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Apex Fun Run franchise — is it worth it?

Low risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

What Apex Fun Run's most recent Franchise Disclosure Document says about the money, the litigation, and the franchisee churn — before you wire a five- or six-figure franchise fee.

Everything below is free, read straight off Apex Fun Run's registered filing, with where the numbers land against category peers. Weighing Apex Fun Run against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Apex Fun Run's most recent FDD (registered 2024). Source: Minnesota Dept. of Commerce — CARDS franchise registrations · filing 32495-202410-07 — check it yourself. See every other Minnesota-registered franchise.

How much does a Apex Fun Run franchise make?

Apex Fun Run 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 did not machine-read cleanly from this filing, so we don't print one; Item 19 of the source FDD has the tables. See every other brand that discloses earnings in the Other franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Apex Fun Run 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 Apex Fun Run's 6% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Apex Fun Run franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Apex Fun Run franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.

Apex Fun Run lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Apex Fun Run's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024) 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.

Apex Fun Run closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Apex Fun Run 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 Apex Fun Run's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a franchise 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. Apex Fun Run's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 4.8%. Net franchised outlets moved +4 to 108 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Apex Fun Run?

Apex Fun Run's franchise is offered by APEX LEADERSHIP FRANCHISING, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2024), and the entity a franchisee actually signs with. That name comes straight off the filing at MN CARDS; it identifies the franchisor, not necessarily the ultimate parent company behind it.

Franchises at a similar investment level at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Apex Fun Run 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.

Apex Fun Run franchise — frequently asked