Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640465
Kiddie Academy franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Kiddie Academy cost $590,000 to $1,010,000 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $2,075,740 in the franchisor's 2025 Reporting Period figures; 3.3% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Kiddie Academy Domestic Franchising, LLC. FDD issued 2026-03-27, amended 2026-09-22. Fiscal year end 2025-12-28. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
leased-building table; the owned-building table totals $4,935,000 to $8,530,000 (page 26).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $150,000 | Item 5, p. 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 7% of Gross Revenues, weekly (3.5% for the first 12 months of a new franchisee's first academy) | Item 6, p. 14 |
| Advertising fund | not read in this pass | Item 6, p. 14 |
payable in four installments from signing to occupancy.
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, 2025 Reporting Period, 2025 Mature Academies (open 24 months or more) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 293 units: the 293 franchised academies open 24 months or more at the end of the 2025 reporting period; 22 academies open under 24 months are reported separately; average labor, occupancy and miscellaneous expense and gross profit also given, with top and bottom quarter tables | |
| Period | 2025 Reporting Period | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 mature-academy median / Item 7 leased-building total (midpoint, low, high); the leased total excludes the building itself. 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 | 305 | 326 | 344 |
| Opened | 23 | 22 | 23 |
| Terminated | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| End of year | 326 | 344 | 363 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 81; Table 3 totals p. 88.
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 Kiddie Academy Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-27 and amended 2026-09-22, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640465, 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.