Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640185
Bricks 4 Kidz franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Bricks 4 Kidz cost $77,150 to $110,550 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $72,503 in the franchisor's fiscal year ended 2025-09-30 figures; 34.8% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: BFK Franchise Company LLC. FDD issued 2026-01-16. Fiscal year end 2025-09-30. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
standard business; a Mobile Bricks 4 Kidz business totals $34,200 to $49,050 (page 17).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $25,000 | Item 5, p. 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty Fee the greater of 7% of Gross Sales or a Minimum Royalty Fee, monthly | Item 6, p. 10 |
| Advertising fund | Marketing Fund the greater of 2% of Gross Sales or $150 a month, plus local advertising of up to 3% (currently 2%, at least $750 a month) | Item 6, p. 10 |
standard Bricks 4 Kidz business; $23,000 for a Mobile business.
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 | gross revenue per franchised business, fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, all U.S. franchised businesses (Systemwide Gross Revenue table) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | — units: all U.S. franchised businesses, including Mobile businesses, as reported for fiscal 2025; the filing states no count; the top 25% averaged $242,104 and the top 10% $338,482 | |
| Period | fiscal year ended 2025-09-30 | |
| High / low | $518,827 / $0 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 median / Item 7 standard business 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 | 155 | 134 | 135 |
| Opened | 12 | 18 | 6 |
| Terminated | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 30 | 15 | 4 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| End of year | 134 | 135 | 137 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 3 | 20 | 20 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 45; Table 3 totals p. 51.
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.
fiscal years ending September 30.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Bricks 4 Kidz Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-01-16, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640185, 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.
A mobile children's education franchise with a September fiscal year. Item 19 gives one system-wide revenue line without a sample count, and 30 franchises were not renewed in fiscal 2023..
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