Franchise Facts Report → franchises under $500K
Franchises under $500K
2,026 brands · total initial investment from each franchisor's FDD (Item 7)
Every franchise whose own disclosure document puts the cost to open at under $500K at the low end — ranked by the strength of what that filing shows: earnings disclosed, network growing, closure rate at or below its category's. 1,133 of them disclose Item 19 earnings.
Get a free shortlistnarrow it to your industry ↓
| # | Franchise | Total investment | Item 19 | Net outlets | Closure rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rolling Suds Home services | $211,150 – $299,250 | $1,939,064 | +70 | 0% |
| 2 | KidStrong Fitness | $476,400 – $671,200 | $621,503 | +35 | 0% |
| 3 | Mountain Mike's Pizza Restaurants Quick-service restaurant | $356,000 – $993,946 | $1,009,266 | +22 | 0.7% |
| 4 | Scenthound Pet services | $322,999 – $553,269 | $461,041 | +31 | 0.9% |
| 5 | TruBlue Home Service Ally Home services | $70,050 – $96,400 | $438,095 | +31 | 2.9% |
| 6 | bb.q Chicken Quick-service restaurant | $497,000 – $1,060,000 | $1,075,133 | +22 | 2.9% |
| 7 | My Salon Suite Beauty & personal care | $66,490 – $312,685 | $454,838 | +18 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Medi-Weightloss Business Health & wellness | $257,750 – $490,860 | $909,125 | +30 | 1.1% |
| 9 | Tropical Smoothie Cafe | $300,000 – $720,500 | ✓ | +174 | 0.4% |
| 10 | barre3 Fitness | $423,925 – $754,350 | $433,000 | +25 | 0.8% |
| 11 | Bar-B-Clean Home services | $78,200 – $99,120 | $589,047 | +29 | 3.9% |
| 12 | DRYmedic Cleaning & restoration | $196,325 – $318,860 | $505,438 | +27 | 4.5% |
| 13 | Assisting Hands (Unit) Senior & home care | $96,850 – $180,000 | $7,297,979 | +18 | 1.1% |
| 14 | Bodybar Fitness | $431,425 – $756,035 | $766,821 | +27 | 0% |
| 15 | Once Upon A Child Retail | $355,700 – $485,900 | $1,268,984 | +11 | 0.5% |
| 16 | Fleet Feet Retail | $228,500 – $545,000 | $1,696,642 | +16 | 0.6% |
| 17 | McAlister's Deli Quick-service restaurant | $500,000 – $1,000,000 | $1,868,101 | +9 | 1.7% |
| 18 | Bubbakoo's Burritos Quick-service restaurant | $356,000 – $757,000 | $938,646 | +17 | 0.8% |
| 19 | Comfort Keepers Senior & home care | $119,560 – $190,700 | $3,852,836 | +41 | 0.2% |
| 20 | First Choice Business Brokers Business services | $72,600 – $99,500 | $210,836 | +15 | 1.8% |
| 21 | Made in the Shade Home services | $78,000 – $107,700 | $496,655 | +14 | 4.3% |
| 22 | Any Lab Test Now Health & wellness | $183,400 – $318,400 | $137,230 | +10 | 0.4% |
| 23 | Fastsigns Business services | $231,225 – $386,285 | $1,088,585 | +5 | 1.6% |
| 24 | Play It Again Sports Retail | $346,300 – $459,700 | $1,172,630 | +7 | 0.3% |
| 25 | FiiZ Drinks Food & beverage | $249,500 – $774,500 | $713,636 | +15 | 2.1% |
| 26 | Stand Strong Fencing Home services | $160,181 – $241,071 | $1,293,473 | +116 | — |
| 27 | Hoe In The Wall Home services | $87,000 – $132,800 | $142,565 | +22 | 0% |
