What a franchise actually costs, and what its owners actually report earning

Every page here reports one brand's own Franchise Disclosure Document: the Item 7 initial investment, the Item 19 financial performance representation, and the Item 20 outlet and closure counts. We lead with the median, state the sample size and what the franchisor excluded, and cite every figure to the brand, FDD year, item and page it came from. When a brand's FDD publishes no Item 19, the page says exactly that instead of guessing.

Categories

Compare franchises side by side

Each category page puts every brand in one table: cost to open, median earnings where the FDD discloses them, and how many outlets opened and closed over three years.

Lists

Shortlists built from the FDDs

Brands

827 franchise brands

518 of these publish an Item 19 financial performance representation.

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Franchisors reissue their FDD at least once a year, and the Item 7 and Item 19 figures move. Tell us which brands you are weighing and we will send each one's updated numbers when its next document is published, plus the brand-comparison worksheet.

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