Garage Living
Home Services
Garage Living is a pioneering North American garage renovation company transforming garages into refined, highly functional lifestyle spaces. Since 2005, it has completed thousands of garage transformations across North America and Australia, each designed in-house and installed by trained Garage Living teams—no subcontractors, no compromises. From polyaspartic floors to steel cabinetry, slatwall storage, and car lifts, Garage Living delivers industrial-grade products with a premium experience.
Availability
Garage Living is currently accepting inquiries from the following states:
AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
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Requirements
Financial requirements for this franchise: Minimum Cash Required $50,000 Franchise Fee $60,000 Royalty Fee 6.5% of Gross Revenue Total Investment $246,450 - $323,900 -
Options
Options available to franchisees: Home Based No Mobile Franchise No Military Discount Available Financing Available Training Available -
Franchisor Details
Facts about this franchise: Headquarters Vaughan, ON, Canada Total Units 52 Year Founded 2005 Franchising Since 2015
What does a Garage Living Franchise Cost?
To open a Garage Living franchise, prospective owners need a minimum of $50,000 in cash available (liquid capital) upfront. This amount is part of the estimated total initial investment required to start the franchise, which ranges from approximately $246,450 to $323,900. Qualified veterans may also be eligible for a 15% VetFran Discount discount off the initial franchise fee. *
History
It started with a conviction: the garage was the most neglected room in the home, and the market had accepted that for too long.
Garage Living launched in 2005 with a different standard, one where design came first, installation was never outsourced, and the homeowner's experience mattered as much as the finished transformation. That standard held through thousands of projects, two continents, and a franchise model built around one consistent promise. The industry was fragmented. Garage Living stepped into that gap and decided to own it.
Industry facts
The garage renovation industry represents a significant and still largely untapped opportunity across North America. Most homes have a garage. Most of those garages are unfinished, underused, and overdue for something better. The renovation industry serving them has been dominated by local operators, big-box solutions, and nobody accountable for the whole experience.>
Garage Living has spent nearly two decades building the products, the process, and the franchise infrastructure to fill it — at scale, with consistency, and without lowering the standard to do it.
Training & support
Garage Living's franchise model is built on the understanding that the quality of the final product is only as strong as the people behind it. Every franchisee enters a system that has been refined across thousands of projects, not a classroom theory, but a field-tested process that covers design, installation, sales, and customer experience from the ground up.
Training and support examples include:
- In-person design and installation training at corporate locations and on-site at franchisee markets.
- A proven sales process developed through years of direct-to-homeowner consultation.
- Product knowledge training covering polyaspartic floor coatings, steel cabinetry, slatwall storage, car lifts, and the full Garage Living product ecosystem.
- Ongoing operational support covering marketing, lead generation, and customer experience standards.
- Access to the Designer Series framework — a curated set of coordinated garage looks that simplify the sales conversation and raise the average project value.
- Regular touchpoints with the corporate team throughout the life of the business.
Garage Living franchisees don't inherit a logo and a price list. They inherit a system, one that has already answered most of the hard questions, so they can stay focused on delivering the renovation their customers will talk about for years.
