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Sun Tan City franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network Item 19 disclosed
Sun Tan City is a beauty and personal care franchise with an initial investment ranging from $1,048,790 to $1,797,750.
Everything below is free, read straight off Sun Tan City's registered filing, with where the numbers land against beauty & personal care peers. Weighing Sun Tan City against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Sun Tan City's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640672 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a Sun Tan City franchise make?
Sun Tan City 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 headline figure did not machine-read cleanly from this filing, so we don't print one; Item 19 of the source FDD has the tables. See every beauty & personal care brand that discloses earnings in the Salon, beauty & personal care franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Sun Tan City 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 Sun Tan City's 8% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Sun Tan City franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Sun Tan City franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.
Sun Tan City lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
We do not publish a litigation answer for Sun Tan City. Item 3 could not be read reliably from this particular filing, and a claim that a company has no legal history is not one to make on a failed parse — so we say we do not know instead. Item 3 of the FDD itself is the place to check; the methodology page explains what we do and do not machine-read.
Sun Tan City closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Sun Tan City 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 Sun Tan City'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. Sun Tan City's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 1.8%, against a beauty & personal care median of 1.8% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -7 to 156 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Sun Tan City?
Sun Tan City's franchise is offered by STC 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.
Beauty & personal care franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Sun Tan City 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.
Sun Tan City franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Sun Tan City — who is the franchisor?
Sun Tan City's most recently filed FDD (2026) names STC 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 Sun Tan City franchise cost?
Sun Tan City's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $1,048,790 – $1,797,750, with an initial franchise fee of $30,000 and a 8% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against beauty & personal care peers it sits in the bottom quartile (median $429,500).
How much profit does a Sun Tan City franchise make?
Sun Tan City discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (8% of gross for Sun Tan City), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Sun Tan City franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate.
Does Sun Tan City disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Sun Tan City reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure did not machine-read cleanly, so check Item 19 of the source FDD for the numbers.
Are there lawsuits against Sun Tan City?
We do not publish a litigation answer for Sun Tan City: Item 3 could not be read reliably from this filing, and we would rather say so than assert a clean record we have not verified. Item 3 of the FDD itself is the place to check.
Is Sun Tan City a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Sun Tan City's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against beauty & personal care peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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