Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ CA
The UPS Store Franchise
A UPS brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1980. According to the 2024 FDD filing for The UPS Store, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $138K – $470K
- Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
- 5.0%
- Royalty rate · Mid-range royalty
- 5,600
- Total locations · Large network
- $600K
- Avg unit revenue · Below-average unit revenue
FDD outlay schedule
Registry the-ups-store The UPS Store
The UPS Store needs $138K–$470K to open and charges a 5.0% royalty - an entry cost below the typical retail franchise.
- LO $138K
- HI $470K
- FEE $30K
- ROY 5.0%
- UNT 5,600
- I19 Disclosed
- INV# #132/223
- UNT# #25/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Supercuts ($138K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for The UPS Store (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 UPS Store's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 1.8% net unit growth (YoY) 40/100 · 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 The UPS Store's investment ranks nationally
The UPS Store's listed Item 7 low of $138K 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 UPS Store vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$138,353 Lower than most lower than 60% 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
- $30K
- Ad Fund Rate
- 1.0%
Revenue Data (Item 19)
- Average Revenue
- $600K
- 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
- postal shipping
- Founded
- 1980
- Franchising Since
- 1980
- Headquarters
- CA
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Disclosed
Important Notice · The UPS Store
This The UPS Store page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for The UPS Store.
National footprint registry read for The UPS Store
Signature read: 5,600 locations · Item 7 low $138K
The UPS Store, a UPS franchise, has been franchising since 1980 , currently with 5,600 total locations (5,600 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in CA. The registry records a total initial investment between $138K and $470K, using the registry's listed low and high fields. The registry separately records a franchise-fee field of $30K; its summary does not reproduce every Item 7 line item.
Ongoing royalties run 5.0% of gross sales; the registry also records a 1.0% advertising-fund field, for a 6.0% arithmetic total. The UPS Store 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 $600K; applying the listed royalty rate to that reported average yields $30K as a simple arithmetic illustration, not a cost or profit estimate. Revenue is distinct from profit, and the registry does not provide a complete operating-cost record.
The unit count trend here is positive -- The UPS Store posted 1.8% net growth year-over-year (200 openings, 100 closures). This is a reported network-size change, not a measure of profitability, demand, or franchisee outcomes.
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Related reading for The UPS Store: Understanding FDDs , The UPS Store 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 UPS Store'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 UPS Store , both outside HQ state CA : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($138K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (5,600 here).
What to do with this
The UPS Store at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- The UPS Store scores 70/100 (C) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $138K – $470K entry cost runs below the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #132 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Supercuts sits at a comparable investment level ($138K) 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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