Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641227
7-Eleven franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a 7-Eleven cost $162,900 to $1,656,800 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 3.3% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: 7-Eleven, Inc.. FDD issued 2026-04-01. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
real estate and equipment are furnished by 7-Eleven (Note 7) and are outside the total; the range is dominated by the per-store franchise fee.
Largest line: Franchise Fee, $0 to $1,100,000 (Item 7, p. 28).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $0 to $800,000 in 2025, set per store | Item 5, p. 17 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 7-Eleven Charge: variable percentage of Gross Profit (Net Sales less Cost of Goods Sold), monthly | Item 6, p. 19 |
| Advertising fund | 1% of Gross Profit | Item 6, p. 19 |
Item 7 shows $0 to $1,100,000; the fee varies by store sales, age and availability.
not a percentage of sales; the split of gross profit is set in Exhibit E of the franchise agreement.
What a unit sells
Item 19 is optional and is the franchisor's own representation. It is shown here as filed, with the franchisor's measure, sample and period, and nothing is estimated where it is missing.
Item 19 present, no single unit figure. Total Sales and Gross Profit, averages and medians by state, each state split into bottom/middle/top thirds, full years 2024 and 2025 (Item 19, p. 58, 59).
Sample: franchised stores on the standard franchise agreement open the full prior calendar year, per state in this edition (e.g. New Jersey 2025: 271 stores in three tertiles, medians $1,584,681 / $1,977,848 / $2,548,026). Period: calendar 2024 and 2025.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 has no system-wide figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 7,218 | 7,245 | 7,229 |
| Opened | 277 | 300 | 283 |
| Terminated | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 167 | 240 | 160 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 83 | 76 | 78 |
| End of year | 7,245 | 7,229 | 7,274 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 1,604 | 1,025 | 1,029 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 60; Table 3 totals p. 66.
Closures are the franchisor's Item 20 counts of units terminated, not renewed, or ceased for other reasons, summed over 2023–2025 and divided by franchised units at the start of 2023. Units the franchisor reacquired are not closures. This is an Item 20 count, not a failure rate.
all three rows sum; reacquisitions by franchisor (567 over three years) are large and are not in the closure count by the site's formula.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the 7-Eleven Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-01, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641227, registry record). The PDF is the franchisor's and is not hosted here; the item and page beside each figure is where to check it. Item 7 and Item 20 tables were read cell by cell; Item 19 was read by hand; each Item 20 year was checked to sum (start + opened − exits = end) before it was recorded.
The FDD filed in Wisconsin is 7-Eleven's multi-state edition (footer lists CT, DE, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, VT, VA, DC, WV, dated 04/26); Item 19 data is state-specific to that set.
Informational only, not professional, legal or investment advice. Unitnomics computes from the filing and does not advise on, rank, or refer to any franchise. Last reviewed: November 2026.