How much does a Club Z! Tutoring franchise cost?
Opening a Club Z! Tutoring franchise takes a total initial investment of $40,975 to $57,425, according to the brand's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports student median: 47 private students across 166 Franchised Businesses.
Club Z!, Inc. franchises CLUB Z!® Businesses. Category: Education.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Club Z! Tutoring franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2026 FDD. The total is $40,975 to $57,425. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Initial Launch Advertising (4 months) ($6,000), Additional Funds (3 months) ($4,000 to $6,000), and Travel and Living Expenses during Training ($1,000 to $1,500). Together they make up about 24% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $27,250 to $39,750, about 67% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $27,250 | $39,750 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Travel and Living Expenses during Training2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $1,000 | $1,500 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Miscellaneous Opening Costs2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $500 | $500 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Computer and other Equipment, Supplies2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $550 | $1,200 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Software, Business Telephone Number, Web Hosting and Email Account (3 months)2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $225 | $225 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Club Z! Business Package (3 months)2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $750 | $750 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Initial Launch Advertising (4 months)2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $6,000 | $6,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Insurance2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $700 | $1,500 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Additional Funds (3 months)2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $4,000 | $6,000 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Total estimated initial investment2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $40,975 | $57,425 | 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
Source Club Z! Tutoring, 2026 FDD, Item 7, p. 8, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-27.
Item 19
What Club Z! Tutoring's FDD reports in Item 19
Student Median
47 private students
This is a count of private students, not money. Club Z! Tutoring's 2026 FDD, Item 19, for the Fiscal year end 2025; January – December 2025 for Tables One, Two, Three, and Four; March 2025 for Tables Five and Six. Basis: Franchised Businesses.
Sample size: 166 Franchised Businesses. The FDD also reports average # of private students of 52 private students. We lead with the median because an average is pulled upward by the strongest Franchised Businesses; the median is the middle Franchised Business.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- Table One includes the 166 franchised businesses that work 35 or more hours per week during regular business hours; the other franchised businesses are excluded.
- Table Two includes the 83 franchised businesses that work 20-30 hours per week during regular business hours; the other franchised businesses are excluded.
- Table Three includes the 58 franchised businesses that work 10-20 hours per week during regular business hours; the other franchised businesses are excluded.
- Table Four includes the 12 franchised businesses that work 10 or fewer hours per week during regular business hours; the other franchised businesses are excluded.
- Tables Five and Six report on 319 franchised businesses; the FDD does not state exclusions for these tables.
This is a disclosure of what some existing Franchised Businesses reported, not a projection of what a new Club Z! Tutoring Franchised Business would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Club Z! Tutoring, 2026 FDD, Item 19, p. 25-27, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-27.
Item 20
How many Club Z! Tutoring outlets there are, and how many closed
Club Z! Tutoring ended 2025 with 319 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 16 franchised outlets opened and 25 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2023 through 2025, Club Z! Tutoring opened 52 franchised outlets and 101 outlets left the system. That is a net loss of 49, from 368 to 319 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 7 were terminated, 10 were not renewed, and 84 were bought back by the franchisor.
On average, about 9.7% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 10.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 328 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 319 | 2026 FDD, Item 20, p. 36 |
| 2024 | 347 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 328 | 2026 FDD, Item 20, p. 36 |
| 2023 | 368 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 347 | 2026 FDD, Item 20, p. 36 |
Source Club Z! Tutoring, 2026 FDD, Item 20, p. 36, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-27.
Compare
How Club Z! Tutoring 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 Club Z! Tutoring's estimated range is $49,200. It costs less to open than 96% of Education franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 9.7% for Club Z! Tutoring. That is higher than 77% of the 36 Education franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Club Z! Tutoring's franchised system shrank 13%. The typical Education franchise here grew 9.1%.
- Earnings disclosure. 37 of the 56 Education franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Club Z! Tutoring 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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