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Image Studios franchise — is it worth it?
Risk level — in the report
Image Studios is a beauty and personal care franchise with a rapidly expanding network, adding 31 outlets last year to reach 68 total.
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- The actual Item 19 earnings — reported average unit revenue, not just “disclosed.”
- How it compares — every number ranked against beauty & personal care peers (median & quartile).
- Litigation detail — each case, franchisee vs. corporate, with summaries.
- Outlet churn & the questions to ask — behind the net change above: closures, terminations, transfers, and what to put to the franchisor.
Figures above are as disclosed in Image Studios's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce — CARDS franchise registrations · filing 31788-202405-17. 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 Image Studios franchise make?
Image Studios 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 Image Studios reports, what that figure does and doesn't include, and where it ranks against beauty & personal care peers are in the full report. See every beauty & personal care brand that discloses earnings in the Salon, beauty & personal care franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Image Studios 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 the royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Image Studios franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Image Studios franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. The full report sets Image Studios's disclosed revenue against its total ongoing fee load, so you can see what that revenue has to cover before anything reaches you.
Image Studios lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Image Studios's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) 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.
Image Studios closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Image Studios 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 Image Studios's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a beauty & personal care 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. Image Studios's latest tables show a growing franchised network. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Image Studios's churn ranks against beauty & personal care peers, are in the full report.
The actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against beauty & personal care peers, litigation and churn detail — emailed as a PDF.
Who owns Image Studios?
Image Studios's franchise is offered by Image Studios Franchise, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at MN CARDS; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.
Compare Image Studios head-to-head
Beauty & personal care franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Image Studios 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.
Image Studios franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Image Studios — who is the franchisor?
Image Studios's most recently filed FDD (2024) names Image Studios Franchise, 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 Image Studios franchise cost?
Image Studios's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $1,056,000 – $2,804,000, with an initial franchise fee of $64,500. 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 beauty & personal care peers.
How much profit does a Image Studios franchise make?
Image Studios discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties, the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Image Studios 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 Image Studios disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Image Studios reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The full report shows the actual revenue figures and how they rank against beauty & personal care peers.
Are there lawsuits against Image Studios?
No — Image Studios's most recently filed FDD (2024) 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 Image Studios a good franchise to buy?
That comes down to how Image Studios's investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against beauty & personal care peers — which is exactly what the full report answers. For $99 you get the risk level and what's driving it, 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.
Everything the sections above point to, in one place: Image Studios's risk level and what's driving it, the actual Item 19 earnings, every figure ranked against beauty & personal care peers, and the litigation & churn detail — with the questions to put to the franchisor before you sign.
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