Automotive · registry year 2024 · HQ NC
Maaco Franchise
A Driven Brands brand operating in the automotive sector, franchising since 1972. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Maaco, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $344K – $526K
- Initial investment · Higher entry cost
- 8.0%
- Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
- 450
- Total locations · Mid-size network
- $1.0M
- Avg unit revenue · Mid-range unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry maaco Maaco
Maaco needs $344K–$526K to open and charges a 8.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical automotive franchise.
- LO $344K
- HI $526K
- FEE $30K
- ROY 8.0%
- UNT 450
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #73/223
- UNT# #149/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Grease Monkey ($300K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Maaco (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 Maaco's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum -1.1% net unit growth (YoY) 8/100 · 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 Maaco's investment ranks nationally
Maaco's listed Item 7 low of $344K 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.
Maaco vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$344,000 Around the middle lower than 33% 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
- $30K
- Ad Fund Rate
- 4.0%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $1.0M
- 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
15 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Automotive
- Subsector
- collision repair
- Founded
- 1972
- Franchising Since
- 1972
- Headquarters
- NC
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · Maaco
This Maaco page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Maaco.
Small-network FDD fields for Maaco
Signature read: 450 locations · Item 7 low $344K
Maaco, a Driven Brands franchise, has been franchising since 1972 , currently with 450 total locations (450 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the automotive sector, headquartered in NC. The listed total initial investment is $344K to $526K, with separate listed low and high values. A franchise-fee field of $30K is recorded separately, while the registry summary does not reproduce the full Item 7 schedule.
The brand charges 8.0% of gross sales in ongoing royalties; the registry also records a 4.0% advertising-fund field, for a 12.0% arithmetic total. Maaco 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 $1.0M; the listed royalty rate multiplied by the reported average equals $80K, which is not a total-cost or profit calculation. Revenue is distinct from profit, and the registry does not provide a complete operating-cost record.
Unit count is trending down for Maaco: a 1.1% net contraction year-over-year with 15 closures on the record. The percentage does not identify why the count changed or what it means for a specific location.
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Related reading for Maaco: Understanding FDDs , Maaco 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 Maaco's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for Maaco , both outside HQ state NC : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($344K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (450 here).
What to do with this
Maaco at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- Maaco scores 54/100 (F) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $344K – $526K entry cost runs below the typical automotive franchise.
- Ranks #73 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Grease Monkey sits at a comparable investment level ($300K) 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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