Education · registry year 2024 · HQ NJ
Kumon Franchise
A Kumon North America brand operating in the education sector, franchising since 1958. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Kumon, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $74K – $154K
- Initial investment · Lower entry cost
- 5.1%
- Royalty rate · Mid-range royalty
- 26,000
- Total locations · Large network
- $140K
- Avg unit revenue · Below-average unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry kumon Kumon
Kumon needs $74K–$154K to open and charges a 5.1% royalty - an entry cost below the typical education franchise.
- LO $74K
- HI $154K
- FEE $1K
- ROY 5.1%
- UNT 26,000
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #176/223
- UNT# #6/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Sylvan Learning ($71K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Kumon (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 Kumon's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 0.8% net unit growth (YoY) 29/100 · 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 Kumon's investment ranks nationally
Kumon's listed Item 7 low of $74K 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.
Kumon vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$74,000 Among the lowest lower than 80% 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
- $1K
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $140K
- 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
300 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Education
- Subsector
- tutoring
- Founded
- 1954
- Franchising Since
- 1958
- Headquarters
- NJ
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · Kumon
This Kumon page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Kumon.
National footprint registry read for Kumon
Signature read: 26,000 locations · Item 7 low $74K
Kumon, a Kumon North America franchise, has been franchising since 1958 - 4 years after the concept was founded in 1954 , currently with 26,000 total locations (26,000 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the education sector, headquartered in NJ. This editorial registry lists a total initial investment from $74K to $154K, with separate listed low and high values. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field of $1K and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.
The brand charges 5.1% of gross sales in ongoing royalties. Kumon has a recorded Item 19 financial-performance field; Item 19 disclosure is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $140K; applying the listed royalty rate to that reported average yields $7K as a simple arithmetic illustration, not a cost or profit estimate. Revenue is distinct from profit, and the registry does not provide a complete operating-cost record.
Kumon's network is expanding: unit count grew at a 0.8% net rate over the past year (500 openings, 300 closures). This is a reported network-size change, not a measure of profitability, demand, or franchisee outcomes.
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Related reading for Kumon: Understanding FDDs , Kumon 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 Kumon's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for Kumon , both outside HQ state NJ : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($74K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (26,000 here).
What to do with this
Kumon at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- Kumon scores 65/100 (D) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $74K – $154K entry cost runs below the typical education franchise.
- Ranks #176 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Sylvan Learning sits at a comparable investment level ($71K) 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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