Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641625
European Wax Center franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a European Wax Center cost $331,600 to $776,950 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $1,123,886 in the franchisor's fiscal 2025, ended 2026-01-03 figures; 6.3% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: EWC Franchisor LLC. FDD issued 2026-04-23, amended 2026-05-19. Fiscal year end 2026-01-03. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
single Franchised Center under a Franchise Agreement; under a Development Agreement the first Center totals $367,600 to $938,950 (page 25).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $45,000 | Item 5, p. 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty Fee 6.00% of Gross Sales, weekly | Item 6, p. 13 |
| Advertising fund | Marketing Fund Contribution 3.00% of Gross Sales, monthly | Item 6, p. 13 |
first Franchised Center ($36,000 for existing franchisees); a Development Fee of $72,000 to $207,000 covers three or more Centers.
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 Sales, fiscal 2025, all franchise locations open the whole year (All Reporting Centers column) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 1,028 units: 1,028 of the 1,042 franchise locations open at 2026-01-03 that operated all of fiscal 2025, in quartiles; excludes 12 opened in 2025, 2 relocated and 32 that closed; the 724 Mature Centers (60+ months) average $1,024,725 (median $967,104); the printed All Reporting Centers median ($1,123,886) exceeds its average as filed | |
| Period | fiscal 2025, ended 2026-01-03 | |
| High / low | $2,420,856 / $135,136 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 median / Item 7 single Center 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 | 938 | 1,038 | 1,062 |
| Opened | 107 | 43 | 12 |
| Terminated | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 7 | 20 | 32 |
| End of year | 1,038 | 1,062 | 1,042 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 69; Table 3 totals p. 75.
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: the 2024 row does not sum (1,038 + 43 - 20 = 1,061, printed 1,062 with an asterisk); 2023 and 2025 sum.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the European Wax Center Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-23 and amended 2026-05-19, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641625, 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.
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