Real Estate · registry year 2024 · HQ CO
RE/MAX Franchise
A RE/MAX Holdings brand operating in the real estate sector, franchising since 1973. According to the 2024 FDD filing for RE/MAX, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $37K – $224K
- Initial investment · Lower entry cost
- 9,000
- Total locations · Large network
FDD outlay schedule
Registry re-max RE/MAX
RE/MAX needs $37K–$224K to open - an entry cost above the typical real estate franchise.
- LO $37K
- HI $224K
- FEE $18K
- UNT 9,000
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #204/223
- UNT# #17/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: HomeVestors ($47K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for RE/MAX (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 RE/MAX's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 1.1% net unit growth (YoY) 33/100 · 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 RE/MAX's investment ranks nationally
RE/MAX's listed Item 7 low of $37K 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.
RE/MAX vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$37,000 Among the lowest lower than 93% 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
- $18K
Revenue Data (Item 19)
* 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
200 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Subsector
- residential
- Founded
- 1973
- Franchising Since
- 1973
- Headquarters
- CO
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · RE/MAX
This RE/MAX page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for RE/MAX.
National footprint registry read for RE/MAX
Signature read: 9,000 locations · Item 7 low $37K
RE/MAX, a RE/MAX Holdings franchise, has been franchising since 1973 , currently with 9,000 total locations (9,000 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the real estate sector, headquartered in CO. The listed total initial investment is $37K to $224K, with separate listed low and high values. The registry separately records a franchise-fee field of $18K; its summary does not reproduce every Item 7 line item.
Royalty and ad-fund rates were not captured in this registry summary. RE/MAX has an Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry, a voluntary disclosure under the FTC Franchise Rule.. This reported revenue field is not a profitability measure; operating costs are outside this registry.
The unit count trend here is positive -- RE/MAX posted 1.1% net growth year-over-year (300 openings, 200 closures). This is a reported network-size change, not a measure of profitability, demand, or franchisee outcomes.
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Related reading for RE/MAX: Understanding FDDs , RE/MAX 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 RE/MAX's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for RE/MAX , 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 ($37K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (9,000 here).
What to do with this
RE/MAX at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- RE/MAX scores 67/100 (D) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $37K – $224K entry cost runs above the typical real estate franchise.
- Ranks #204 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- HomeVestors sits at a comparable investment level ($47K) 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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