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Batteries Plus

retail other · HQ Hartland, WI
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Factbook Score: pending
Brand has 0 year(s) of Item 20 history in our current extraction; needs 3+ to compute a Factbook Score. Per methodology, this shows as 'Score pending — insufficient history', never a penalized score. See the methodology — this score can never be bought.
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Total initial investment
$208K–$386K
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$37,500
FDD Item 5
Royalty
5%
+ 1% brand fund
Franchised units
3-yr unit growth
CAGR from Item 20
Owner turnover
3-yr average, Item 20

What it really costs

Every cost figure this brand's filing discloses — not just the headline range

ExpenseLowHigh
Initial franchise fee$37,500$37,500
Total initial investment$208,450$385,750

Item 7 reports a total range, not a full line-item breakdown, in this brand's filing excerpt — the franchise fee is the only cost we can show separately today.

Earnings disclosure

Does the franchisor share performance data? No

This brand's filing does not include an Item 19 financial performance representation. That's common — a large share of franchisors disclose nothing here — but it means you should ask for unit-level economics directly during discovery calls.

Legal history

CLEAR
No bankruptcy disclosures for the franchisor or its officers.
3 CASES
Three concluded cases: Columbia Sportswear v. Batteries Plus (2012, settled $1.4M re: defective batteries supplied through a franchisee); Peak Batteries California arbitration (2008-2011, Batteries Plus prevailed, $1,078,160 awarded, later settled for $85,663.13); InterState Battery System v. Batteries Plus (2009, website trademark dispute, settled for $25,000 plus attorney fees).
NOT DISCLOSED
Non-compete term/radius wasn't separately quantified in the filing excerpt we have on file.

Profile changelog

Jul 30 Initial FDD data extracted (full fdd) — M0 pipeline batch

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Facts on this page are sourced from Batteries Plus's Franchise Disclosure Document. Source: https://fddexchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Batteries-Plus-Bulbs-FDD-2014.pdf

Item 6 royalty is 5% of total Net Revenues; national marketing/promotional fee is 1% of Net Revenues (recorded as brand_fund_pct); separately, local advertising requires a minimum $20,000 in the first 120 days then 4%/yr (or $15,000 minimum) - not captured in the single brand_fund_pct field. Tech fee shown ($265/month software support) plus a separate $75/month PCI compliance fee. Item 4: no franchisor bankruptcy; two unrelated affiliate bankruptcies disclosed (Wood Structures Inc. 2008/liquidated 2014; Ace Companies/Ace Mortgage Funding 2008/pending). Item 19: document explicitly states 'The franchisor has not made any financial performance representation,' so item19_provided = false. Item 12 and Item 17 specific figures, and the Item 20 numeric outlet table, were referenced (e.g., 'List of Franchise Stores' in Exhibit D) but not captured in the fetched excerpt and are left null.