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Anyone can list the franchise fee — a number without context. Every business-services brand here shows what each figure is attached to: the investment range, unit count, filing years, and whether it discloses an Item 19. Business services covers staffing, marketing, printing, IT, and other B2B concepts. Where a brand filed in both 2025 and 2026, you can see exactly what changed.
§ Drawn from 137 business-services FDDs on file · latest filings
What 137 filings say
The category, read from the documents.
Not estimates — every figure below is aggregated from the disclosure documents themselves.
Total initial investment · distribution
Where 137 disclosed ranges land. Median $116,000.
The $100–150K band holds the median filing. The middle half of these brands sit between $69,000 and $224,000.
73%
disclose an Item 19
100 of 137 brands on file, against 73% across every brand in the database.
116
median U.S. unit count
Across the 137 brands that disclose an outlet count in their latest filing.
7%
median royalty
Across the 133 brands that state a single rate; the rest tie royalties to sales tiers or charge none.
+0.1%
median outlet change, 2025 to 2026
Across the 64 brands that filed in both years: 32 grew, 24 shrank.
Figures are drawn straight from each brand’s latest FDD. See our franchise industry reports for the trends behind these numbers.
Business Services Franchise Brands
Showing 19 of 137 business-services franchises with a published breakdown. Search all business services brands →
FDD 2025–2026
Total investment
$174K–$321K
U.S. units
811
Royalty
No royalty fee
Item 19
Disclosed
FDD 2025–2026
Total investment
$61K–$153K
U.S. units
738
Royalty
Varies (see Item 6)
Item 19
Disclosed
FDD 2025–2026
Total investment
$131K–$288K
U.S. units
765
Royalty
40%
Item 19
Disclosed
FDD 2024–2026
Total investment
$71K–$105K
U.S. units
5,124
Royalty
15%
Item 19
Disclosed
Past the table
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