Education · registry year 2024 · HQ FL
The Learning Experience Franchise
A TLE Inc brand operating in the education sector, franchising since 1980. According to the 2024 FDD filing for The Learning Experience, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $562K – $1.2M
- Initial investment · Higher entry cost
- 7.0%
- Royalty rate · Above-average royalty
- 500
- Total locations · Mid-size network
- $2.0M
- Avg unit revenue · Above-average unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry the-learning-experience The Learning Experience
The Learning Experience needs $562K–$1.2M to open and charges a 7.0% royalty - an entry cost above the typical education franchise.
- LO $562K
- HI $1.2M
- FEE $75K
- ROY 7.0%
- UNT 500
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #50/223
- UNT# #145/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Kiddie Academy ($491K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for The Learning Experience (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 The Learning Experience's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 8.0% net unit growth (YoY) 100/100 · 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 The Learning Experience's investment ranks nationally
The Learning Experience's listed Item 7 low of $562K 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.
The Learning Experience vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$562,000 Higher than most higher than 77% 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
- $75K
- Ad Fund Rate
- 2.0%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $2.0M
- 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
- childcare
- Founded
- 1980
- Franchising Since
- 1980
- Headquarters
- FL
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · The Learning Experience
This The Learning Experience page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for The Learning Experience.
Higher-band investment fields for The Learning Experience
Signature read: 500 locations · Item 7 low $562K
The Learning Experience, a TLE Inc franchise, has been franchising since 1980 , currently with 500 total locations (500 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the education sector, headquartered in FL. The registry records a total initial investment between $562K and $1.2M, with separate listed low and high values. A franchise-fee field of $75K is recorded separately, while the registry summary does not reproduce the full Item 7 schedule.
Royalty payments here are set at 7.0% of gross sales, plus a 2.0% national ad-fund field; the listed percentages sum to 9.0%. The Learning Experience has an Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry, a voluntary disclosure under the FTC Franchise Rule. The reported average gross revenue per location is $2.0M; multiplying the reported average by the listed royalty rate gives $140K as an arithmetic illustration only. Revenue is distinct from profit, and the registry does not provide a complete operating-cost record.
The unit count trend here is positive -- The Learning Experience posted 8.0% net growth year-over-year (50 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 The Learning Experience: Understanding FDDs , The Learning Experience 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 The Learning Experience's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for The Learning Experience , 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 ($562K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (500 here).
What to do with this
The Learning Experience at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- The Learning Experience scores 100/100 (A) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $562K – $1.2M entry cost runs above the typical education franchise.
- Ranks #50 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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