Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640255
Bahama Buck's franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Bahama Buck's cost $540,000 to $1,190,550 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $504,287 in the franchisor's 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 figures; 6.4% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Bahama Buck's Franchise Corporation. FDD issued 2026-03-26, amended 2026-07-22. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
leased premises (Note 19); a second total of $1,620,000 to $3,571,650 (Note 18) applies when land and building are purchased.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $34,500 | Item 5, p. 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 6% of Gross Sales, monthly | Item 6, p. 5 |
| Advertising fund | Advertising Fee 2% of Gross Sales | Item 6, p. 5 |
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.
| Measure | Unit Sales Volume, calendar 2025, franchised stores (All Stores column of the 2025 Sales History Chart) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 107 units: 107 franchised stores submitting information for 2025, of which 98 were open at least one year and 5 a partial year (6 others excluded); top 10%, 25%, 50% and 75% cuts given, plus the same chart for 2024 (median $534,085) | |
| Period | 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | |
| High / low | $998,683 / $164,682 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 all-stores median / Item 7 leased-premises total (midpoint, low, high). A ratio of 1.00 means one year of median unit revenue equals the investment; it says nothing about profit.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 109 | 112 | 112 |
| Opened | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Terminated | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| End of year | 112 | 112 | 113 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 46; Table 3 totals p. 50.
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.
As filed: 2023 does not sum (109 + 7 − 3 = 113, printed 112); 2024 and 2025 sum.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Bahama Buck's Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-26 and amended 2026-07-22, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640255, 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.
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.