gatekeeper, not a dealbreaker, when the TAM is this lopsided.