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Hilton Garden Inn franchise — is it worth it?
Low risk Growing network Item 19 disclosed
Hilton Garden Inn is a well-established brand in the travel and hospitality sector, demonstrating consistent network growth and providing detailed financial performance representations.
Everything below is free, read straight off Hilton Garden Inn's registered filing, with where the numbers land against travel & hospitality peers. Weighing Hilton Garden Inn against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Hilton Garden Inn's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640541 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a Hilton Garden Inn franchise make?
Hilton Garden Inn 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 travel & hospitality brand that discloses earnings in the Hotel, travel & hospitality franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Hilton Garden Inn 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 Hilton Garden Inn's 5.5% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Hilton Garden Inn franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Hilton Garden Inn franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.
Hilton Garden Inn lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Hilton Garden Inn's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) does disclose legal proceedings in Item 3 . Item 3 is the item where a franchisor must put its material legal history on the record. Two things it is not: it covers the franchisor and its predecessors, parents and affiliates, so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Hilton Garden Inn itself; and a disclosure is a fact, not a finding of wrongdoing — most entries are contract disputes with former franchisees, which every large system accumulates. Item 3 of the source FDD describes each case.
Hilton Garden Inn closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Hilton Garden Inn 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 Hilton Garden Inn'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. Hilton Garden Inn's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 0.1%, against a travel & hospitality median of 4.1% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +9 to 759 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Hilton Garden Inn?
Hilton Garden Inn's franchise is offered by Hilton Franchise Holding 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. The same franchisor files separate FDDs for other brands, which is worth knowing — sibling brands share a franchise-support organization but disclose their own numbers:
Travel & hospitality franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Hilton Garden Inn 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.
Hilton Garden Inn franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Hilton Garden Inn — who is the franchisor?
Hilton Garden Inn's most recently filed FDD (2026) names Hilton Franchise Holding LLC as the franchisor — the entity you would actually sign the franchise agreement with, as stated on the disclosure document itself. The same franchisor also files FDDs for Apartment Collection by Hilton, Canopy and, Curio - A Collection by Hilton, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites Hotels, Graduate by Hilton, Hampton Inn;, Home2 Suites by Hilton, Homewood Suites by Hilton, LivSmart Studios by Hilton, LXR Hotels & Resorts, Motto by Hilton, Outset Collection by Hilton, Spark by Hilton, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Tempo by Hilton, Tru by Hilton, Undergraduate by Hilton. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Hilton Garden Inn franchise cost?
Hilton Garden Inn's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $25,499,320 – $37,352,033 and a 5.5% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against travel & hospitality peers it sits in the bottom quartile (median $3,332,700).
How much profit does a Hilton Garden Inn franchise make?
Hilton Garden Inn discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (5.5% of gross for Hilton Garden Inn), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Hilton Garden Inn franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate.
Does Hilton Garden Inn disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Hilton Garden Inn reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure did not machine-read cleanly, so check Item 19 of the source FDD for the numbers.
Are there lawsuits against Hilton Garden Inn?
Hilton Garden Inn's most recently filed FDD (2026) discloses legal proceedings in Item 3. Item 3 covers the franchisor, its predecessors, parents and affiliates — so a disclosed case is not necessarily a suit against Hilton Garden Inn itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Is Hilton Garden Inn a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Hilton Garden Inn's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against travel & hospitality peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is low risk. Every figure behind that read is on this page for free. If you're comparing options, the free shortlist on this page matches you with 5–10 franchises that fit your budget and industry.
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