Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ CO
PostNet Franchise
A PostNet Intl Franchise Corp brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1993. According to the 2024 FDD filing for PostNet, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $164K – $236K
- Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
- 5.0%
- Royalty rate · Mid-range royalty
- 900
- Total locations · Mid-size network
FDD outlay schedule
Registry postnet PostNet
PostNet needs $164K–$236K to open and charges a 5.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical retail franchise.
- LO $164K
- HI $236K
- FEE $30K
- ROY 5.0%
- UNT 900
- I19 Silent
- INV# #121/223
- UNT# #102/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Snap-on Tools ($172K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for PostNet (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 PostNet'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 not disclosed 0/100 · F
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 PostNet's investment ranks nationally
PostNet's listed Item 7 low of $164K 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.
PostNet vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$164,000 Lower than most lower than 55% 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
- 2.5%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
Item 19 Not Disclosed
This franchisor did not provide financial performance data in their FDD. This is common, disclosure is optional.
Network Size & Growth
Net Growth Rate
Year-over-year unit change
30 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Retail
- Subsector
- postal shipping
- Founded
- 1992
- Franchising Since
- 1993
- Headquarters
- CO
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Not Disclosed
Important Notice · PostNet
This PostNet page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for PostNet.
What the PostNet FDD reveals
Signature read: 900 locations · Item 7 low $164K
PostNet, a PostNet Intl Franchise Corp franchise, has been franchising since 1993 - 1 years after the concept was founded in 1992 , currently with 900 total locations (900 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in CO. The listed total initial investment is $164K to $236K, recorded as a low-to-high range in the registry. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field of $30K and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.
The brand charges 5.0% of gross sales in ongoing royalties with a separate 2.5% national advertising-fund field; the two listed percentages total 7.5%. No Item 19 financial-performance field is recorded for PostNet. This registry does not infer a financial outcome from that absence.
PostNet's footprint shrank over the past year, down 1.1% with 30 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 PostNet: How to Evaluate a Franchise , PostNet has no Item 19 in this registry, diligence without a financial performance representation.
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 PostNet's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for PostNet , both outside HQ state CO : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($164K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (900 here).
What to do with this
PostNet at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- PostNet scores 4/100 (F) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $164K – $236K entry cost runs below the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #121 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Snap-on Tools sits at a comparable investment level ($172K) 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.
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