Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ FL
Signarama Franchise
A Signarama Inc brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1987. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Signarama, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $195K – $340K
- Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
- 6.0%
- Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
- 900
- Total locations · Mid-size network
- $800K
- Avg unit revenue · Mid-range unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry signarama Signarama
Signarama needs $195K–$340K to open and charges a 6.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical retail franchise.
- LO $195K
- HI $340K
- FEE $50K
- ROY 6.0%
- UNT 900
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #108/223
- UNT# #103/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Pinch A Penny ($200K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Signarama (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 Signarama'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 Signarama's investment ranks nationally
Signarama's listed Item 7 low of $195K 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.
Signarama vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$195,000 Around the middle lower than 49% 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
- 1.0%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $800K
- 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
30 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Retail
- Subsector
- signage
- Founded
- 1986
- Franchising Since
- 1987
- Headquarters
- FL
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · Signarama
This Signarama page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Signarama.
What the Signarama FDD reveals
Signature read: 900 locations · Item 7 low $195K
Signarama, a Signarama Inc franchise, has been franchising since 1987 - 1 years after the concept was founded in 1986 , currently with 900 total locations (900 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in FL. The registry records a total initial investment between $195K and $340K, using the registry's listed low and high fields. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field of $50K and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.
Royalty payments here are set at 6.0% of gross sales, plus a 1.0% national ad-fund field; the listed percentages sum to 7.0%. Signarama 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 $800K; multiplying the reported average by the listed royalty rate gives $48K as an arithmetic illustration only. Revenue is distinct from profit, and the registry does not provide a complete operating-cost record.
Network momentum is currently positive: Signarama added units at a 1.1% net rate year-over-year (40 openings, 30 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 Signarama: Understanding FDDs , Signarama 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 Signarama's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for Signarama , both outside HQ state FL : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($195K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (900 here).
What to do with this
Signarama at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- Signarama scores 67/100 (D) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $195K – $340K entry cost runs below the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #108 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Pinch A Penny sits at a comparable investment level ($200K) 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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