Education · registry year 2024 · HQ GA

Sylvan Learning Franchise

A Educate Online LLC brand operating in the education sector, franchising since 1983. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Sylvan Learning, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.

$71K – $176K
Initial investment · Lower entry cost
8.3%
Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
700
Total locations · Mid-size network

FDD outlay schedule

Registry sylvan-learning Sylvan Learning

Sylvan Learning needs $71K–$176K to open and charges a 8.3% royalty - an entry cost below the typical education franchise.

  • LO $71K
  • HI $176K
  • FEE $47K
  • ROY 8.3%
  • UNT 700
  • I19 Silent
  • INV# #181/223
  • UNT# #123/223

Nearest Item 7 peer: Kumon ($74K)

Sylvan Learning (this)$71KKumon$74KTutor Doctor$65KHuntington Learning Center$84KEye Level Learning Centers$50KCode Ninjas$100K
Sylvan Learning Item 7 listed-low neighbourhood vs nearest education peers

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

3 F
  • Network momentum -1.4% net unit growth (YoY) 5/100 · 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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Where Sylvan Learning's investment ranks nationally

Sylvan Learning's listed Item 7 low of $71K 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.

Sylvan Learning vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment

Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus

$71,000 Among the lowest lower than 83% 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

Investment Range $71K – $176K
Franchise Fee
$47K

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

700
Franchised
0
Company-Owned
+20
Opened (Last Year)

Net Growth Rate

Year-over-year unit change

-1.43% growth

30 locations closed in the last reporting year

Quick Facts

Sector
Education
Subsector
tutoring
Founded
1979
Franchising Since
1983
Headquarters
GA
FDD Year
2024
Item 19
Not Disclosed

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Important Notice · Sylvan Learning

This Sylvan Learning page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Sylvan Learning.

Lower-band investment fields for Sylvan Learning

Signature read: 700 locations · Item 7 low $71K

Sylvan Learning, a Educate Online LLC franchise, has been franchising since 1983 - 4 years after the concept was founded in 1979 , currently with 700 total locations (700 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the education sector, headquartered in GA. The registry records a total initial investment between $71K and $176K, with separate listed low and high values. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field of $47K and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.

The brand charges 8.3% of gross sales in ongoing royalties. No Item 19 financial-performance field is recorded for Sylvan Learning. This registry does not infer a financial outcome from that absence.

Network momentum is currently negative: Sylvan Learning contracted by 1.4% year-over-year with 30 closures on the record. The percentage does not identify why the count changed or what it means for a specific location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Sylvan Learning franchise cost?
Opening a Sylvan Learning franchise takes a total initial investment of $71K to $176K. A $47K franchise fee is part of that total. The listed ongoing royalty is 8.3% of gross sales.
How many Sylvan Learning locations are there?
There are 700 Sylvan Learning locations in operation, of which 700 are franchised. The network is contracting at 1.4% year-over-year.
What are the ongoing fees for a Sylvan Learning franchise?
A 8.3% royalty on gross sales applies to Sylvan Learning franchisees. These are listed ongoing fee fields, separate from the listed initial-investment range.

Related reading for Sylvan Learning: How to Evaluate a Franchise , Sylvan Learning has no Item 19 in this registry, diligence without a financial performance representation.

Sylvan Learning among nearby education registry records: listed entry cost and network size Scatter plot of 11 data points. -10000 locations0 locations10000 locations20000 locations30000 locations $0k$100k$200k$300k$400k$500k Listed initial investment low ($000) Total locations (Item 20) Sylvan LearningKumonTutor DoctorHuntington Learning CenterCode NinjasEye Level Learning CentersMathnasiumi9 SportsSoccer ShotsBricks 4 KidzSchool of Rock
Sylvan Learning among nearby education registry records: listed entry cost and network size

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 Sylvan Learning's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)

Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size

Two data-derived peer sets for Sylvan Learning , both outside HQ state GA : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.

What to do with this

Sylvan Learning at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.

  • Sylvan Learning scores 3/100 (F) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
  • Its $71K – $176K entry cost runs below the typical education franchise.
  • Ranks #181 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
  • Kumon sits at a comparable investment level ($74K) in the same sector. Compare

Editorial comparison registry, not a source-linked FDD record. Verify the current FDD before relying on any figure.

Editorial comparison registry; a source filing is not linked to this record. Verify the current FDD before relying on a figure.

Source: PlainFranchise editorial registry Record-level FDD source link and retrieval date pending