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Retail franchises — the FDD facts
Every retail franchise in our corpus, on the numbers their own FDDs put on record — what it costs to open, whether the franchisor discloses earnings, how many outlets close, and the risk signals. Not marketing copy.
| Franchise | Total investment | Item 19 | Closure rate | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Monkeys Smoke Shop | $156,250 – $202,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Adam & Eve | $180,340 – $376,010 | ✓ | 8.4% | Medium |
| Aldea Home & Baby | $491,050 – $789,750 | — | — | Medium |
| Animal World | $57,600 – $75,800 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Apricot Lane | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Batteries Plus | $284,786 – $536,636 | ✓ | 3% | Medium |
| Bearfruit | $231,200 – $515,000 | — | — | Medium |
| Bella Bridesmaids | — | ✓ | 21.8% | Medium |
| Big Frog Custom T-Shirts | $157,952 – $375,768 | ✓ | 11% | High |
| Bobbles & Lace | $163,175 – $300,000 | ✓ | 13.3% | Low |
| BoConcept | $420,900 – $877,500 | — | — | Medium |
| BoxDrop | $25,000 – $44,500 | — | 40.2% | High |
| Bricks & Minifigs | $303,500 – $597,500 | — | 1.9% | Medium |
| Cartridge World | $75,150 – $106,800 | — | 7.4% | Medium |
| Children's Orchard | $226,700 – $335,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Clothes Mentor | $308,000 – $431,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Coast Supply Co. | $213,500 – $365,500 | ✓ | — | Low |
| CPR - Cell Phone Repair (Unit) | — | ✓ | 8.2% | High |
| Crown Trophy | $168,150 – $199,200 | — | 3.1% | Medium |
| DaaBIN Store | $161,750 – $276,000 | ✓ | 83.3% | Medium |
| Do It Best | $852,500 – $1,580,500 | — | — | High |
| Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs | $115,111 – $222,931 | ✓ | 10.6% | High |
| Fastframe | $135,325 – $246,663 | — | 2.5% | High |
| Fleet Feet | $228,500 – $545,000 | ✓ | 0.6% | Low |
| Flip Flop Shops | — | ✓ | 23.6% | Medium |
| Floors To Go | $23,050 – $61,900 | — | 2.7% | Medium |
| French Florist | $242,675 – $398,675 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| French Florist | $242,675 – $398,675 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Fully Promoted | — | ✓ | 6.3% | Medium |
| Game Castle | $198,900 – $442,400 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Goldmember, LLC (Crown Gold Exchange) | $100,158 – $193,900 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Hex Newco | $170,000 – $267,700 | — | 22.4% | High |
| HobbyTown®/HobbyTown USA® | $327,100 – $458,000 | ✓ | 9.6% | Medium |
| Instant Imprints - Area Rep Program | $82,800 – $96,500 | — | 0% | Medium |
| Just Between Friends | $67,365 – $99,615 | ✓ | 0.7% | Medium |
| Kid to | $715,030 – $1,280,430 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Mainstream Boutique | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| McColla Enterprises, Ltd. (Area Rep) | $530,300 – $579,700 | — | — | Medium |
| Metal Supermarkets Franchising America | $397,500 – $670,500 | ✓ | 3.3% | Medium |
| MGM Wine & Spirits | — | — | — | Medium |
| Music Go Round | $335,300 – $443,700 | ✓ | 5.9% | Low |
| Once Upon a Child | $287,800 – $420,800 | ✓ | 0.2% | Medium |
| Once Upon A Child | $355,700 – $485,900 | ✓ | 0.5% | Low |
| OTA Healthmate | $59,000 – $156,000 | — | 21.7% | High |
| PayMore | $138,750 – $268,500 | ✓ | 7.3% | Medium |
| Pearce Bespoke | $75,004 – $129,005 | — | 18.4% | Medium |
| Petland | $315,500 – $1,080,500 | ✓ | 2.9% | Medium |
| Plato's Closet | $355,700 – $467,900 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Play It Again Sports | $346,300 – $459,700 | ✓ | 0.3% | Low |
| Pod Plug | $52,350 – $105,750 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Pro Image Sports | $153,800 – $620,500 | ✓ | 6% | Low |