| 28 | Lil' Kickers Child services & education | $24,450 – $64,785 | $418,546 | +11 | 2.4% |
| 29 | Jan-Pro Commercial Cleaning Cleaning & restoration | $3,433 – $65,270 | $24,000 | +472 | 11.7% |
| 30 | CruiseOne Travel & hospitality | $2,290 – $20,695 | $511,424 | +339 | 5.9% |
| 31 | Buildingstars Cleaning & restoration | $113,700 – $287,500 | $17,517,727 | +165 | 15.5% |
| 32 | Robeks Food & beverage | $325,390 – $505,742 | $700,380 | +10 | 3.3% |
| 33 | Just Love Coffee & Café Food & beverage | $482,500 – $743,000 | $614,229 | +15 | 0% |
| 34 | 2nd Family Senior & home care | $119,825 – $217,500 | $705,597 | +19 | 0% |
| 35 | Paramount Tax & Accounting Business services | $71,200 – $166,000 | $541,107 | +9 | 0% |
| 36 | Prime Iv Hydration & Wellness (Unit) | $3,500 – $18,000 | ✓ | +58 | 1.3% |
| 37 | That 1 Painter Home services | $96,500 – $137,000 | ✓ | +44 | 3.7% |
| 38 | FirstLight Home Care Senior & home care | $151,425 – $256,380 | $1,545,696 | +46 | — |
| 39 | Color Me Mine | $180,000 – $437,700 | $478,776 | +7 | 0% |
| 40 | Outdoor Lighting Perspectives Home services | $180,700 – $226,500 | $770,468 | +6 | 1.5% |
| 41 | Set The Stage Home services | $204,150 – $261,345 | $679,723 | +65 | — |
| 42 | HomeSmiles Home services | $152,750 – $201,080 | $369,617 | +71 | — |
| 43 | TeamLogic IT Business services | $115,742 – $150,806 | ✓ | +33 | 1.6% |
| 44 | CRS Packout Cleaning & restoration | $201,300 – $422,700 | $537,713 | +39 | 2.7% |
| 45 | The C12 Group Business services | $37,700 – $68,200 | $50,397,940 | +7 | 0% |
| 46 | Burn Boot Camp Fitness | $291,145 – $678,003 | ✓ | +30 | 1.1% |
| 47 | Club Pilates | $385,048 – $839,058 | ✓ | +161 | 0.6% |
| 48 | Tommy's Express | $25,406 – $902,291 | ✓ | +43 | 0% |
| 49 | Lawn Squad Home services | $93,930 – $132,766 | $1,246,935 | +12 | 0% |
| 50 | WaveMAX Coin Laundry | $351,455 – $1,515,350 | $410,987 | +7 | 2.3% |
| 51 | Superior Fence & Rail Home services | $134,400 – $278,800 | $1,855,741 | +27 | — |
| 52 | Screenmobile Home services | $148,049 – $209,592 | $483,885 | +4 | 1.5% |
| 53 | CMIT Solutions Business services | $106,450 – $159,450 | $516,821 | +25 | — |
| 54 | Hotworx | $121,510 – $194,000 | ✓ | +85 | 0.1% |
| 55 | Garage Force Home services | $132,900 – $200,600 | $627,430 | +74 | 7% |
| 56 | Fred Astaire Dance Studios Fitness | $298,000 – $665,000 | ✓ | +24 | 1.1% |
| 57 | Phenix Salon Suites Beauty & personal care | $15,000 – $15,000 | $448,801 | +2 | 1.1% |
| 58 | ar workshop | $71,449 – $125,666 | ✓ | +34 | 1% |
| 59 | Take 5 | $46,000 – $342,500 | ✓ | +107 | 0.3% |
| 60 | Mr. Clean Car Wash | $73,000 – $73,000 | ✓ | +23 | 0.9% |
| 61 | Tide Cleaners | $73,000 – $73,000 | ✓ | +23 | 0.9% |
| 62 | Velox Valuations | $35,800 – $60,200 | $138,930 | +10 | 0% |
| 63 | CareBuilders At Home Senior & home care | $110,700 – $166,500 | $1,909,010 | +6 | 0% |
| 64 | Panera Bread Bakery-Cafe Quick-service restaurant | $498,306 – $4,569,880 | $2,541,217 | +1 | 2.9% |
