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Kumon franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Growing network
Kumon offers a child services and education franchise with a relatively low initial investment range of $101,630 to $233,780.
Everything below is free, read straight off Kumon's registered filing, with where the numbers land against child services & education peers. Weighing Kumon against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Kumon's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640500 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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Kumon franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: Kumon 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 Kumon — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (63% of child services & education franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Kumon's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Child care & education franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
Kumon lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Kumon'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.
Kumon closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Kumon 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 Kumon's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a child services & education 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. Kumon's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 1.4%, against a child services & education median of 2.5% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +34 to 1,705 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Kumon?
Kumon's franchise is offered by KUMON NORTH AMERICA, INC. — 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.
Child services & education franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Kumon 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.
Kumon franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Kumon — who is the franchisor?
Kumon's most recently filed FDD (2026) names KUMON NORTH AMERICA, INC. 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 Kumon franchise cost?
Kumon's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $101,630 – $233,780, with an initial franchise fee of $2,000 and a 10% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against child services & education peers it sits in the lower quartile (median $134,630).
How much profit does a Kumon franchise make?
Kumon makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for Kumon 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 Kumon disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — Kumon's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 63% of child services & education franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against Kumon?
No — Kumon's most recently filed FDD (2026) 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 Kumon a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Kumon's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against child services & education peers and against your own budget. Our read on this filing is medium 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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