Franchise true cost calculator

Estimate startup investment plus supported sales-based percentage fees and recurring fixed fees over your chosen period. This is not a full operating budget. Conditional fees need their own calculation.

Load a franchise’s FDD figures

Automatic fee loading excludes brands whose charges need sales mix, enrollment, transaction counts or other inputs beyond annual sales.

Startup investment ($) Yearly sales ($) Percentage fees (% of sales: royalty + brand fund + required marketing) Fixed fees per year ($: technology, software, etc.) Years of ownership Sales growth per year (%)

Fees in year 1: —
Total fees: —
Startup + modeled fees: —
Fees as share of cost: —

What this includes

Brand prefill is available only when the disclosed fee terms support a simple percentage-and-fixed-fee calculation. Sales subsets, minimums, caps, credits and transaction charges may prevent prefill. Your own inputs are assumptions, not an FDD performance claim. The startup range may exclude required costs; review its Item 7 notes before choosing an investment amount. This calculator does not add an ongoing budget for rent, payroll, products, financing or taxes, even where the FDD discusses them. The payback calculator accepts a separate operating-cost assumption, but is also a simplified model.