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Retail franchises — the FDD facts
Every retail franchise in our corpus, on the numbers their own FDDs put on record — what it costs to open, whether the franchisor discloses earnings, how many outlets close, and the risk signals. Not marketing copy.
| Franchise | Total investment | Item 19 | Closure rate | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Monkeys Smoke Shop | 3monkeys | $156,250 – $202,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Aldea Home & Baby | $491,050 – $789,750 | — | — | Medium |
| AMain Performance Hobbies | Hobby Town USA | HobbyTown | HobbyTown USA | $323,000 – $587,500 | ✓ | 6.4% | Medium |
| Animal World | $57,600 – $75,800 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Apricot Lane | — | ✓ | 8.3% | Medium |
| Bearfruit | $231,200 – $515,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Bella Bridesmaids | — | ✓ | 21.8% | Medium |
| Big Frog | $161,109 – $319,684 | ✓ | 3.9% | Medium |
| Bobbles & Lace | $163,175 – $300,000 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| BoConcept | $420,900 – $877,500 | — | — | Medium |
| BoxDrop | $64,000 – $202,400 | — | 6.9% | Medium |
| Bricks and Minifigs | $120,120 – $282,575 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Cartridge World | $75,150 – $106,800 | — | 7.4% | Medium |
| Children's Orchard | $212,500 – $326,500 | — | 10% | High |
| Clothes Mentor | $272,000 – $395,500 | ✓ | 1.6% | Medium |
| Coast Supply Co. | $213,500 – $365,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Crown Trophy | Crown Trophy | $168,150 – $199,200 | — | 0.7% | Medium |
| DaaBIN Store | $161,750 – $276,000 | ✓ | 83.3% | Medium |
| Do It Best | $852,500 – $1,580,500 | — | — | High |
| Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs | $115,111 – $222,931 | ✓ | 10.6% | High |
| Fastframe | $135,325 – $246,663 | — | 2.5% | High |
| Fleet Feet | $228,500 – $545,000 | ✓ | 0.5% | Medium |
| Fleet Feet, Fleet Feet Triathlete | $228,500 – $545,000 | ✓ | 0.6% | Low |
| Flip Flop Shops | — | ✓ | 23.6% | Medium |
| FRENCH FLORIST | French Florist® | $140,500 – $351,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Game Castle | $198,900 – $442,400 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Goldmember, LLC (Crown Gold Exchange) | $100,158 – $193,900 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Hex Newco | $170,000 – $267,700 | — | 22.4% | High |
| iFixandRepair | — | — | 4.5% | Medium |
| Instant Imprints - Area Rep Program | $82,800 – $96,500 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Kid to Kid® | $60,000 – $120,000 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Learning Express | — | ✓ | 1.2% | Medium |
| Mainstream Boutique | Mainstream Boutique® | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| McColla Enterprises, Ltd. (Area Rep) | $530,300 – $579,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Metal Supermarkets | Metal Supermarkets Franchising America | $350,500 – $612,500 | ✓ | 2.4% | Medium |
| Miniso | $320,800 – $467,500 | — | 28.6% | Medium |
| Music Go Round | $309,300 – $394,800 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Once Upon a Child | Once Upon A Child® | $287,800 – $420,800 | ✓ | 0.2% | Medium |
| OTA Healthmate | $59,000 – $156,000 | — | 21.7% | High |
| PayMore | $139,250 – $266,500 | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Plato's Closet | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Play It Again Sports | $314,300 – $420,800 | ✓ | 0.4% | Medium |
| Pro Image Sports | $110,250 – $614,500 | ✓ | 4.2% | Low |
| Real Deals on Home Decor | $141,350 – $229,350 | ✓ | 0% | Low |
| Relax The Back | $190,250 – $392,310 | ✓ | 3.7% | Medium |
| Rhea Lana's Franchise Systems | $28,675 – $45,900 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Sea Love | $108,850 – $281,350 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Season 2 | $188,559 – $276,059 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Smoker's Destiny Smoke Shop | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Snooze Mattress Co. | $197,350 – $483,600 | — | 100% | Medium |
| Soccer Post | $201,100 – $345,500 | — | — | Medium |
| StonePeak Ceramics | $142,852 – $583,475 | — | — | Medium |
| Street Corner Urban Market | $128,199 – $575,699 | — | — | High |
| Style Encore | $274,800 – $415,300 | ✓ | 5.6% | Medium |
| Tempur Franchising U.S. | — | — | — | Medium |
| The Closet Trading Company | $137,400 – $350,300 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| The Great Frame Up | $46,795 – $113,682 | — | 3.6% | Medium |
| The UPS Store Non-Traditional | — | — | 0.8% | High |
| Tile Liquidators | $79,700 – $167,200 | — | 18.2% | Medium |
| True Society | $221,000 – $600,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Uptown Cheapskate | — | ✓ | 0% | Medium |
| Wild Birds Unlimited | $224,273 – $379,309 | ✓ | 0.3% | Low |
| Woodcraft | — | — | — | Medium |
| Zagg | $49,000 – $109,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
Figures as disclosed in each brand's most recent registered FDD. “—” means the FDD does not disclose it or the table did not parse cleanly — never an estimate. Tap any brand for the full breakdown. New to the term? What is Item 19? — the earnings disclosure, in plain English.
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Retail franchises — frequently asked
What is the best retail franchise?
"Best" is a claim the FDD numbers have to back: we rank retail brands that disclose Item 19 earnings AND beat the category's median closure rate. Bobbles & Lace currently tops that list with a 0% franchised-outlet closure rate; 13 retail brands qualify. See Best Retail franchises by the FDD numbers.
How much does a retail franchise cost?
The median total initial investment across the 64 retail franchises we track is $257,750 (FDD Item 7); individual brands range widely — the table on this page shows each one. The lowest-cost brands are ranked in Cheapest Retail franchises to open.
Which retail franchises disclose earnings?
38 of 64 retail franchises (59%) make an Item 19 financial performance representation in their most recent FDD — franchisor-disclosed unit earnings, not estimates. See Retail franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
What is the failure rate of retail franchises?
Across the 38 retail brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 3.7% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 19 of the 52 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.
The full report on any retail brand: risk level, actual Item 19 earnings (where disclosed), every figure ranked against retail peers, litigation and churn detail.
One sponsored slot per category, and it's data-gated: a brand must disclose Item 19 earnings and beat the category's median closure rate to hold it. Sponsorship is always labeled and never changes a ranking, a risk read, or a report — the data on this site is not for sale. Franchisor inquiries: [email protected].