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Camp Jellystone franchise — is it worth it?

Travel & hospitality · FDD-based assessment · registered 2025

Medium risk Stable network

Camp Jellystone is a travel and hospitality franchise with an initial investment ranging from $324,000 to $2,370,000.

Everything below is free, read straight off Camp Jellystone's registered filing. The $99 report is the part a single FDD can't give you: the fee and churn detail, and where every number lands against travel & hospitality peers.

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Total initial investment
$324,000 – $2,370,000
Below the travel & hospitality median · median $3,666,283
Initial franchise fee
$75,000
FDD Item 5
Royalty
4.5%
FDD Item 6
Item 19 earnings
Not disclosed
no franchisor earnings
Litigation (Item 3)
None
none disclosed
Outlet network
78 units
flat last year
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Figures above are as disclosed in Camp Jellystone's most recent FDD (registered 2025). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 639708 — check it yourself. The Item 19 figures, where each number ranks against peers, and the litigation & churn detail are in the full report.

Camp Jellystone franchise profit — what the FDD discloses

Plainly: Camp Jellystone does not disclose franchise profit or revenue. Its most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-backed earnings figure for Camp Jellystone — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (many travel & hospitality franchisors do disclose), and the full report reads the risk signals Camp Jellystone's FDD does contain — fees, litigation, and outlet churn — against peers. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Hotel, travel & hospitality franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.

Camp Jellystone lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Camp Jellystone's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2025) 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.

Camp Jellystone closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Camp Jellystone 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 Camp Jellystone's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a travel & hospitality 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. Camp Jellystone's latest tables show a stable franchised network. The actual closure and termination counts, and how Camp Jellystone's churn ranks against travel & hospitality peers, are in the full report.

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Who owns Camp Jellystone?

Camp Jellystone's franchise is offered by Camp Jellystone, LLC — 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.

Travel & hospitality franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Camp Jellystone 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.

Candlewood Suites$35,000 – $38,000 · Item 19 disclosedCasago$23,000 – $1,287,000The Red Collection$222,875 – $1,611,250Affordable Suites of America$193,100 – $1,765,100 · Item 19 disclosedRestpoint Inn$211,875 – $1,986,445Cobblestone Hotel & Suites$94,999 – $2,351,007 · Item 19 disclosedCobblestone Hotel & Suites$101,999 – $2,382,999 · Item 19 disclosedTrend Hotels$272,500 – $2,947,000SureStay Collection by Best Western®$880,775 – $2,920,725BW Premier Collection;$442,540 – $6,890,025Best Western;$581,925 – $12,658,075CAMP Margaritavilleinvestment not disclosed

Camp Jellystone franchise — frequently asked

Who owns Camp Jellystone — who is the franchisor?

Camp Jellystone's most recently filed FDD (2025) names Camp Jellystone, LLC 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 Camp Jellystone franchise cost?

Camp Jellystone's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $324,000 – $2,370,000, with an initial franchise fee of $75,000 and a 4.5% 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 travel & hospitality peers.

How much profit does a Camp Jellystone franchise make?

Camp Jellystone makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Camp Jellystone at all — and profit would never be disclosed even where earnings are, because it depends on your rent, labor and how you operate. Any profit figure quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure.

Does Camp Jellystone disclose financial performance (Item 19)?

No — Camp Jellystone's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing; the report focuses on the verifiable risk signals instead.

Are there lawsuits against Camp Jellystone?

No — Camp Jellystone's most recently filed FDD (2025) discloses no litigation in Item 3. Franchisors must disclose material litigation involving themselves, their predecessors, parents, affiliates and management, so an empty Item 3 is a genuine signal rather than an omission.

Is Camp Jellystone a good franchise to buy?

Nobody can answer that from Camp Jellystone's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against travel & hospitality 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 (absent from this FDD — and how unusual that is for the category), where every figure ranks against peers, and the specific questions to ask the franchisor before you sign.

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A Camp Jellystone franchise is a $324,000 – $2,370,000 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: what the absent Item 19 earnings imply, and how unusual that absence is for the category, every figure ranked against travel & hospitality 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.