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WSI Business franchise — is it worth it?
Medium risk Shrinking network Item 19 disclosed
WSI Business offers business services with a relatively low initial investment for a franchise.
Everything below is free, read straight off WSI Business's registered filing, with where the numbers land against business services peers. Weighing WSI Business against other options? Get a free shortlist of franchises that fit your budget.
Figures above are as disclosed in WSI Business's most recent FDD (registered 2026). Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Financial Institutions — Franchise Registration · filing 641833 — check it yourself. See every other Wisconsin-registered franchise.
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How much does a WSI Business franchise make?
WSI Business 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 business services brand that discloses earnings in the Business services franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings ranking.
WSI Business 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 the royalty, the ad fund, rent, payroll, supplies and debt service. No FDD tells you a WSI Business franchise's profit, because profit depends on your site, your rent and how you run it — so treat any "WSI Business franchise profit" figure quoted elsewhere as someone's estimate, not a disclosure.
WSI Business lawsuits & legal history (FDD Item 3)
WSI Business'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.
WSI Business closures & failure rate
Before you sign, WSI Business 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 WSI Business's most recent filing shows, and whether it's normal for a business services 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. WSI Business'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 5.2%, against a business services median of 3.3% — worse than the category. Net franchised outlets moved -1 to 153 in the latest reported year.
Who owns WSI Business?
WSI Business's franchise is offered by NATIONAL INTERNET CORPORATION — 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.
Business services franchises at a similar investment level
Anyone weighing WSI Business 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.
WSI Business franchise — frequently asked
Who owns WSI Business — who is the franchisor?
WSI Business's most recently filed FDD (2026) names NATIONAL INTERNET CORPORATION 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 WSI Business franchise cost?
WSI Business's most recently filed FDD (Item 7) puts the total estimated initial investment at $75,900 – $107,100, with an initial franchise fee of $64,700. That price is the franchisor's own estimate of what it takes to open, not a quote. Against business services peers it sits in the upper quartile (median $103,290).
How much profit does a WSI Business franchise make?
WSI Business discloses unit earnings in Item 19, but that figure is revenue — sales — not profit. Royalties, the ad fund, rent, payroll and supplies all come out of it, and no FDD discloses what an owner nets. Any WSI Business franchise profit number quoted elsewhere is an estimate.
Does WSI Business disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
Yes — WSI Business 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 WSI Business?
No — WSI Business'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 WSI Business a good franchise to buy?
Nobody can answer that from WSI Business's numbers alone — it comes down to how its investment, earnings, litigation and franchisee churn stack up against business services 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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