Jackson Hewitt Franchise

Jackson Hewitt, a Corsair Capital franchise, has been franchising since 1987 - 5 years after the concept was founded in 1982 , currently with 5,700 total locations (4,200 franchised, 1,500 company-owned, a 74% franchise-to-corporate ratio that signals the operator's reliance on independent owners) in the business services sector, headquartered in NJ. Per the 2024 FDD, budget a total initial investment of $47K to $96K, roughly a 104% gap between the low and high end once site size, local market, and buildout scope are factored in. This figure includes the franchise fee of $15K, equipment, leasehold improvements, and initial working capital through the ramp-up period.

This summary does not carry royalty or ad-fund figures for this brand -- Items 6 and 7 of the FDD hold the authoritative fee schedule. No Item 19 financial performance data is disclosed for Jackson Hewitt; 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.

Jackson Hewitt's footprint shrank over the past year, down 1.8% with 200 closures on the record. Do not treat contraction as automatically disqualifying, but do dig in: saturation, thin unit profitability, disputes with the franchisor, and planned pruning all produce the same headline number. Item 20 contacts can tell you which one this is.