Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ WI
Snap-on Tools Franchise
A Snap-on Inc brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1991. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Snap-on Tools, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $172K – $452K
- Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
- 4,600
- Total locations · Large network
- $1.9M
- Avg unit revenue · Above-average unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry snap-on-tools Snap-on Tools
Snap-on Tools needs $172K–$452K to open - an entry cost below the typical retail franchise.
- LO $172K
- HI $452K
- FEE $18K
- UNT 4,600
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #119/223
- UNT# #27/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Batteries Plus ($178K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Snap-on Tools (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 Snap-on Tools'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 Snap-on Tools's investment ranks nationally
Snap-on Tools's listed Item 7 low of $172K 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.
Snap-on Tools vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$172,000 Lower than most lower than 54% 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)
- Average Revenue
- $1.9M
- 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
100 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Retail
- Subsector
- tools equipment
- Founded
- 1920
- Franchising Since
- 1991
- Headquarters
- WI
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · Snap-on Tools
This Snap-on Tools page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Snap-on Tools.
National footprint registry read for Snap-on Tools
Signature read: 4,600 locations · Item 7 low $172K
Snap-on Tools, a Snap-on Inc franchise, has been franchising since 1991 - 71 years after the concept was founded in 1920 , currently with 4,600 total locations (4,600 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in WI. The registry records a total initial investment between $172K and $452K, with separate listed low and high values. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field of $18K and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.
This registry summary does not carry royalty or ad-fund figures for this brand. The registry records an Item 19 field for Snap-on Tools. Financial-performance disclosure in Item 19 is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $1.9M. Revenue is not profit; this registry does not contain a complete operating-cost or profit record.
Network momentum is currently positive: Snap-on Tools added units at a 1.1% net rate year-over-year (150 openings, 100 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 Snap-on Tools: Understanding FDDs , Snap-on Tools 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 Snap-on Tools's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for Snap-on Tools , both outside HQ state WI : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($172K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (4,600 here).
What to do with this
Snap-on Tools at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- Snap-on Tools scores 67/100 (D) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $172K – $452K entry cost runs below the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #119 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Batteries Plus sits at a comparable investment level ($178K) 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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