| 65 | The Maids Cleaning & restoration | $117,720 – $141,200 | $1,184,666 | +9 | 1.8% |
| 66 | Aire Serv Home services | $113,808 – $271,708 | $1,561,361 | +21 | — |
| 67 | Mr. Duct Cleaner Home services | $108,800 – $168,855 | $449,907 | +7 | 0% |
| 68 | HomeTeam Inspection Service Home services | $42,600 – $59,300 | $69,047 | +2 | 5.1% |
| 69 | Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa Health & wellness | $320,891 – $864,729 | $2,281,726 | +20 | 0.2% |
| 70 | All County Real estate | $87,450 – $119,900 | $423,174 | +3 | 0% |
| 71 | G6 Hospitality Travel & hospitality | $200,000 – $9,700,000 | ✓ | +17 | 1.4% |
| 72 | Hydrate IV Bar Health & wellness | $347,050 – $577,600 | $655,781 | +6 | 0% |
| 73 | Plato's Closet Retail | $355,700 – $467,900 | $1,307,875 | +11 | — |
| 74 | Togo's® Quick-service restaurant | $451,625 – $653,000 | $738,551 | +2 | 1.3% |
| 75 | The Entrepreneur's Source Business services | $114,350 – $133,550 | $112,098 | +26 | 2.5% |
| 76 | Fitness Machine Technicians FMT | $65,950 – $127,990 | $489,562 | +2 | 2.3% |
| 77 | Pelican's SnoBalls Food & beverage | $81,750 – $230,800 | $148,484 | +9 | 0.5% |
| 78 | The Junkluggers Home services | $96,010 – $359,160 | ✓ | +18 | 4.8% |
| 79 | Pink's Window Services Home services | $128,000 – $182,500 | ✓ | +117 | 2.2% |
| 80 | NTV 360 | $50,150 – $114,405 | $293,219 | +37 | — |
| 81 | HOMEstretch Home services | $104,000 – $216,850 | ✓ | +97 | 4.5% |
| 82 | Roll Em Up Taquitos Quick-service restaurant | $232,800 – $1,003,500 | $1,204,805 | +7 | 0% |
| 83 | HFC KTU LLC (Kitchen Tune Up) Home services | $129,930 – $188,850 | $503,133 | +24 | 4.3% |
| 84 | PatchMaster Home services | $124,575 – $159,575 | $319,869 | +51 | 8.5% |
| 85 | senior's choice the seniors choice | $64,000 – $68,500 | $74,104 | +2 | 0% |
| 86 | Challenge Island Child services & education | $58,465 – $74,050 | $169,522 | +9 | 0% |
| 87 | Pet Suplies Plus | $493,170 – $1,804,900 | ✓ | +55 | 1.1% |
| 88 | P3 Cost Analysts Business services | $67,075 – $82,675 | $120,513 | +3 | 0% |
| 89 | Hear Again America Health & wellness | $257,100 – $388,450 | $7,497,867 | +6 | 0% |
| 90 | Sourdough and Co. Quick-service restaurant | $330,000 – $589,025 | ✓ | +19 | 1.3% |
| 91 | Sir Grout Home services | $128,175 – $198,520 | $622,650 | +20 | — |
| 92 | Pizza Guys Quick-service restaurant | $200,100 – $424,050 | $1,065,020 | +2 | 2.7% |
| 93 | Dumpster Dudez | $358,000 – $439,000 | ✓ | +23 | 3.2% |
| 94 | Stemtree Child services & education | $90,700 – $195,300 | $532,573 | +4 | 0% |
| 95 | Benjamin Franklin Plumbing Home services | $143,273 – $286,702 | $656,635 | +46 | 2.3% |
| 96 | Top Rail Home services | $177,444 – $333,944 | $1,029,064 | +21 | 3% |
| 97 | Pestmaster Home services | $92,850 – $208,600 | ✓ | +18 | 0% |
| 98 | BMCC Franchise System Automotive | $111,683 – $339,815 | $489,914 | +5 | 0% |
| 99 | ERA Group Business services | $76,000 – $105,900 | $388,180 | +35 | 5% |
| 100 | theCoderSchool Child services & education | $77,700 – $193,950 | $329,852 | +2 | 1.8% |
