Franchise Factbook

Education — USA

60 brands in the USA · every figure from official FDD filings, source linked

$148K
median start-up
+3.8%
median net growth
2.7%
median units lost/yr

Growing fastest

Openings minus closures, per year
  1. 1Team Up Athletics+80.4%
  2. 2CELEBREE+51.6%
  3. 3iCode School+28.2%
  4. 4Tutu School+24.4%
  5. 5Class 101+20.6%
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Fewest units lost

Terminations, non-renewals and closures as a share of units at year start
  1. 1The Goddard School0.3%
  2. 2School of Rock0.8%
  3. 3Kiddie Academy1.0%
  4. 4Challenge Island1.2%
  5. 5Young Rembrandts1.5%
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Largest systems

Franchised outlets on file in the most recent year

Most company-owned

Share the franchisor runs itself

Lowest cost to enter

Low end of the Item 7 total investment range, including the franchise fee
  1. 1Inter-State Studio$26K
  2. 2Club Z! Tutoring$41K
  3. 3Drama Kids$44K
  4. 4Parker-Anderson$46K
  5. 5FasTracKids$48K
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Rankings are computed from filings, never sold, and recompute as coverage grows. Brands whose Item 20 outlet arithmetic doesn't balance are excluded rather than ranked on a mis-parsed table.

Cost, growth and turnover side by side — the columns other directories leave out. Showing 1–50.

BrandTotal to openNet growthUnits lost/yrUnitsScore
School of RockDirectory only—+9.6%0.8%55268
Young RembrandtsPartial FDD data$52K–$60K+3.8%1.5%9266
Challenge IslandFull FDD data$58K–$74K+9.6%1.2%34065
iCode SchoolFull FDD data$296K–$447K+28.2%5.8%12264
The Goddard SchoolFull FDD data$1.0M–$1.5M+3.6%0.3%1,33064
KidcreateFull FDD data$165K–$473K——6160
Building Kidz WorldwidePartial FDD data$327K–$1.5M+13.5%2.7%9258
Class 101Full FDD data$84K–$138K+20.6%4.0%17058
Club Z! TutoringFull FDD data$41K–$57K+3.4%1.7%94356
KUMONFull FDD data$102K–$234K+1.9%1.7%3,41049
Apex LeadershipPartial FDD data$94K–$143K——23847
HUNTINGTON LEARNING CENTERSPartial FDD data$192K–$341K-4.3%5.8%48646
LearningRxFull FDD data$75K–$148K——8441
Drama KidsPartial FDD data$44K–$55K-7.0%10.6%8427
The Tutoring CenterPartial FDD data$85K–$1.6M-4.7%9.9%14924
Engineering for KidsFull FDD data$71K–$140K-5.6%11.1%4418
Best in Class EducationFull FDD data$84K–$143K-6.6%11.2%7214
Bach to RockFull FDD data$259K–$574K——93?
Best BrainsFull FDD data$50K–$134K———?
Big Blue Marble AcademyDirectory only————?
Brain BalancePartial FDD data$216K–$504K——1?
Bricks 4 KidzFull FDD data$77K–$111K——274?
Casa EarlylearningFull FDD data$1.0M–$5.4M——12?
CEFA Early Years SchoolFull FDD data$1.9M–$2.6M———?
CELEBREEPartial FDD data$1.0M–$1.4M+51.6%—88?
Code NinjasPartial FDD data$174K–$266K———?
Eye LevelDirectory only————?
FasTracKidsPartial FDD data$48K–$204K———?
Huntington Learning CenterPartial FDD data$148K–$263K——277?
Imagine Arts AcademyFull FDD data$128K–$168K———?
Inter-State StudioPartial FDD data$26K–$54K——19?
Ivybrook AcademyFull FDD data$643K–$1.2M———?
JEI Learning CentersPartial FDD data$85K–$139K———?
Jungle Driving SchoolFull FDD data$198K–$309K———?
Kiddie AcademyPartial FDD data$345K–$1.0M+5.9%1.0%726?
KidzArtFull FDD data$5K–$13K———?
KinderCare Learning CentersDirectory only————?
Lightbridge AcademyFull FDD data$1.1M–$3.1M———?
Little DiggersFull FDD data$350K–$495K———?
Little Medical SchoolPartial FDD data$58K–$79K———?
Mad ScienceFull FDD data$127K–$186K———?
Maple BearPartial FDD data$690K–$2.3M———?
Marigold AcademyPartial FDD data$957K–$1.1M———?
MathnasiumFull FDD data$127K–$166K——1,043?
MindChamps International PreSchoolFull FDD data$726K–$1.2M———?
Oxford Learning CentresDirectory only$128K–$231K———?
Parker-AndersonFull FDD data$46K–$141K+0.0%—28?
Primrose SchoolsFull FDD data$5.0M–$8.0M———?
Sylvan LearningPartial FDD data$118K–$288K——866?
Team Up AthleticsPartial FDD data$61+80.4%—84?

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