Most Stable Education Franchises

Ranked on the share of outlets that leave the system each year — terminated, not renewed, or ceased operations. Outlets the franchisor reacquires are excluded: the shop is still trading, it simply changed hands. This is the closest thing an FDD offers to a failure rate, and it is the number a prospective franchisee should read before any growth figure.

1. 1The Goddard School0.3%1,330 units
2. 2School of Rock0.8%552 units
3. 3Kiddie Academy1.0%726 units
4. 4Challenge Island1.2%340 units
5. 5Young Rembrandts1.5%92 units
6. 6Club Z! Tutoring1.7%943 units
7. 7KUMON1.7%3,410 units
8. 8Building Kidz Worldwide2.7%92 units
9. 9Class 1014.0%170 units
10. 10HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTERS5.8%486 units
11. 11iCode School5.8%122 units
12. 12The Tutoring Center9.9%149 units
13. 13Drama Kids10.6%84 units
14. 14Engineering for Kids11.1%44 units
15. 15Best in Class Education11.2%72 units

Computed from Item 20 of each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document and recomputed as coverage grows. Brands are excluded where the filing's own outlet arithmetic doesn't balance — a mis-parsed table should not outrank a correct one. This list has never been, and cannot be, paid for. How this is calculated.