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Children's Art Classes franchise — is it worth it?
Low risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed
Children's Art Classes offers a franchise opportunity in child services and education with an initial investment ranging from $149,268 to $294,110.
Everything below is free, read straight off Children's Art Classes's registered filing. The $99 report is the part a single FDD can't give you: the earnings figures themselves, and where every number lands against child services & education peers.
The numbers above tell you what Children's Art Classes discloses. The report tells you whether that's good:
- The earnings figures themselves — the average unit revenue Children's Art Classes puts on paper in Item 19, and what it does and doesn't include.
- Where every number ranks — investment, fees, royalty, earnings and churn against child services & education median and quartile. This is the part no single FDD, and no AI reading one, can produce.
- What's driving the low risk read — the specific figures behind it, not the label.
- The litigation, split properly — each case, and which ones franchisees brought against the franchisor rather than the reverse.
- The questions to ask before you sign — drawn from what Children's Art Classes's own filing leaves open, in the words to use on the call.
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Compare 3 brands — $249 See a sample reportFigures above are as disclosed in Children's Art Classes's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641421 — check it yourself. The Item 19 figures, where each number ranks against peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.
How much does a Children's Art Classes franchise make?
Children's Art Classes is one of the franchisors that answers this on the record: its most recent FDD makes an Item 19 financial performance representation — actual unit earnings figures, disclosed by the franchisor itself. The average revenue Children's Art Classes reports, what that figure does and doesn't include, and where it ranks against child services & education peers are in the full report. See every child services & education brand that discloses earnings in the Child care & education franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Children's Art Classes franchise profit vs. revenue
Revenue is not profit. An Item 19 almost always reports sales — what a location takes in — not what an owner keeps. Out of that number come Children's Art Classes's 8.25% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Children's Art Classes franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Children's Art Classes franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. The full report sets Children's Art Classes's disclosed revenue against its total ongoing fee load, so you can see what that revenue has to cover before anything reaches you.
Children's Art Classes lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Children's Art Classes's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) discloses no litigation in Item 3. That is a real signal rather than a gap: the FTC Franchise Rule requires a franchisor to disclose material litigation involving itself, its predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 in a current filing means there was nothing it was required to report. It is worth reading alongside the churn numbers — a system can have a clean Item 3 and still be losing franchisees, which is what Item 20 shows.
Children's Art Classes closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Children's Art Classes will hand you a list of current owners to call as references — and they choose who's on that list. It won't include the owners who quit, got bought out, or were forced out last year. The FDD does report that number, even though the reference list leaves those people off. Below is what Children's Art Classes's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a child services & education of this kind.
The closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate is Item 20 — outlet openings, closures, terminations and non-renewals, reported by the franchisor. Children's Art Classes's latest tables show a growing franchised network. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Children's Art Classes's churn ranks against child services & education peers, are in the full report.
The Item 19 earnings figures, every number ranked against child services & education peers, and the litigation and churn detail — delivered instantly, yours to keep.
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Who owns Children's Art Classes?
Children's Art Classes's franchise is offered by CAC FRANCHISING, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at WI DFI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Child services & education franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Children's Art Classes is really weighing it against the other brands their money could go into. These are the closest by total initial investment (FDD Item 7), each with its own FDD-based page.
Children's Art Classes franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Children's Art Classes — who is the franchisor?
Children's Art Classes's most recently filed FDD (2026) names CAC FRANCHISING, LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Children's Art Classes franchise cost?
Children's Art Classes's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $149,268 – $294,110, with an initial franchise fee of $59,950 and a 8.25% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. The full report breaks down every fee line and benchmarks it against child services & education peers.
How much profit does a Children's Art Classes franchise make?
Children's Art Classes discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (8.25% of gross for Children's Art Classes), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Children's Art Classes franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The full report shows the disclosed revenue against the full ongoing fee load it has to cover.
Does Children's Art Classes disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Children's Art Classes reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The full report shows the actual revenue figures and how they rank against child services & education peers.
Are there lawsuits against Children's Art Classes?
No — Children's Art Classes's most recently filed FDD (2026) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.
Is Children's Art Classes a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Children's Art Classes's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against child services & education peers, which is what the full report is for. Our read on this filing is low risk, stated free above. For $99 you get the figures driving that read, the actual Item 19 earnings (disclosed in this FDD), where every figure ranks against peers, and the specific questions to ask the franchisor before you sign.
A Children's Art Classes franchise is a $149,268 – $294,110 decision you make once, on a ten-year agreement, usually with a personal guarantee behind it. For $99 you get an independent read of the document that decides it: the actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against child services & education peers, the litigation split into franchisee and corporate matters, the churn behind the outlet count — and the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign. If it tells you nothing new, reply within 14 days and we'll refund it.
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