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Code Wiz franchise — is it worth it?

Risk level — in the report

Code Wiz operates in the child services and education sector, offering a franchise opportunity with an initial investment ranging from $145,300 to $239,900.

Figures above are as disclosed in Code Wiz's most recent FDD (registered 2023). Source: California Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation — Franchise Registration · filing app-28104. The risk level, the Item 19 figures, how it compares to peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.

How much does a Code Wiz franchise make?

Code Wiz 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 Code Wiz 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.

Code Wiz 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 Code Wiz's 6% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Code Wiz franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Code Wiz franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. The full report sets Code Wiz's disclosed revenue against its total ongoing fee load, so you can see what that revenue has to cover before anything reaches you.

Code Wiz lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Code Wiz's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2023) 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.

Code Wiz closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Code Wiz 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 Code Wiz'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. Code Wiz reports no franchised units open yet — there is no operating track record to churn. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Code Wiz's churn ranks against child services & education peers, are in the full report.

Who owns Code Wiz?

Code Wiz's franchise is offered by Code Wiz Franchise System, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2023), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at CA DFPI; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.

Child services & education franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Code Wiz 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.

Code Wiz franchise — frequently asked