Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ FL
European Wax Center Franchise
Operating in the retail sector, franchising since 2006. According to the 2024 FDD filing for European Wax Center, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $358K – $665K
- Initial investment · Higher entry cost
- 6.0%
- Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
- 1,000
- Total locations · Mid-size network
- $800K
- Avg unit revenue · Mid-range unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry european-wax-center European Wax Center
European Wax Center needs $358K–$665K to open and charges a 6.0% royalty - an entry cost above the typical retail franchise.
- LO $358K
- HI $665K
- FEE $30K
- ROY 6.0%
- UNT 1,000
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #72/223
- UNT# #93/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Drybar ($430K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for European Wax Center (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 European Wax Center's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 6.0% net unit growth (YoY) 87/100 · B
- 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 European Wax Center's investment ranks nationally
European Wax Center's listed Item 7 low of $358K 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.
European Wax Center vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$358,000 Around the middle lower than 33% 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
- Ad Fund Rate
- 2.0%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $800K
- 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
- beauty
- Founded
- 2004
- Franchising Since
- 2006
- Headquarters
- FL
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · European Wax Center
This European Wax Center page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for European Wax Center.
Higher-band investment fields for European Wax Center
Signature read: 1,000 locations · Item 7 low $358K
European Wax Center has been franchising since 2006 - 2 years after the concept was founded in 2004 , currently with 1,000 total locations (1,000 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in FL. The listed total initial investment is $358K to $665K, recorded as a low-to-high range in the registry. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field of $30K and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.
Ongoing royalties run 6.0% of gross sales; the registry also records a 2.0% advertising-fund field, for a 8.0% arithmetic total. The registry records an Item 19 field for European Wax Center. Financial-performance disclosure in Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $800K; the listed royalty rate multiplied by the reported average equals $48K, which is not a total-cost or profit calculation. Revenue is not profit; this registry does not contain a complete operating-cost or profit record.
The unit count trend here is positive -- European Wax Center posted 6.0% net growth year-over-year (80 openings, 20 closures). The registry records both the reported percentage and the count of openings and closures when those fields are available.
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Related reading for European Wax Center: Understanding FDDs , European Wax Center 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 European Wax Center's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for European Wax Center , both outside HQ state FL : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($358K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (1,000 here).
What to do with this
European Wax Center at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- European Wax Center scores 94/100 (A) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $358K – $665K entry cost runs above the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #72 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Drybar sits at a comparable investment level ($430K) 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.
Source: PlainFranchise editorial registry Record-level FDD source link and retrieval date pending
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