Retail · registry year 2024 · HQ OH
True Value Franchise
A True Value Co brand operating in the retail sector, franchising since 1960. According to the 2024 FDD filing for True Value, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $450K – $1.5M
- Initial investment · Higher entry cost
- 4,400
- Total locations · Large network
FDD outlay schedule
Registry true-value True Value
True Value needs $450K–$1.5M to open - an entry cost above the typical retail franchise.
- LO $450K
- HI $1.5M
- UNT 4,400
- I19 Silent
- INV# #63/223
- UNT# #29/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Elements Massage ($443K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for True Value (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 True Value's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum -0.5% net unit growth (YoY) 16/100 · 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.
Where True Value's investment ranks nationally
True Value's listed Item 7 low of $450K 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.
True Value vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$450,000 Around the middle lower than 28% 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
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
Net Growth Rate
Year-over-year unit change
100 locations closed in the last reporting year
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Retail
- Subsector
- hardware
- Founded
- 1948
- Franchising Since
- 1960
- Headquarters
- OH
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Not Disclosed
Important Notice · True Value
This True Value page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for True Value.
Large-network capital outlay for True Value
Signature read: 4,400 locations · Item 7 low $450K
True Value, a True Value Co franchise, has been franchising since 1960 - 12 years after the concept was founded in 1948 , currently with 4,400 total locations (4,400 franchised, 0 company-owned; 100% of the recorded total is franchised) in the retail sector, headquartered in OH. The registry records a total initial investment between $450K and $1.5M, recorded as a low-to-high range in the registry. The registry separately records a franchise-fee field; its summary does not reproduce every Item 7 line item.
Royalty and ad-fund rates were not captured in this registry summary. True Value has no Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry. Item 19 disclosure is optional under the FTC Franchise Rule.
True Value's footprint shrank over the past year, down 0.5% with 100 closures on the record. This is a network-count observation only; the registry does not record reasons for openings or closures.
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Related reading for True Value: How to Evaluate a Franchise , True Value has no Item 19 in this registry, diligence without a financial performance representation.
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 True Value's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for True Value , both outside HQ state OH : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($450K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (4,400 here).
What to do with this
True Value at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- True Value scores 8/100 (F) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $450K – $1.5M entry cost runs above the typical retail franchise.
- Ranks #63 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Elements Massage sits at a comparable investment level ($443K) 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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| Sources | Public state franchise disclosure registries and FDD filings |