Automotive · registry year 2024 · HQ KY
Valvoline Instant Oil Change Franchise
A Valvoline Inc brand operating in the automotive sector, franchising since 2009. According to the 2024 FDD filing for Valvoline Instant Oil Change, this is an editorial comparison record; it does not reproduce the brand's current FDD.
- $158K – $373K
- Initial investment · Mid-range entry cost
- 1,700
- Total locations · Large network
FDD outlay schedule
Registry valvoline-instant-oil-change Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Valvoline Instant Oil Change needs $158K–$373K to open - an entry cost below the typical automotive franchise.
- LO $158K
- HI $373K
- UNT 1,700
- I19 Silent
- INV# #123/223
- UNT# #68/223
Same-sector Item 7 peers
Nearest Item 7 peer: Midas ($153K)
Same-sector Item 7 neighbourhood for Valvoline Instant Oil Change (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 Valvoline Instant Oil Change's franchise system looks, from 2 of 2 tracked dimensions.
- Network momentum 0.0% net unit growth (YoY) 21/100 · 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 Valvoline Instant Oil Change's investment ranks nationally
Valvoline Instant Oil Change's listed Item 7 low of $158K 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.
Valvoline Instant Oil Change vs all tracked franchise brands by listed investment
Initial investment low (FDD Item 7), PlainFranchise brand corpus
$158,000 Lower than most lower than 56% 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
Quick Facts
- Sector
- Automotive
- Subsector
- oil change
- Founded
- 1866
- Franchising Since
- 2009
- Headquarters
- KY
- FDD Year
- 2024
- Item 19
- Not Disclosed
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This Valvoline Instant Oil Change page is a registry comparison record, not a verified FDD extract. It does not establish suitability, operating costs, profitability, or expected results for Valvoline Instant Oil Change.
National footprint registry read for Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Signature read: 1,700 locations · Item 7 low $158K
Valvoline Instant Oil Change, a Valvoline Inc franchise, has been franchising since 2009 - 143 years after the concept was founded in 1866 , currently with 1,700 total locations (500 franchised, 1,200 company-owned; 29% of the recorded total is franchised) in the automotive sector, headquartered in KY. The listed total initial investment is $158K to $373K, recorded as a low-to-high range in the registry. The registry records a separate franchise-fee field and does not list every Item 7 component in this summary.
Royalty and ad-fund rates were not captured in this registry summary. Valvoline Instant Oil Change has no Item 19 financial-performance field in this registry; the FTC Franchise Rule does not require that disclosure.
A flat net count is reported here without a causal interpretation in the registry.
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Related reading for Valvoline Instant Oil Change: How to Evaluate a Franchise , Valvoline Instant Oil Change 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 Valvoline Instant Oil Change's Item 7 and Item 19 fields are labeled (expand)
Nationwide brands with similar investment or network size
Two data-derived peer sets for Valvoline Instant Oil Change , both outside HQ state KY : nearest Item 7 lows and nearest total-location counts, not the same-sector roster below.
Similar listed investment
Nearest Item 7 lows ($158K here).
Similar network size
Nearest total location counts (1,700 here).
What to do with this
Valvoline Instant Oil Change at a glance, drawn from the same figures above.
- Valvoline Instant Oil Change scores 11/100 (F) on our composite opportunity read, combining net unit growth and Item 19 financial-disclosure transparency.
- Its $158K – $373K entry cost runs below the typical automotive franchise.
- Ranks #123 of 223 listed franchises by initial investment. See rankings
- Midas sits at a comparable investment level ($153K) in the same sector. Compare
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