How much does a Drama Kids franchise cost?
Opening a Drama Kids franchise takes a total initial investment of $48,000 to $57,000, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports median of $320,779 across 13 outlets.
Drama Kids franchises Drama Kids Businesses. Category: Education.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Drama Kids franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $48,000 to $57,000. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Initial Advertising ($2,000 to $5,000), Additional Funds - (3 Months) ($2,000 to $4,000), and Business and Office Setup ($500 to $2,000). Together they make up about 19% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $42,500, about 89% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $42,500 | $42,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Initial Advertising2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $2,000 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Business and Office Setup2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $500 | $2,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Travel, Lodging, and Meals for Initial Training2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $500 | $2,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $500 | $1,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Additional Funds - (3 Months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $2,000 | $4,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 | $48,000 | $57,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 8 |
Source Drama Kids, 2025 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 Drama Kids franchisees actually report earning
Median
$320,779
Drama Kids' 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the On December 31, 2024. Basis: Franchises in operation for over one year in the Reporting Group, divided into three separate subgroups by Gross Sales.
Sample size: 13 outlets. The FDD also reports average of $353,035. We lead with the median because an average is pulled upward by the strongest outlets; the median is the middle outlet.
What the franchisor excluded from this figure
- The figures exclude franchises that had not been operating their Franchises for over one year.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Drama Kids outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Drama Kids, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 27, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-27.
Item 20
How many Drama Kids outlets there are, and how many closed
Drama Kids ended 2024 with 41 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year no franchised outlets opened and 8 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Drama Kids opened 9 franchised outlets and 19 outlets left the system. That is a net loss of 10, from 51 to 41 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 2 were terminated and 17 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 13% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 8.
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 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 31 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 31 |
| 2022 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 31 |
Source Drama Kids, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 31, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-27.
Compare
How Drama Kids 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 Drama Kids' estimated range is $52,500. It costs less to open than 91% of Education franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 13% for Drama Kids. That is higher than 86% of the 36 Education franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Drama Kids' franchised system shrank 20%. The typical Education franchise here grew 9.1%.
- Earnings disclosure. 37 of the 56 Education franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Drama Kids is 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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