How much does an Express Employment Professionals franchise cost?
Opening an Express Employment Professionals franchise takes a total initial investment of $91,700 to $213,000, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. The FDD's Item 19 reports annual sales median of $3,940,677 across 543 outlets.
Express Services, Inc. franchises Franchise Businesses providing Core Occupations Services, Professional Occupations Services, and Healthcare Occupations Services, and Branch Offices. Category: Business Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open an Express Employment Professionals franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $91,700 to $213,000. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Additional Funds – (9 months) ($60,000 to $100,000), Leasehold Improvements ($5,000 to $25,000), and Furniture and Fixture ($5,000 to $12,000). Together they make up about 64% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $0 to $40,000.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $0 | $40,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Lease and Deposit2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $2,000 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Leasehold Improvements2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $5,000 | $25,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Utility Deposits2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $200 | $600 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Training Costs2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $4,000 | $7,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Office Supplies2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 | $500 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 29 |
| Office Equipment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $2,000 | $4,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
| Computer System Hardware2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $7,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
| Furniture and Fixture2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $5,000 | $12,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
| Signs2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $4,500 | $6,400 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
| Insurance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $500 | $1,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
| Professional Service Fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $1,000 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
| Additional Funds – (9 months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $60,000 | $100,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 | $91,700 | $213,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30 |
Source Express Employment Professionals, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 30, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 19
What Express Employment Professionals franchisees actually report earning
Annual Sales Median
$3,940,677
Express Employment Professionals' 2025 FDD, Item 19, for the FY 2024. Basis: Franchise units open more than 24 months.
Sample size: 543 outlets. The FDD also reports average annual sales of $5,380,571. 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 tables exclude information on units owned directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by Robert A. Funk and William H. Stoller.
- Table 2 excludes 16 units closed during FY 2024 after their first 24 months.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Express Employment Professionals outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Express Employment Professionals, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 81, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 20
How many Express Employment Professionals outlets there are, and how many closed
Express Employment Professionals ended 2024 with 783 franchised outlets and 3 company-owned outlets. In that year 16 franchised outlets opened and 21 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Express Employment Professionals opened 54 franchised outlets and 53 outlets left the system. That is a net gain of 1, from 782 to 783 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 16 were terminated, 5 were bought back by the franchisor, and 32 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 2.2% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 45.
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 | 788 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 783 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 98 |
| 2023 | 789 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 788 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 98 |
| 2022 | 782 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 789 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 98 |
Source Express Employment Professionals, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 90, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Compare
How Express Employment Professionals compares with other Business Services franchises
Measured against the 140 Business Services franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of Express Employment Professionals' estimated range is $152,350. It costs more to open than 55% of Business Services franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 2.2% for Express Employment Professionals. That is lower than 90% of the 101 Business Services franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Express Employment Professionals' franchised system grew 0.1%. The typical Business Services franchise here grew 4.4%.
- Earnings disclosure. 71 of the 140 Business Services franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Express Employment Professionals 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 Business Services franchise side by side.
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