Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ TX
FASTSIGNS Franchise
A FASTSIGNS Holdings brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1985. According to the 2024 FDD filing for FASTSIGNS, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $216K – $357K
- Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
- 6.0%
- Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
- 780
- Total locations · Mid-size network
- $1.1M
- Avg unit revenue · Mid-range unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry fastsigns FASTSIGNS
FASTSIGNS needs $216K–$357K to open and charges a 6.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical retail franchise.
- LO $216K
- HI $357K
- FEE $50K
- ROY 6.0%
- UNT 780
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #103/223
- UNT# #113/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Pinch A Penny ($200K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for FASTSIGNS (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 FASTSIGNS's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 2.6% net unit growth (YoY) 49/100 · 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 FASTSIGNS's investment ranks nationally
FASTSIGNS's listed Item 7 low of $216K 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.
FASTSIGNS vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$216,000 Around the middle lower than 47% 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
- $50K
- Ad Fund Rate
- 1.5%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $1.1M
- 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
- signage
- Founded
- 1985
- Franchising Since
- 1985
- Headquarters
- TX
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · FASTSIGNS
This FASTSIGNS page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for FASTSIGNS.
What the FASTSIGNS FDD reveals
Signature read: 780 locations · Item 7 low $216K
FASTSIGNS, a FASTSIGNS Holdings franchise, has been franchising since 1985 , currently with 780 total locations (780 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in TX. The registry records a total initial investment between $216K and $357K, recorded as a low-to-high range in the registry. The registry separately records a franchise-fee field of $50K; its summary does not reproduce every Item 7 line item.
Royalty payments here are set at 6.0% of gross sales; the registry also records a 1.5% advertising-fund field, for a 7.5% arithmetic total. The registry records an Item 19 field for FASTSIGNS. Financial-performance disclosure in Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $1.1M; applying the listed royalty rate to that reported average yields $66K as a simple arithmetic illustration, not a cost or profit estimate. Revenue is not profit; this registry does not contain a complete operating-cost or profit record.
The unit count trend here is positive -- FASTSIGNS posted 2.6% net growth year-over-year (40 openings, 20 closures). The count describes the latest reported period only; the underlying Item 20 tables provide the fuller disclosure context.
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Related reading for FASTSIGNS: Understanding FDDs , FASTSIGNS 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 FASTSIGNS's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for FASTSIGNS , both outside HQ state TX : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($216K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (780 here).
What to do with this
FASTSIGNS at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- FASTSIGNS scores 75/100 (C) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $216K – $357K entry cost runs below the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #103 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Pinch A Penny sits at a comparable investment level ($200K) 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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