| 101 | Richard's Painting Home services | $60,150 – $117,500 | $1,189,625 | +3 | 0% |
| 102 | Assisting Hands Home Care Senior & home care | $98,050 – $181,200 | $6,857,354 | +30 | 2.5% |
| 103 | Tutu School Child services & education | $124,000 – $272,000 | $180,797 | +14 | — |
| 104 | Sugaring NYC Beauty & personal care | $133,750 – $215,700 | $436,456 | +52 | 4.2% |
| 105 | Children's Art Classes Child services & education | $149,268 – $294,110 | ✓ | +24 | 0% |
| 106 | Papa Johns Pizza Quick-service restaurant | $281,485 – $890,267 | $1,097,987 | +80 | 3% |
| 107 | The Now | $476,459 – $813,109 | ✓ | +21 | 0% |
| 108 | Waterloo Turf Home services | $121,300 – $162,500 | $1,084,016 | +26 | — |
| 109 | Fleet Feet | $228,500 – $545,000 | ✓ | +9 | 0.5% |
| 110 | Rumble Fitness | $405,600 – $3,381,333 | ✓ | +21 | 0% |
| 111 | Vertica Fitness Fitness | $198,000 – $348,775 | $583,195 | +4 | 0% |
| 112 | Mr. Electric Home services | $159,500 – $357,425 | $514,894 | +25 | 6.6% |
| 113 | Bumble Bee Blinds Home services | $164,743 – $210,778 | ✓ | +98 | — |
| 114 | Pest Hunters-Mosquito Hunters-Humbug Holiday Lighting Home services | $117,570 – $139,743 | ✓ | +10 | 3% |
| 115 | Bloomin' Blinds Home services | $129,100 – $245,500 | $577,018 | +32 | 10.1% |
| 116 | Haagen-Dazs Shop Food & beverage | $213,329 – $591,579 | ✓ | +8 | 1.4% |
| 117 | Conserva Irrigation Home services | $125,800 – $159,500 | $773,337 | +8 | — |
| 118 | Kilwins | $295,414 – $513,484 | ✓ | +9 | 3.1% |
| 119 | Rhea Lana's Franchise Systems Retail | $28,675 – $45,900 | $16,083 | +11 | — |
| 120 | Nick the Greek Quick-service restaurant | $417,750 – $875,500 | $1,578,875 | +12 | — |
| 121 | Arthur Murray Dance Studio | $71,120 – $252,120 | ✓ | +7 | 1.7% |
| 122 | Stratus Building Solutions Cleaning & restoration | $6,400 – $80,425 | ✓ | +557 | 10.2% |
| 123 | West Coast Sourdough (Unit) | $297,000 – $442,000 | ✓ | +14 | 0% |
| 124 | Team Up Athletics | $61,500 – $129,500 | $1,096,300 | +15 | — |
| 125 | Window Hero | $133,644 – $293,944 | ✓ | +16 | 0% |
| 126 | Canine Dimensions Pet services | $70,950 – $79,750 | $158,196 | +2 | 0% |
| 127 | Fed Up Kitchen Food & beverage | $170,500 – $511,250 | $334,550 | +4 | 0% |
| 128 | Amazing Lash Studio | $224,659 – $482,528 | ✓ | +33 | 2.9% |
| 129 | JunkCo+ Home services | $227,760 – $337,760 | $815,528 | +20 | — |
| 130 | Biggby Coffee Food & beverage | $242,200 – $973,000 | ✓ | +41 | — |
| 131 | Exercise Coach Fitness | $302,735 – $548,869 | ✓ | +6 | 2.4% |
| 132 | Complete Weddings + Events | $68,800 – $80,750 | ✓ | +10 | 1.5% |
| 133 | Assisting Hands Home Care Area Representative Senior & home care | $177,300 – $590,150 | $129,765 | +2 | 0% |
| 134 | Puddle Pool Services USA Home services | $101,800 – $135,700 | $1,664,617 | +42 | 100% |
| 135 | Face Foundrie Beauty & personal care | $365,370 – $621,800 | ✓ | +11 | 0% |
| 136 | Lefab Food & beverage | $193,000 – $441,000 | $373,707 | +2 | 0% |
