How much does a Scout & Molly's franchise cost?
Opening a Scout & Molly's franchise takes a total initial investment of $319,000 to $388,000, according to the brand's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document. That FDD's Item 19 publishes no median; it reports figures for net sales - top 1/3: an average of $952,669.
Scout & Molly’s offers a single unit franchise and a multi-unit franchise agreement. Category: Retail.
Item 7
What it costs to open a Scout & Molly's franchise
The franchisor's own estimated initial investment, as disclosed in its 2025 FDD. The total is $319,000 to $388,000. Each line below carries the FDD page it was read from.
Where the money goes
The largest costs are Upfit, furniture, signage, and fixtures ($94,000 to $129,000), Additional Funds – 3 months ($70,000), and Opening inventory; branded bags, promotional items ($45,000 to $60,000). Together they make up about 67% of the high-end estimate.
The initial franchise fee is $60,000, about 19% 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 | $60,000 | $60,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Opening inventory; branded bags, promotional items2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $45,000 | $60,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Lease2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $12,000 | $20,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Upfit, furniture, signage, and fixtures2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $94,000 | $129,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Equipment, POS applications, software, web based memberships and telephones2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 | $4,000 | $6,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9 |
| Deposits and Licenses2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $500 | $7,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Training Expenses2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $1,500 | $3,500 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Opening Assistance2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $10,000 | $10,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Initial Marketing2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $6,000 | $6,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Additional Funds – 3 months2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $70,000 | $70,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Construction Project Management Fee2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 | $16,000 | $16,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 10 |
| Total estimated initial investment2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9-10 | $319,000 | $388,000 | 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9-10 |
Source Scout & Molly's, 2025 FDD, Item 7, p. 9-10, 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 Scout & Molly's franchisees actually report earning
Scout & Molly's' 2025 FDD publishes no median in its Item 19. What it publishes instead is set out below, in the document's own terms. An average is not a median: it is pulled upward by the strongest outlets, and it does not tell you what the middle outlet made. We do not calculate a median the document does not state.
This Item 19 presents the historical financial performance information of the thirteen (13) Franchised Businesses that operated for the entire 2024 calendar year and provided us with their financial records.
What the FDD does publish
| Measure | Average | Low | High | Outlets | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Sales - Top 1/3100.00% | $952,669 | – | – | 4 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
| Net Sales - Middle 1/3100.00% | $779,036 | – | – | 4 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
| Net Sales - Bottom 1/3100.00% | $543,465 | – | – | 5 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
| Cost of Goods Sold - Top 1/350.40% | $479,951 | – | – | 4 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
| Cost of Goods Sold - Middle 1/351.00% | $397,336 | – | – | 4 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
| Cost of Goods Sold - Bottom 1/350.80% | $275,858 | – | – | 5 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
| Gross Profit - Top 1/349.60% | $472,718 | – | – | 4 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
| Gross Profit - Middle 1/349.00% | $381,700 | – | – | 4 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
| Gross Profit - Bottom 1/349.20% | $267,607 | – | – | 5 | 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34 |
A dash means the FDD does not print that figure. Scout & Molly's' Item 19 covers the 2024 calendar year. Basis: the thirteen (13) Franchised Businesses that operated for the entire 2024 calendar year and provided us with their financial records. Sample size: 4 outlets.
What the franchisor excluded from these figures
- Excluded from this Item 19 are all Company/Affiliate-owned locations.
- We have also excluded the six (6) franchisees that did not provide their financial information, one (1) franchisee that was not open for a full calendar year, and three (3) franchisees that closed during the 2024 calendar year.
This is a disclosure of what some existing outlets reported, not a projection of what a new Scout & Molly's outlet would earn. Your results will differ.
Source Scout & Molly's, 2025 FDD, Item 19, p. 34, 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 Scout & Molly's outlets there are, and how many closed
Scout & Molly's ended 2024 with 20 franchised outlets and no company-owned outlets. In that year 1 franchised outlet opened and 3 left the system.
Three years at a glance
From 2022 through 2024, Scout & Molly's opened 1 franchised outlet and 5 outlets left the system. That is a net loss of 4, from 24 to 20 franchised outlets. Of the outlets that left, 5 closed for other reasons.
On average, about 7.2% of franchised outlets left the system each year, roughly 1 in 14.
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 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 37 |
| 2023 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 37 |
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 37 |
Source Scout & Molly's, 2025 FDD, Item 20, p. 37, 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 Scout & Molly's compares with other Retail franchises
Measured against the 39 Retail franchises on this site, using each brand's own FDD.
- Cost to open. The middle of Scout & Molly's' estimated range is $353,500. It costs less to open than 50% of Retail franchises here.
- Outlets leaving each year. 7.2% for Scout & Molly's. That is higher than 64% of the 37 Retail franchises with at least 10 outlets.
- Three-year growth. Scout & Molly's' franchised system shrank 17%. The typical Retail franchise here shrank 0.5%.
- Earnings disclosure. 25 of the 39 Retail franchises here publish earnings figures in Item 19. Scout & Molly's 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 Retail franchise side by side.
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