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Junk King and VETS,item by item.

Junk King franchise cost and fees next to VETS, from each brand's current FDD by item. A portfolio brand's shared services against one owner per metro.

Key takeaways

  • Junk King is part of the Neighborly portfolio of home-service brands. What that means for fees and support is in Items 6 and 11 of its FDD, and it is worth reading closely.

  • VETS sells one franchise per metro area and runs junk removal, dumpsters and commercial waste from one fleet.

  • Neither brand's figures on this page come from anywhere but its own FDD.

Junk King is a junk removal franchise within the Neighborly portfolio of home-service brands, which shapes how its fees and support are structured. This page puts its franchise cost next to VETS's, each from the brand's own current Franchise Disclosure Document by item number, and explains what a portfolio brand's shared services mean for an owner compared with a single-brand, one-owner-per-metro model.

The numbers, by FDD item

Figures come only from each brand's current Franchise Disclosure Document, cited by item. A cell reading “See current FDD ↓” means the brand's current FDD has not been reviewed for that figure: the lookup block below says where to read it.
What the FDD says VETS Junk King
Initial franchise fee Item 5 In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
Total initial investment Item 7 $62,100–$178,420 See current FDD ↓
Royalty Item 6 In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
Brand or marketing fund Item 6 In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
Technology and other recurring fees Item 6 In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
Territory model Item 12 One owner per metro area, as defined in Item 12 See current FDD ↓
Services offered Item 1 Junk removal, dumpster rental, and commercial and multifamily waste services See current FDD ↓
Veteran incentives Items 5 and 6 See the veterans page ↗ See current FDD ↓
Franchised units open Item 20 4 (2025) See current FDD ↓
Financial performance representation Item 19 No Item 19 — VETS publishes no earnings information See current FDD ↓
FDD issuance date Cover page In the FDD ↗ See current FDD ↓
  1. VETS: its current Franchise Disclosure Document, every figure a reviewed claim. Every line of the investment.
  2. Junk King: current FDD not yet reviewed — see the lookup block below.

Why owners choose VETS over Junk King

These are the reasons owners comparing a portfolio brand with VETS chose VETS.

  • A support team that works for one brand. CentCom runs national accounts, receivables, the technology platform and training for VETS owners only. Item 11 of the FDD sets out exactly what VETS provides.
  • One owner, the whole metro. A VETS franchise is an entire metro area as defined in Item 12, with no carved-up sub-territories and no second VETS branch competing for the same jobs.
  • Three service lines from one fleet. Junk removal, dumpster rental, and commercial and multifamily waste services: more ways to put the same trucks and crews to work, across different customers and seasons.
  • National accounts you do not have to win yourself. VETS holds relationships with multi-site property management groups, and the work in your metro is assigned as set out in the FDD.
  • Veteran-founded, led from the front. Built by an Army Engineer Officer from a single Charlotte truck, and the Charlotte corporate store is still the template every territory runs from.

Questions to ask both brands

  1. List every recurring fee in Item 6 and what each one funds.
  2. What does the contact centre or shared service handle, and what stays with the owner?
  3. What is the territory in Item 12, and what is the policy at its boundary?
  4. How many owners left in the last three years (Item 20), and may I call them?

Review Junk King's FDD yourself

Every franchisor gives you its Franchise Disclosure Document during its own sales process, and by law you have at least fourteen days with it before you sign or pay anything. The current document is also on file, free, in the state databases below.

A brand appears in a state database only if it has registered or filed in that state; not every franchisor files in every state.

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Questions people ask

How much is a Junk King franchise?

Items 5 and 7 of its current FDD. The table above shows them once we have read the current document; until then it links to where the document is on file.

Sources

  1. Junk King franchise site (Neighborly) — retrieved 2026-09-25
  2. FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR Part 436 — retrieved 2026-09-25

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