How much does a Champions Martial Arts franchise cost?
Opening a Champions Martial Arts franchise takes a total initial investment of $111,500 to $307,300, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. That FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so it discloses no earnings figures at all.
Champions Martial Arts franchises Champions Martial Arts Centers. Category: Education.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Champions Martial Arts franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $111,500 to $307,300. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Additional Funds – 3 Months ($15,000 to $50,000), Pre-Opening Lead Generation Training ($1,000 to $8,000), and Travel and Living Expenses While Training ($3,000).
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel and Living Expenses While Training2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $3,000 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Pre-Opening Lead Generation Training2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $1,000 | $8,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Professional Fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $1,000 | $2,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Additional Funds – 3 Months2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $15,000 | $50,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 | $111,500 | $307,300 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11 |
About this total: The attached Item 7 pages do not show the preceding rows; the printed total was re-read on page 11 and is $111,500 to $307,300.
Source Champions Martial Arts, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 11, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Item 19
What Champions Martial Arts franchisees actually report earning
This brand's FDD publishes no Item 19.
We do not make any representations about a franchisee’s future financial performance or the past financial performance of company-owned or franchised outlets. We also do not authorize our employees or representatives to make any such representations either orally or in writing. If you are purchasing an existing outlet, we may provide you with the actual records of that outlet.
Source Champions Martial Arts, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 42, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Item 20
How many Champions Martial Arts outlets there are, and how many closed
Champions Martial Arts ended 2024 with 31 franchised outlets and 40 company-owned outlets. No franchised outlets opened or left the system that year.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Champions Martial Arts opened 0 franchised outlets and 1 outlet left the system. That is a net loss of 1, from 32 to 31 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 1 was terminated.
On average, about 1.1% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 94.
Our arithmetic from the FDD's Item 20 table below. "Left the system" counts every outlet the franchisor reports as terminated, not renewed, bought back, or closed for other reasons.
| Year | Start | Opened | Terminated | Non-renewed | Reacquired | Ceased, other | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 44 |
| 2023 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 44 |
| 2022 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 44 |
Source Champions Martial Arts, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 44, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-21. Read from a scanned copy of this FDD; figures and page citations were transcribed from the page images.
Compare
How Champions Martial Arts compares with other Education franchises
Measured against the 56 Education franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of Champions Martial Arts' estimated range is $209,400. It costs more to open than 51% of Education franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 1.1% for Champions Martial Arts. That is lower than 89% of the 36 Education franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Champions Martial Arts' franchised system shrank 3.1%. The typical Education franchise here grew 9.1%.
- Earnings disclosure. 37 of the 56 Education franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Champions Martial Arts is not one of them.
Our arithmetic from each brand's Item 7 and Item 20. Growth and departure comparisons leave out brands with fewer than 10 outlets, where one opening or closure distorts the figures. See every Education franchise side by side.
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