Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ WI
Batteries Plus Franchise
A Batteries Plus LLC brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1992. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Batteries Plus, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $178K – $412K
- Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
- 5.0%
- Royalty rate · Mid-range royalty
- 730
- Total locations · Mid-size network
- $1.0M
- Avg unit revenue · Mid-range unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry batteries-plus Batteries Plus
Batteries Plus needs $178K–$412K to open and charges a 5.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical retail franchise.
- LO $178K
- HI $412K
- FEE $30K
- ROY 5.0%
- UNT 730
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #116/223
- UNT# #117/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Snap-on Tools ($172K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Batteries Plus (registry year 2024). Listed lows only - not a profit, cost-of-living, or suitability claim. Verify the current FDD before relying on these figures. How we place brands →
Franchise Opportunity Health Score
How healthy and transparent Batteries Plus's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 1.4% net unit growth (YoY) 36/100 · F
- Financial disclosure Item 19 disclosed 100/100 · A
Benchmarked against the 223-brand tracked corpus (p10-p90 range per dimension); a higher score means a growing unit count and a disclosed Item 19. See how we place brands.
Where Batteries Plus's investment ranks nationally
Batteries Plus's listed Item 7 low of $178K against every one of the 218 tracked franchise brands with a disclosed initial investment. Listed figures only, verify in the current FDD before relying on them.
Batteries Plus vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$178,000 Lower than most lower than 53% of 218 franchise brands
Franchise brands, banded by listed Item 7 low
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Source PlainFranchise editorial comparison registry · 2024-12-31
Investment Overview
- Franchise Fee
- $30K
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $1.0M
- gross revenue per location
* Revenue figures are gross revenue (sales), not profit. This registry does not report operating costs or profit.
Network Size & Growth
Net Growth Rate
Year-over-year unit change
20 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Retail
- Subsector
- electronics
- Founded
- 1988
- Franchising Since
- 1992
- Headquarters
- WI
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · Batteries Plus
This Batteries Plus page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Batteries Plus.
What the Batteries Plus FDD reveals
Signature read: 730 locations · Item 7 low $178K
Batteries Plus, a Batteries Plus LLC franchise, has been franchising since 1992 - 4 years after the concept was founded in 1988 , currently with 730 total locations (730 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in WI. The listed total initial investment is $178K to $412K, recorded as a low-to-high range in the registry. A franchise-fee field of $30K is recorded separately, while the registry summary does not reproduce the full Item 7 schedule.
Royalty payments here are set at 5.0% of gross sales. Batteries Plus has an Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry, a voluntary disclosure under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $1.0M; the listed royalty rate multiplied by the reported average equals $50K, which is not a total-cost or profit calculation. Revenue is distinct from profit, and the registry does not provide a complete operating-cost record.
The unit count trend here is positive -- Batteries Plus posted 1.4% net growth year-over-year (30 openings, 20 closures). This is a reported network-size change, not a measure of profitability, demand, or franchisee outcomes.
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Related reading for Batteries Plus: Understanding FDDs , Batteries Plus lists Item 19 revenue here, how Item 19 fits the 23-item FDD.
Snapshot uses the registry's listed Item 7 initial-investment low and Item 20 location-count fields. It is a descriptive comparison, not a ranking or investment recommendation.
How Batteries Plus's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for Batteries Plus , both outside HQ state WI : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($178K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (730 here).
What to do with this
Batteries Plus at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- Batteries Plus scores 68/100 (D) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $178K – $412K entry cost runs below the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #116 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Snap-on Tools sits at a comparable investment level ($172K) in the same sector. Compare
Editorial comparison registry, not a source-linked FDD record. Verify the current FDD before relying on any figure.
Read our methodology - what this registry can and cannot establish.
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