| Real Deals on Home Decor | $144,350 – $272,400 | ✓ | 2.2% | Low |
| Relax The Back | $190,250 – $392,310 | ✓ | 3.7% | Medium |
| Rhea Lana's Franchise Systems | $28,675 – $45,900 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Scout & Molly's | $319,000 – $388,000 | ✓ | 5% | Medium |
| Season 2 | $188,559 – $276,059 | ✓ | — | Low |
| Slumberland | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Smoker's Destiny Smoke Shop | — | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Snooze Mattress Co. | $197,350 – $483,600 | — | 100% | Medium |
| Soccer Post | $201,100 – $345,500 | — | — | Medium |
| Spice & Tea Merchants | $90,000 – $191,500 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| StonePeak Ceramics | $142,852 – $583,475 | — | — | Medium |
| Street Corner Urban Market | $128,199 – $575,699 | — | — | High |
| Style Encore | $339,200 – $458,900 | ✓ | 4.3% | Medium |
| Tempur Franchising U.S. | — | — | — | Medium |
| Tempur-Pedic | — | — | — | Medium |
| The Closet Trading Company | $137,400 – $350,300 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| The Great Frame Up | $46,795 – $113,682 | — | 3.7% | High |
| The UPS Store Non-Traditional | — | — | 0.8% | High |
| Tile Liquidators | $79,700 – $167,200 | — | 18.2% | Medium |
| True Society | $221,000 – $600,000 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Ubreakifix by Asurion | $171,350 – $468,150 | ✓ | 1.1% | Medium |
| Uptown Cheapskate | $364,015 – $682,215 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Verlo Mattress | $197,611 – $539,920 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Wild Birds Unlimited | $231,635 – $376,392 | ✓ | 0.3% | Low |
| Wireless Zone | $441,875 – $1,328,210 | ✓ | — | Medium |
| Woodcraft | $573,855 – $755,512 | ✓ | 3.4% | Medium |
Figures as disclosed in each brand's most recent registered FDD. “—” means the FDD does not disclose it or the table did not parse cleanly — never an estimate. Tap any brand for the full breakdown. New to the term? What is Item 19? — the earnings disclosure, in plain English.
Retail franchise rankings
Retail franchises — frequently asked
What is the best retail franchise?
"Best" is a claim the FDD numbers have to back: we rank retail brands that disclose Item 19 earnings AND beat the category's median closure rate. Once Upon a Child currently tops that list with a 0.2% franchised-outlet closure rate; 14 retail brands qualify. See Best Retail franchises by the FDD numbers.
How much does a retail franchise cost?
The median total initial investment across the 77 retail franchises we track is $319,750 (FDD Item 7); individual brands range widely — the table on this page shows each one. The lowest-cost brands are ranked in Cheapest Retail franchises to open.
Which retail franchises disclose earnings?
50 of 77 retail franchises (65%) make an Item 19 financial performance representation in their most recent FDD — franchisor-disclosed unit earnings, not estimates. See Retail franchises with disclosed Item 19 earnings.
What is the failure rate of retail franchises?
Across the 43 retail brands with parsed outlet tables, the median franchised-outlet closure rate is 4.3% (FDD Item 20 — closures, terminations and non-renewals, the closest thing an FDD has to a failure rate). 28 of the 61 with net-change data shrank in the latest reported year.
Which retail franchise fits your budget?
77 retail franchises is a long list. Tell us your budget and state and we'll send you the 5–10 that fit, ranked by earnings disclosure, growth and closure rate from their own FDDs.
One sponsored slot per category, and it's data-gated: a brand must disclose Item 19 earnings and beat the category's median closure rate to hold it. Sponsorship is always labeled and never changes a ranking, a risk read, or a report — the data on this site is not for sale. Franchisor inquiries: ryan@franchisefactsreport.com.