Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640621
Days Inn franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Days Inn cost $8,128,742 to $10,088,760 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 14.4% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Days Inns Worldwide, Inc.. FDD issued 2026-03-31, amended 2026-10-01. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
new-construction hotel; a conversion totals $248,324 to $3,627,625 (page 52).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $35,000 | Item 5, p. 30 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty 5.5% of Gross Room Revenues, monthly | Item 6, p. 32 |
| Advertising fund | System Assessment Fee 3.8% of Gross Room Revenues for marketing and reservation services | Item 6, p. 33 |
Initial Fee the greater of $35,000 or $350 per guest room, plus a $2,500 Application Fee.
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. calendar 2025 average daily rate $89.33, occupancy 52.5% and RevPAR $46.86 for 498 Qualified Chain Facilities; no revenue per hotel (Item 19, p. 87, 88, 89, 90).
Sample: 498 of the 1,201 Days Inn facilities open at year-end 2025 that were open the full two prior years and reported every month. Period: 2025 calendar year.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 reports hotel operating ratios, not revenue per hotel.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 1,284 | 1,257 | 1,235 |
| Opened | 37 | 26 | 39 |
| Terminated | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 61 | 47 | 68 |
| End of year | 1,257 | 1,235 | 1,201 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 91; Table 3 totals p. 98.
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 Days Inn Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-31 and amended 2026-10-01, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640621, 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 hotel franchise. Fees are per guest room, Item 7 is a whole hotel, and Item 19 reports occupancy, room rate and revenue per available room rather than revenue per unit..
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