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Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change franchise — is it worth it?

Medium risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

Valvoline Instant Oil Change is an automotive service brand with a substantial footprint and a strong growth trajectory.

Everything below is free, read straight off Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change's registered filing, with where the numbers land against automotive peers. Weighing Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change's most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640069 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.

How much does a Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change franchise make?

Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change 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 is $1,653,141 in average unit revenue — read it alongside what Item 19 says about which units it covers (often only mature or top-performing locations). See every automotive brand that discloses earnings in the Automotive franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change 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 Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change's 4% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $1,653,141 of revenue, a 4% royalty alone is about $66,126 a year before any other cost.

Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) does disclose 2 legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. 1 of those proceedings were brought by franchisees against the franchisor — the split that actually matters, because franchisees suing their franchisor is the signal a buyer is looking for. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.

Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change 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 Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change'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. Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 0.1%, against a automotive median of 2.5% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +101 to 1,063 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change?

Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change's franchise is offered by Valvoline Instant Oil Change Franchising, Inc. — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025), 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 Valvoline Instant Oil Change; Instant Oil Change 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.

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