Kiddie Academy Franchise

Kiddie Academy, a Kiddie Academy Domestic Franchising franchise, has been franchising since 1992 - 11 years after the concept was founded in 1981 , currently with 300 total locations in the education sector, headquartered in MD. According to the 2024 FDD, the total initial investment ranges from $491K to $900K, roughly a 83% gap between the low and high end once site size, local market, and buildout scope are factored in. That total bundles the franchise fee of $100K together with equipment, leasehold buildout, and the working capital needed to get through ramp-up.

Ongoing royalties run 7.0% of gross sales; add the 2.0% advertising-fund contribution and the combined ongoing draw reaches 9.0% of gross sales. Critically, Kiddie Academy does disclose financial performance data in Item 19, a voluntary disclosure that only about a third of U.S. franchisors make. The reported average gross revenue per location is $2.0M; at that revenue level the typical unit hands back roughly $140K a year in royalty alone. Remember that revenue is not profit -- what a franchisee actually takes home hinges on rent, labor, cost of goods, and local demand.

Network momentum is currently positive: Kiddie Academy added units at a 5.0% net rate year-over-year (20 openings, 5 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.