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Spark by Hilton franchise — is it worth it?

Medium risk Growing network

Spark by Hilton is a hotel franchise opportunity within the travel and hospitality sector, requiring an initial investment between $3,251,531 and $5,906,193.

Everything below is free, read straight off Spark by Hilton's registered filing, with where the numbers land against travel & hospitality peers. Weighing Spark by Hilton against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.

Figures above are as disclosed in Spark by Hilton's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640549 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.

Spark by Hilton franchise profit — what the FDD discloses

Plainly: Spark by Hilton 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 Spark by Hilton — any number quoted elsewhere is an estimate, not a disclosure. The absence is itself worth weighing (50% of travel & hospitality franchisors in our corpus do disclose); the fees, litigation and outlet churn Spark by Hilton's FDD does contain are on this page. For brands that put earnings on paper, see Hotel, travel & hospitality franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.

Spark by Hilton lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)

Spark by Hilton'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 Spark by Hilton 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.

Spark by Hilton closures & failure rate

Before you sign, Spark by Hilton 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 Spark by Hilton'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. Spark by Hilton's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 2.2%, against a travel & hospitality median of 4.1% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +119 to 210 in the latest reported year.

Who owns Spark by Hilton?

Spark by Hilton'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 Spark by Hilton 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.

Spark by Hilton franchise — frequently asked