travel-hospitality · registry year 2024 · HQ VA

Hampton Inn Franchise

A Hilton Worldwide brand operating in the travel-hospitality sector, franchising since 1984. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Hampton Inn, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.

$10.0M – $25.0M
Initial investment · Higher entry cost
6.0%
Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
2,700
Total locations · Large network
$4.2M
Avg unit revenue · Above-average unit revenue

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Registry hampton-inn Hampton Inn

Hampton Inn needs $10.0M–$25.0M to open and charges a 6.0% royalty - an entry cost above the typical travel-hospitality franchise.

  • LO $10.0M
  • HI $25.0M
  • FEE $75K
  • ROY 6.0%
  • UNT 2,700
  • I19 Disclosed
  • INV# #1/223
  • UNT# #42/223

Nearest Item 7 peer: Holiday Inn ($9.0M)

Hampton Inn (this)$10.0MHoliday Inn$9.0MLa Quinta$4.1MDays Inn$2.2MSuper 8$2.1MExpedia CruiseShipCenters$135K
Hampton Inn Item 7 listed-low neighbourhood vs nearest travel-hospitality peers

Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Hampton Inn (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 Hampton Inn's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.

71 C
  • Network momentum 1.9% net unit growth (YoY) 41/100 · 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.

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Where Hampton Inn's investment ranks nationally

Hampton Inn's listed Item 7 low of $10.0M 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.

Hampton Inn vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment

Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus

$10,000,000 Higher than most higher than 99% 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

Investment Range $10.0M – $25.0M
Franchise Fee
$75K
Ad Fund Rate
4.0%

Revenue Data (Item 19)

Item 19 Disclosed Franchisor provided financial performance data
Average Revenue
$4.2M
gross revenue per location

* Revenue figures are gross revenue (sales), not profit. This registry does not report operating costs or profit.

Network Size & Growth

2,700
Franchised
0
Company-Owned
+100
Opened (Last Year)

Net Growth Rate

Year-over-year unit change

1.85% growth

50 locations closed in the last reporting year

Quick Facts

Subsector
mid scale hotel
Founded
1984
Franchising Since
1984
Headquarters
VA
FDD Year
2024
Item 19
Disclosed

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Important Notice · Hampton Inn

This Hampton Inn page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Hampton Inn.

Large-network capital outlay for Hampton Inn

Signature read: 2,700 locations · Item 7 low $10.0M

Hampton Inn, a Hilton Worldwide franchise, has been franchising since 1984 , currently with 2,700 total locations (2,700 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the travel-hospitality sector, headquartered in VA. This editorial registry lists a total initial investment from $10.0M to $25.0M, recorded as a low-to-high range in the registry. A franchise-fee field of $75K is recorded separately, while the registry summary does not reproduce the full Item 7 schedule.

The brand charges 6.0% of gross sales in ongoing royalties with a separate 4.0% national advertising-fund field; the two listed percentages total 10.0%. The registry records an Item 19 field for Hampton Inn. Financial-performance disclosure in Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $4.2M; applying the listed royalty rate to that reported average yields $252K as a simple arithmetic illustration, not a cost or profit estimate. This reported revenue field is not a profitability measure; operating costs are outside this registry.

The unit count trend here is positive -- Hampton Inn posted 1.9% net growth year-over-year (100 openings, 50 closures). This is a reported network-size change, not a measure of profitability, demand, or franchisee outcomes.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Hampton Inn franchise cost?
Opening a Hampton Inn franchise takes a total initial investment of $10.0M to $25.0M. The initial franchise fee is $75K. The listed ongoing royalty is 6.0% of gross sales.
How many Hampton Inn locations are there?
There are 2,700 Hampton Inn locations in operation, of which 2,700 are franchised. The network is growing at 1.9% year-over-year.
What are the ongoing fees for a Hampton Inn franchise?
Hampton Inn's ongoing royalty is 6.0% of gross sales. There is also a 4.0% advertising fund contribution. These are listed ongoing fee fields, separate from the listed initial-investment range.

Related reading for Hampton Inn: Understanding FDDs , Hampton Inn lists Item 19 revenue here, how Item 19 fits the 23-item FDD.

Hampton Inn among nearby travel-hospitality registry records: listed entry cost and network size Scatter plot of 7 data points. 0 locations1000 locations2000 locations3000 locations $-5000k$0k$5000k$10000k$15000k Listed initial investment low ($000) Total locations (Item 20) Hampton InnHoliday InnLa QuintaDays InnSuper 8Expedia CruiseShipCentersCruise Planners
Hampton Inn among nearby travel-hospitality registry records: listed entry cost and network size

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 Hampton Inn's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)

Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size

Two data-derived peer sets for Hampton Inn , both outside HQ state VA : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.

What to do with this

Hampton Inn at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.

  • Hampton Inn scores 71/100 (C) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
  • Its $10.0M – $25.0M entry cost runs above the typical travel-hospitality franchise.
  • Ranks #1 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
  • Holiday Inn sits at a comparable investment level ($9.0M) in the same sector. Compare

Editorial comparison registry, not a source-linked FDD record. Verify the current FDD before relying on any figure.

Editorial comparison registry; a source filing is not linked to this record. Verify the current FDD before relying on a figure.

Source: PlainFranchise editorial registry Record-level FDD source link and retrieval date pending