How much does a Help-U-Sell franchise cost?
Opening a Help-U-Sell franchise takes a total initial investment of $29,650 to $67,650, 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.
Help-U-Sell franchises real estate brokerage offices. Category: Business Services.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Help-U-Sell franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $29,650 to $67,650. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Lease Costs and Leasehold Improvements ($0 to $10,000), Target Marketing (3 Months) ($4,500 to $9,000), and Office Equipment Furnishings and Computer Hardware and Software ($1,000 to $8,000). Together they make up about 40% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $17,750, about 60% of the low-end total.
Our arithmetic from the Item 7 table below.
| Expenditure | Low | High | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $17,750 | $17,750 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Lease Costs and Leasehold Improvements2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $0 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Initial Marketing Campaign, Forms and Stationery2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $500 | $3,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Office Equipment Furnishings and Computer Hardware and Software2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $1,000 | $8,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Signs2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $0 | $5,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Initial Training – Travel & Living Expenses2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $0 | $0 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Legal and Accounting Fees2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $500 | $2,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Licenses, Dues & Deposits2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $1,200 | $2,400 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Insurance Premiums2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $1,200 | $2,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Target Marketing (3 Months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $4,500 | $9,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Additional Funds (3 Months)2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $3,000 | $7,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9-10 | $29,650 | $67,650 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9-10 |
Source Help-U-Sell, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9-10, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 19
What Help-U-Sell 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 wither orally or in writing. If you are purchasing an existing outlet, however, we may provide you with the actual records of that outlet.
Source Help-U-Sell, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 26, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Item 20
How many Help-U-Sell outlets there are, and how many closed
Help-U-Sell ended 2024 with 41 franchised outlets and 1 company-owned outlet. In that year no franchised outlets opened and 11 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Help-U-Sell opened 1 franchised outlet and 39 outlets left the system. That is a net loss of 34, from 75 to 41 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 5 were terminated, 30 were not renewed, 2 were bought back by the franchisor, and 2 closed for other reasons. Those openings and departures do not add up to that change, because the FDD's own Item 20 rows for 2023 and 2024 do not add up either. We publish the franchisor's figures exactly as printed; see the note under the table below.
On average, about 20% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 5.
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.
Source Help-U-Sell, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 27-29, via Public FDD bucket (storage.googleapis.com/franchiseindx_fdds) (source record). Figures read and verified 2026-09-15.
Compare
How Help-U-Sell 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 Help-U-Sell's estimated range is $48,650. It costs less to open than 86% of Business Services franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 20% for Help-U-Sell. That is higher than 92% of the 101 Business Services franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Help-U-Sell's franchised system shrank 45%. 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. Help-U-Sell 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 Business Services franchise side by side.
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