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Fastest Labs franchise — is it worth it?

Low risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed

Fastest Labs operates in the 'Other' category, with a disclosed Item 19 showing an affiliate location generating over $570,000 in gross revenue and $150,000 in operating profit.

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Figures above are as disclosed in Fastest Labs's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641125 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.

How much does a Fastest Labs franchise make?

Fastest Labs 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 $570,450 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 other brand that discloses earnings in the Other franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.

Fastest Labs 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 Fastest Labs's 7% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Fastest Labs franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Fastest Labs franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $570,450 of revenue, a 7% royalty alone is about $39,932 a year before any other cost.

Fastest Labs lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Fastest Labs's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) 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.

Fastest Labs closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Fastest Labs 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 Fastest Labs's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a other 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. Fastest Labs's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 3.9%. Net franchised outlets moved +14 to 243 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Fastest Labs?

Fastest Labs's franchise is offered by Fas-Tes Franchise Systems, LLC — the franchisor named on the cover of its most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026), 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.

Other franchises at a similar investment level

Anyone weighing Fastest Labs 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.

Fastest Labs franchise — frequently asked