Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640827
Matco Tools franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Matco Tools cost $104,374 to $376,241 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 41.8% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Matco Tools Corporation. FDD issued 2026-04-06, amended 2026-08-01. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
includes $55,500 to $92,000 of minimum initial inventory; a mobile store (truck) is leased or bought.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $10,000 | Item 5, p. 18 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | none: no monthly or periodic royalty, franchise, license or advertising fee during the term (an annual software maintenance fee applies) | Item 6, p. 24 |
| Advertising fund | none: Matco has no advertising fund and no required cooperatives (Item 11) | Item 6, p. 24 |
$7,000 for a new 225 Distributorship; Matco may finance it.
The Distributor's ongoing payments to Matco are product purchases and financing payments, not a share of 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 Total Completed Business (gross revenue) for all 1,491 reporting Distributors split into thirds (Chart 1): top third average $765,946, median $706,981; middle third average $485,873, median $483,198; bottom third average $298,304, median $314,109; no all-Distributor row (Item 19, p. 74, 75).
Sample: 1,491 US Distributors in business for all of 2025 that reported sales for at least 48 weeks (1,456 standard and 35 '225' Distributors); each third has 497 Distributors. Charts 2 and 3 repeat the split for standard and 225 Distributors; Section 19-B gives average weekly sales. Period: 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 gives thirds with no combined figure.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 1,809 | 1,841 | 1,811 |
| Opened | 252 | 225 | 211 |
| Terminated | 17 | 21 | 59 |
| Not renewed | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 198 | 228 | 213 |
| End of year | 1,841 | 1,811 | 1,741 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 11 | 18 | 0 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 80; Table 3 totals p. 86.
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 Matco Tools Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-06 and amended 2026-08-01, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640827, 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 mobile tool-distribution franchise: the Distributor buys products from Matco and resells them from a truck. There is no royalty or advertising fund..
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.