Ace Hardware Painting Services Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDD)

The Ace Hardware Painting Services Franchise Disclosure Document is the most comprehensive record of how the company operates — financial statements, fee schedules, litigation history, and system-wide unit counts, disclosed under federal mandate. 3 filings covering 2022–2025 are available here as complete PDFs.

Under the Federal Trade Commission's Franchise Rule, Ace Hardware Painting Services must furnish a Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) to prospective franchisees and update it annually. The FDD is organized into 23 Items that describe the franchisor, its fees and the estimated cost to open, the parties' obligations, territory, financial performance representations where made, system size, and the company's financial statements.