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Retail Franchises
What these brands actually cost to open, and whether they're opening more locations or losing them -- straight from each one's FDD, not a "starting at" number from a sales page.
Across the 11 retail franchises verified here, the initial investment averages $293,525 to $655,615. Initial franchise fees range from $25,000 to $49,500 (1 of these set the fee per store rather than a flat amount). Royalties average 5% of gross sales (2 of these disclose a non-percentage royalty). By the most recent Item 20 filing, 10 are opening more franchised locations than they close, 1 is losing locations.
Computed from the 11 entries listed below, each sourced from its own FDD -- not an industry-wide estimate.
How retail compares to the rest of the portfolio
Retail franchises here average a low-end investment of $293,525, against $607,082 across all 130 brands verified on the site -- about 52% lower than the portfolio average.
Royalties here average 5% of gross sales, against 6.1% across every verified brand on the site.
91% of the 11 verified retail brands are in a net-growth year by their latest Item 20 filing.
The investment range above is Item 7 of each retail franchisor's FDD -- it bundles the initial franchise fee with real estate or lease costs, equipment and signage, opening inventory, training expenses, and a working-capital reserve, not just the fee itself. Two retail brands with the same fee can still land at very different totals depending on how much build-out their concept needs.
$364,015–$682,215
$346,300–$459,700
$231,635–$376,392
$222,368–$606,081
$245,432–$344,768
$240,200–$306,800
$162,900–$1,656,800
$262,646–$496,996
$441,875–$1,328,210
$355,700–$467,900
$355,700–$485,900
Keep going
- Retail franchises average $293,525 to get in the door; see how that compares to every other industry in the same under $500,000 tier. Franchises Under $500,000 to Start
- 10 of the 11 retail franchises here are in a net-growth year; see how they stack up against growing brands in every other industry. Franchises That Are Actually Growing
Only brands we've hand-verified against their actual filing show up here -- more retail franchises are added as they're checked.