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Thompson Hotels® franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk
Thompson Hotels® operates in the travel and hospitality sector, requiring a substantial initial investment ranging from $70.6 million to $125.6 million.
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Figures above are as disclosed in Thompson Hotels®'s most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641736 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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Thompson Hotels® franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Thompson Hotels® does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Thompson Hotels® — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (50% of travel & hospitality franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Thompson Hotels®'s FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Hotel, travel & hospitality franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Thompson Hotels® lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Thompson Hotels®'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.
Thompson Hotels® closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Thompson Hotels® 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 Thompson Hotels®'s most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a travel & hospitality 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. Thompson Hotels®'s outlet tables did not machine-read cleanly; Item 20 of the source FDD has them.
Who owns Thompson Hotels®?
Thompson Hotels®'s franchise is offered by Hyatt Franchising, L.L.C. — 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. The same franchisor files separate FDDs for other brands, which is worth knowing — sibling brands share a franchise-support organization but disclose their own numbers:
Other travel & hospitality franchises
Anyone weighing Thompson Hotels® 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.
Thompson Hotels® franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Thompson Hotels® — who is the franchisor?
Thompson Hotels®'s most recently filed FDD (2026) names Hyatt Franchising, L.L.C. as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. The same franchisor also files FDDs for Hyatt Centric, Hyatt Studios, The StandardX, Thompson Hotels. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Thompson Hotels® franchise cost?
Thompson Hotels®'s most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at a range disclosed in Item 7 and a 5% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote.
How much profit does a Thompson Hotels® franchise make?
Thompson Hotels® makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Thompson Hotels® at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.
Does Thompson Hotels® disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Thompson Hotels®'s most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 50% of travel & hospitality franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Thompson Hotels®?
No — Thompson Hotels®'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 Thompson Hotels® a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Thompson Hotels®'s numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against travel & hospitality 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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