Count Junkula vs Budget Blinds

Budget Blinds is the only real target here, and it’s not close. The raw TAM is 1,355 active franchise units, each with a healthy $775K AUV and a low 3.5% royalty that leaves room for tech spend. Yes, unit growth is slightly negative, but that’s a rounding error when the alternative is a brand with two total units and zero franchised locations. The 2026 FDD tells you the system is alive, filing current disclosures, and actively recruiting—meaning franchisees are making investment decisions right now. From a timing standpoint, you’re walking into a live, breathing network where a POS/marketing/scheduling suite can attach to real revenue-generating businesses, not a dormant concept that hasn’t updated its FDD since 2022.

The terrain tradeoff is real: Budget Blinds uses a franchisor-controlled procurement model, which means you can’t just sell bottom-up to individual