Initial franchise fee distribution
Data notes · Corpus-level distributions computed from the same filings that power the brand directory.
The initial franchise fee is the one-time payment disclosed in Item 5. This note shows its distribution across filings where a single fee value was disclosed and verified.
Disclosed values (n)
1,255
Minimum
$0
25th percentile
$30,000
Median
$45,000
75th percentile
$54,000
Maximum
$1,000,000
Mean
$43,672.02
Fee buckets
| Range | Filings | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0 | 9 | 0.7% | |
| $1 – $14,999 | 105 | 8.4% | |
| $15,000 – $29,999 | 148 | 11.8% | |
| $30,000 – $44,999 | 330 | 26.3% | |
| $45,000 – $59,999 | 479 | 38.2% | |
| $60,000 – $99,999 | 167 | 13.3% | |
| $100,000 and over | 17 | 1.4% |
Source and method
Computed at build time from 1,567 franchise FDD filings (WI; filing dates 2025-08-22 to 2026-08-21). Field: initial_franchise_fee (Item 5). Non-null disclosed values: n = 1,255 (80.1% of filings); filings where the field is blank (not disclosed or not verified) are excluded from distribution statistics. Percentiles use linear interpolation (exclusive method). No figure on this page is estimated or inferred; every underlying per-brand figure is transcribed from a cited FDD page and linked from the brand directory.