| 137 | Toppers Pizza Quick-service restaurant | $420,700 – $732,684 | $958,503 | +11 | — |
| 138 | RockBox Fitness Fitness | $374,624 – $491,275 | ✓ | +12 | 2.8% |
| 139 | IV Nutrition Health & wellness | $201,075 – $583,175 | $665,127 | +8 | 0% |
| 140 | Castle Rock Hormone Health Health & wellness | $296,499 – $460,000 | $2,687,395 | +3 | 0% |
| 141 | Insulation Commandos Home services | $220,350 – $514,750 | $712,136 | +30 | 6.3% |
| 142 | Wild Birds Unlimited Retail | $231,635 – $376,392 | ✓ | +4 | 0.3% |
| 143 | Archadeck Outdoor Living Home services | $215,400 – $239,300 | $1,673,607 | +7 | — |
| 144 | 100% Chiropractic Health & wellness | $423,742 – $866,080 | $780,447 | +22 | 2.2% |
| 145 | Next Day Access Home services | $194,500 – $412,900 | $1,343,254 | +41 | — |
| 146 | Antioch Pizza Shop Food & beverage | $232,650 – $756,525 | $2,980,425 | +2 | 0% |
| 147 | Great Clips | $14,000 – $46,000 | ✓ | +12 | 2.3% |
| 148 | Squeegee Squad Home services | $69,525 – $263,550 | $95,262 | +13 | 2.9% |
| 149 | Prime IV Hydration (Unit) | $3,500 – $5,000 | ✓ | +15 | 0% |
| 150 | MD Hyperbaric Health & wellness | $133,050 – $521,700 | $872,113 | +3 | 0% |
Item 19 column: headline average unit revenue where the franchisor discloses one and it machine-read cleanly, ✓ where it discloses but the figure did not read, “none” where the FDD makes no earnings representation. “—” means not disclosed or not machine-read — never an estimate. Showing the strongest 150 of 2,026; the category pages list every brand.
Free · no obligation
Narrow 2,026 franchises to your shortlist
Pick the industries you're open to and your state. We'll send the 5–10 that fit best, ranked on their own FDDs.
By industry, under $500K
| Industry | Brands under $500K |
|---|---|
| Food & beverage | 316 |
| Home services | 242 |
| Quick-service restaurant | 189 |
| Fitness | 108 |
| Business services | 91 |
| Child services & education | 89 |
Franchises under $500K — frequently asked
What franchises can I open for under $500K?
2,026 franchises in our FDD corpus have a total initial investment that starts under $500K (FDD Item 7, low end of the franchisor's estimate). Ranked by the strength of their disclosure record, Rolling Suds leads the list. The high end of each range can be well above the low end, so check the full range for each brand.
Which franchises under $500K disclose earnings?
1,133 of the 2,026 make an Item 19 financial performance representation — franchisor-disclosed unit earnings, not estimates. They are ranked first in the table on this page.
Does the investment figure include the franchise fee?
Yes. The Item 7 total initial investment includes the initial franchise fee plus build-out, equipment, opening inventory and working capital for the first months, as the franchisor estimates them.
Other budgets
Franchises under $50K · Franchises under $100K · Franchises under $150K · Franchises under $250K
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.