Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641236
The Learning Experience franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a The Learning Experience cost $805,799 to $1,563,499 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $2,168,511 in the franchisor's 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 figures; 3.0% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: The Learning Experience Systems LLC. FDD issued 2026-04-24. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
Table A, new centers developed by the franchisor under an SDSC addendum; other tables cover self-developed and owned-building centers up to $22,813,196.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $60,000 | Item 5, p. 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | 7% of Gross Revenue, monthly | Item 6, p. 17 |
| Advertising fund | Brand Awareness Fund currently 1% of Gross Revenue, may rise to 2.5% | Item 6, p. 17 |
per center; veteran discount available.
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, franchised Mature Centers (open at least 24 months) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 266 units: the 266 franchised centers open at least 24 months at 2025-12-31 and included in Statement 1; 17 corporate centers reported separately (median $2,574,296); 2023 and 2024 rows also given. The high is the highest among centers above the average; no system low is printed | |
| Period | 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 | |
| High / low | $4,834,709 / — | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 franchised mature-center median / Item 7 Table A 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 | 301 | 326 | 386 |
| Opened | 31 | 54 | 57 |
| Terminated | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| End of year | 326 | 386 | 436 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 40 | 31 | 29 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 69; Table 3 totals p. 73.
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.
2023 and 2025 franchised rows from the Table 3 totals.
the table has an extra column of centers transferred from company-owned (7, 9 and 4), which is added; with it, all three rows sum.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the The Learning Experience Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-24, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641236, 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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