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Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv franchise — is it worth it?

Automotive · FDD-based assessment · registered 2026

Medium risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv is an automotive franchise with a moderate investment range.

Everything below is free, read straight off Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv'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 automotive peers.

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Total initial investment
$227,700 – $938,500
Above the automotive median · median $432,600
Initial franchise fee
FDD Item 5
Royalty
2.5%
FDD Item 6
Item 19 earnings
Disclosed
figures locked
Litigation (Item 3)
Not determined
Item 3 not machine-read
Outlet network
111 units
+10 last year
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Figures above are as disclosed in Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641870 — 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 Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv franchise make?

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv 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 Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv reports, what that figure does and doesn't include, and where it ranks against automotive peers are in the full report. See every automotive brand that discloses earnings in the Automotive franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv 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 Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's 2.5% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. The full report sets Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's disclosed revenue against its total ongoing fee load, so you can see what that revenue has to cover before anything reaches you.

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

We do not publish a litigation answer for Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv. 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.

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv 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 Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a automotive 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. Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's latest tables show a growing franchised network. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's churn ranks against automotive peers, are in the full report.

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Who owns Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv?

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's franchise is offered by Gimex Properties Corp., Inc. — 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.

Automotive franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv 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.

CAR-X$396,200 – $582,000 · Item 19 disclosedVictory Lane Center$235,400 – $785,500 · Item 19 disclosedAuto-Lab Complete Care Care Centers (Unit)$296,750 – $746,000 · Item 19 disclosedKwik Kar$254,816 – $821,052 · Item 19 disclosedChristian Brothers Automotive$515,250 – $650,400 · Item 19 disclosedSummit Auto Calibration$160,550 – $1,086,500 · Item 19 disclosedZiebart$450,100 – $924,000 · Item 19 disclosedKAL Partz$395,533 – $979,333 · Item 19 disclosedU-Save Car & Truck Rental$167,900 – $1,547,250Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change$192,375 – $3,483,550 · Item 19 disclosedTravelCenters of America (TA Express Center)$1,174,000 – $9,032,000TravelCenters of America (TA Center)investment not disclosed · Item 19 disclosed

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv franchise — frequently asked

Who owns Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv — who is the franchisor?

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's most recently filed FDD (2026) names Gimex Properties Corp., Inc. 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 Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv franchise cost?

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $227,700 – $938,500 and a 2.5% 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 automotive peers.

How much profit does a Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv franchise make?

Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (2.5% of gross for Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv 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 Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv disclose financial performance (Item 19)?

Yes — Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The full report shows the actual revenue figures and how they rank against automotive peers.

Are there lawsuits against Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv?

We do not publish a litigation answer for Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv: 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 Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv a good franchise to buy?

Nobody can answer that from Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against automotive peers, which is what the full report is for. Our read on this filing is medium 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.

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A Tuffy Auto Service Centers/Tuffy Tire & Auto Serv franchise is a $227,700 – $938,500 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 automotive 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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This report compiles and structures publicly filed Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD) data from state franchise registrations. It is not legal, financial, or investment advice, is not affiliated with or endorsed by any franchisor, and does not replace reading the full FDD or consulting a franchise attorney or accountant. All figures are as disclosed by the franchisor in its most recent registered FDD. Item 19 financial performance representations are made at the franchisor’s option and may be absent or limited.