Real Estate · registry year 2024 · HQ NJ

Sotheby's International Realty Franchise

A Sotheby's Intl Realty Affiliates brand operating in the real estate sector, franchising since 2004. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Sotheby's International Realty, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.

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Up to $300K
Initial investment
6.0%
Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
1,000
Total locations · Mid-size network

FDD outlay schedule

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Sotheby's International Realty has its FDD financials below and charges a 6.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical real estate franchise.

  • HI $300K
  • ROY 6.0%
  • UNT 1,000
  • I19 Silent
  • INV# #223/223
  • UNT# #96/223

Same-sector Item 7 peers

Nearest Item 7 peer: NextHome ($10K)

Sotheby's International Real…$0NextHome$10KRE/MAX$37KHomeVestors$47KKeller Williams Realty$183K
Sotheby's International Realty Item 7 listed-low neighbourhood vs nearest real estate peers

Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Sotheby's International Realty (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 Sotheby's International Realty's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.

22 F
  • Network momentum 2.0% net unit growth (YoY) 43/100 · 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.

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Investment Overview

Investment Range - – $300K
Ad Fund Rate
3.0%

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

1,000
Franchised
0
Company-Owned
+50
Opened (Last Year)

Net Growth Rate

Year-over-year unit change

2% growth

30 locations closed in the last reporting year

Quick Facts

Sector
Real Estate
Subsector
luxury
Founded
1976
Franchising Since
2004
Headquarters
NJ
FDD Year
2024
Item 19
Not Disclosed

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Important Notice · Sotheby's International Realty

This Sotheby's International Realty page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Sotheby's International Realty.

Lower-band investment fields for Sotheby's International Realty

Signature read: 1,000 locations · Item 7 low -

Sotheby's International Realty, a Sotheby's Intl Realty Affiliates franchise, has been franchising since 2004 - 28 years after the concept was founded in 1976 , currently with 1,000 total locations (1,000 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the real estate sector, headquartered in NJ. Investment figures are not uniformly captured in the registry summary shown above.

Royalty payments here are set at 6.0% of gross sales, plus a 3.0% national ad-fund field; the listed percentages sum to 9.0%. Sotheby's International Realty has no Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry. Item 19 disclosure is optional under the FTC Franchise Rule.

The unit count trend here is positive -- Sotheby's International Realty posted 2.0% net growth year-over-year (50 openings, 30 closures). The registry records both the reported percentage and the count of openings and closures when those fields are available.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Sotheby's International Realty franchise cost?
Investment details for Sotheby's International Realty are not captured in this registry summary.
How many Sotheby's International Realty locations are there?
There are 1,000 Sotheby's International Realty locations in operation, of which 1,000 are franchised. Year-over-year, the unit count is up 2.0%.
What are the ongoing fees for a Sotheby's International Realty franchise?
A 6.0% royalty on gross sales applies to Sotheby's International Realty franchisees. A further 3.0% goes to the national advertising fund. Both listed fee fields are separate from the listed initial-investment range.

Related reading for Sotheby's International Realty: How to Evaluate a Franchise , Sotheby's International Realty has no Item 19 in this registry, diligence without a financial performance representation.

How Sotheby's International Realty's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)

Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size

Two data-derived peer sets for Sotheby's International Realty , both outside HQ state NJ : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.

Similar network size

Nearest total location counts (1,000 here).

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What to do with this

Sotheby's International Realty at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.

  • Sotheby's International Realty scores 22/100 (F) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
  • Its Up to $300K entry cost runs below the typical real estate franchise.
  • Ranks #223 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
  • NextHome sits at a comparable investment level ($10K) in the same sector. Compare

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