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ECHO Suites franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Growing network
ECHO Suites Extended Stay by Wyndham is a new hotel franchise with 18 outlets, experiencing rapid growth with 13 net new locations last year.
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Figures above are as disclosed in ECHO Suites's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 640639 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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ECHO Suites franchise profit — what the FDD discloses
Plainly: ECHO Suites 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 ECHO Suites — 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 ECHO Suites'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.
ECHO Suites lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
ECHO Suites'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.
ECHO Suites closures & failure rate
Before you sign, ECHO Suites 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 ECHO Suites'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. ECHO Suites's latest tables show a growing franchised network. Its franchised-outlet closure rate — closures, terminations and non-renewals against outlets — is 0%, against a travel & hospitality median of 4.1% — at or better than the category. Net franchised outlets moved +13 to 18 in the latest reported year.
Who owns ECHO Suites?
ECHO Suites's franchise is offered by WHR Extended Stay, 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 travel & hospitality franchises
Anyone weighing ECHO Suites 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.
ECHO Suites franchise — frequently asked
Who owns ECHO Suites — who is the franchisor?
ECHO Suites's most recently filed FDD (2026) names WHR Extended Stay, LLC 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 ECHO Suites franchise cost?
ECHO Suites's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at a range disclosed in Item 7 and a 5% royalty. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote.
How much profit does a ECHO Suites franchise make?
ECHO Suites makes no Item 19 financial performance representation, so there is no franchisor-disclosed revenue or profit figure for ECHO Suites 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 ECHO Suites disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
No — ECHO Suites's most recent FDD makes no Item 19 financial performance representation. Its absence is worth weighing: 50% of travel & hospitality franchisors in our corpus do disclose.
Are there lawsuits against ECHO Suites?
No — ECHO Suites'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 ECHO Suites a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from ECHO Suites'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 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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