Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641700
D-BAT franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a D-BAT cost $522,950 to $1,009,600 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 7.0% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: D-BAT Academies, LLC. FDD issued 2026-05-11, amended 2026-09-08. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
single Facility under a Franchise Agreement; the Area Development Agreement table totals $567,950 to $1,054,600 (page 17).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $45,000 | Item 5, p. 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Management Fee 40% of Membership Fees, monthly (not a percentage of total sales; may be reset to up to 12% of Gross Revenue after sustained low membership revenue) | Item 6, p. 6 |
| Advertising fund | Advertising and Promotion Fund Contribution 2.5% of Membership Fees | Item 6, p. 6 |
a $20,000 earnest money payment under the optional Letter of Intent is credited against it.
The fee is charged on membership revenue only, so it is not comparable with a royalty on gross sales.
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. 2025 Gross Revenue by facility size: 7 to 10 batting cages (49 facilities) average $680,914, median $628,765; 11 to 14 cages (76) average $1,001,503, median $996,864; 15 to 25 cages (43) average $1,176,065, median $1,127,564; no all-facility row (Item 19, p. 42, 43).
Sample: all 168 franchised Facilities open the full 2025 calendar year, regardless of transfers, excluding the two that closed during 2025; no company-owned Facilities. Period: 2025 calendar year.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 gives three facility-size tiers with no combined figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 128 | 153 | 170 |
| Opened | 28 | 21 | 31 |
| Terminated | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| End of year | 153 | 170 | 199 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 44; Table 3 totals p. 48.
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.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the D-BAT Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-05-11 and amended 2026-09-08, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641700, 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.