Education · registry year 2024 · HQ PA
School of Rock Franchise
A Walrus Brands brand operating in the education sector, franchising since 2001. According to the 2024 FDD filing for School of Rock, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $431K – $749K
- Initial investment · Higher entry cost
- 8.0%
- Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
- 320
- Total locations · Small network
- $700K
- Avg unit revenue · Below-average unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry school-of-rock School of Rock
School of Rock needs $431K–$749K to open and charges a 8.0% royalty - an entry cost above the typical education franchise.
- LO $431K
- HI $749K
- FEE $50K
- ROY 8.0%
- UNT 320
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #66/223
- UNT# #173/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Kiddie Academy ($491K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for School of Rock (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 School of Rock's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 6.3% net unit growth (YoY) 90/100 · A
- 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 School of Rock's investment ranks nationally
School of Rock's listed Item 7 low of $431K 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.
School of Rock vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$431,000 Around the middle lower than 30% 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
- $50K
- Ad Fund Rate
- 2.0%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $700K
- 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
10 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Education
- Subsector
- arts
- Founded
- 1998
- Franchising Since
- 2001
- Headquarters
- PA
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · School of Rock
This School of Rock page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for School of Rock.
Small-network FDD fields for School of Rock
Signature read: 320 locations · Item 7 low $431K
School of Rock, a Walrus Brands franchise, has been franchising since 2001 - 3 years after the concept was founded in 1998 , currently with 320 total locations (320 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the education sector, headquartered in PA. The listed total initial investment is $431K to $749K, with separate listed low and high values. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field of $50K and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.
The brand charges 8.0% of gross sales in ongoing royalties; the registry also records a 2.0% advertising-fund field, for a 10.0% arithmetic total. The registry records an Item 19 field for School of Rock. Financial-performance disclosure in Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $700K; multiplying the reported average by the listed royalty rate gives $56K as an arithmetic illustration only. Revenue is not profit; this registry does not contain a complete operating-cost or profit record.
Network momentum is currently positive: School of Rock added units at a 6.3% net rate year-over-year (30 openings, 10 closures). The registry records both the reported percentage and the count of openings and closures when those fields are available.
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Related reading for School of Rock: Understanding FDDs , School of Rock 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 School of Rock's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for School of Rock , both outside HQ state PA : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($431K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (320 here).
What to do with this
School of Rock at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- School of Rock scores 95/100 (A) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $431K – $749K entry cost runs above the typical education franchise.
- Ranks #66 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Kiddie Academy sits at a comparable investment level ($491K) 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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