Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640316
Minuteman Press franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Minuteman Press cost $237,064 to $315,064 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $559,528 in the franchisor's 2025 calendar year figures; 4.8% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: Minuteman Press International, Inc.. FDD issued 2026-03-31. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
with the equipment package purchased outright; leasing the equipment package instead gives $138,351 to $216,346 up front.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $48,500 | Item 5, p. 11 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty 6% of total gross revenue, monthly, subject to the Royalty Incentive Program | Item 6, p. 13 |
| Advertising fund | no percentage advertising fund; an Internet Marketing Program fee of $280 to $3,000 per month | Item 6, p. 13 |
new franchise; $35,000 transfer/training fee instead when buying an existing center.
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 | annual gross sales, calendar 2025, U.S. franchised Centers reporting twelve months (Table No. 1) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 609 units: 609 of the 775 U.S. franchised Centers (79%) that were open all of 2025, reported twelve months of sales and were not under audit; Table No. 2 lists the 144 centers worldwide above $1,000,000 and Table No. 3 gives cost ratios | |
| Period | 2025 calendar year | |
| High / low | $15,969,537 / $70,571 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 median / Item 7 total with equipment purchased (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 | 972 | 996 | 1,016 |
| Opened | 42 | 39 | 33 |
| Terminated | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Not renewed | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 13 | 19 | 10 |
| End of year | 996 | 1,016 | 1,039 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 36; Table 3 totals p. 47.
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.
worldwide counts as filed; Table 3 also gives U.S.-only rows (717 at the start of 2023 to 775 at the end of 2025).
all three rows sum (Total row, U.S. plus international, matching Table 1).
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Minuteman Press Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-31, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640316, 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.