Holiday Inn Franchise

Holiday Inn, a IHG Hotels & Resorts franchise, has been franchising since 1953 - 1 years after the concept was founded in 1952 , currently with 2,800 total locations in the travel-hospitality sector, headquartered in GA. Per the 2024 FDD, budget a total initial investment of $9.0M to $22.0M, with the 144% low-to-high spread driven mainly by site size, market, and how extensive the buildout runs. That total bundles the franchise fee of $50K together with equipment, leasehold buildout, and the working capital needed to get through ramp-up.

Ongoing royalties run 5.0% of gross sales, plus a 3.0% national ad-fund contribution on top -- 8.0% combined out of every sales dollar. No Item 19 financial performance data is disclosed for Holiday Inn; the FTC Franchise Rule makes that disclosure optional, and plenty of franchisors skip it. Prospective buyers should compensate by calling Item 20 contacts, building their own unit-economics model from comparable brands, and insisting on real profit-and-loss numbers before signing.

The unit count trend here is positive -- Holiday Inn posted 0.7% net growth year-over-year (80 openings, 60 closures). Consistent expansion usually means the unit model pencils out for new owners, but a late-cycle growth spike can also come from an aggressive sales push rather than genuinely strong store-level economics.