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Real Estate Franchise Opportunities

Real estate franchises are among the lowest-overhead concepts in franchising: most brokerage brands need an office, licensed agents, and little else, which keeps the entry investment well below what most retail or food concepts require. The brands here span national brokerage networks and home-buying concepts. Alongside every brand we show you what each figure is attached to: the investment range, U.S. office count, filing years, and whether the brand discloses an Item 19 financial performance representation. Where a brand has filed in both 2025 and 2026, you can see exactly what changed, and an unlocked Workspace lets you read a figure next to the page of the FDD it comes from.

31real estate brands on file
$161,000median total initial investment (31 disclosing brands)
$11,450$741,000investment range across 31 disclosing brands
7disclose an Item 19

Figures span the median total initial investment across 31 of 31 real estate brands on file that disclose a total-investment range, drawn straight from each brand’s latest FDD. The list below shows real estate brands with a published breakdown on ClearlyFDD. See our franchise industry reports for the trends behind these numbers.

Real Estate Franchise Brands

Showing 7 of 31 real estate franchises in the ClearlyFDD database. Search all real estate brands →

Century 21 Real Estate

$35K–$287KInvestment Range
1,685U.S. Locations
States
2025–2026FDD Years
No Item 19

Coldwell Banker Real Estate

$33K–$335KInvestment Range
1,781U.S. Locations
States
2026FDD Years
No Item 19

HomeVestors

$107K–$478KInvestment Range
888U.S. Locations
States
2025–2026FDD Years
Item 19 Available

Keller Williams Realty

$183K–$337KInvestment Range
751U.S. Locations
States
2025–2026FDD Years
No Item 19

NextHome

$16K–$222KInvestment Range
587U.S. Locations
States
2025–2026FDD Years
No Item 19

RE/MAX

$37K–$337KInvestment Range
2,994U.S. Locations
States
2025–2026FDD Years
No Item 19

Sotheby's International Realty

$47K–$332KInvestment Range
709U.S. Locations
States
2025–2026FDD Years
No Item 19