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Skyhawks franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network Item 19 disclosed
Skyhawks offers child services and education franchises with an initial investment ranging from $64,800 to $96,750.
Everything below is free, read straight off Skyhawks's registered filing, with where the numbers land against child services & education peers. Weighing Skyhawks against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in Skyhawks's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 642245 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a Skyhawks franchise make?
Skyhawks 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 $579,376 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 child services & education brand that discloses earnings in the Child care & education franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
Skyhawks 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 Skyhawks's 8% royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a Skyhawks franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "Skyhawks franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure. On $579,376 of revenue, a 8% royalty alone is about $46,350 a year before any other cost.
Skyhawks lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
Skyhawks's most recently filed Franchise Disclosure Document (2026) does disclose 6 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 Skyhawks 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.
Skyhawks closures & failure rate
Before you sign, Skyhawks 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 Skyhawks'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. Skyhawks's latest tables show a shrinking franchised network — more units left than opened. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 1.3%, against a child services & education median of 2.5% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -11 to 65 in the latest reported year.
Who owns Skyhawks?
Skyhawks's franchise is offered by Skyhawks Franchise Group, 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:
Child services & education franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing Skyhawks 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.
Skyhawks franchise — frequently asked
Who owns Skyhawks — who is the franchisor?
Skyhawks's most recently filed FDD (2026) names Skyhawks Franchise Group, 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 Skyhawks. A registry filing names the franchisor, not necessarily its ultimate parent company.
How much does a Skyhawks franchise cost?
Skyhawks's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $64,800 – $96,750 and a 8% 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 upper quartile (median $134,630).
How much profit does a Skyhawks franchise make?
Skyhawks discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties (8% of gross for Skyhawks), the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any Skyhawks franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate. The headline figure Skyhawks discloses is $579,376 in average unit revenue.
Does Skyhawks disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — Skyhawks reports unit-level earnings in Item 19. The headline figure is $579,376 in average unit revenue, as the franchisor states it.
Are there lawsuits against Skyhawks?
Skyhawks's most recently filed FDD (2026) discloses 6 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 Skyhawks itself, and a disclosure is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Is Skyhawks a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from Skyhawks'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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