Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 640486
Signarama franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a Signarama cost $245,432 to $344,768 in the 2026 FDD; the median unit sold $592,916 in the franchisor's 2025 calendar year figures; 8.9% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: SignARama Inc.. FDD issued 2026-03-27. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-04.
What a unit costs to open
standard equipment package, plus applicable tax; the enhanced package totals $459,994 to $638,470 (page 18).
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $49,500 | Item 5, p. 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty the greater of $500 a month or 6% of gross sales up to $1,000,000 and 4% above that, monthly | Item 6, p. 10 |
| Advertising fund | Marketing Fund Fee the greater of $915 a month ($880 by ACH) or 1% of gross sales | Item 6, p. 11 |
new Center; $39,500 for additional locations and for franchisees of sibling United Franchise Group brands.
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 | 2025 gross sales, Centers open two years or more (Table 1, Total Centers row) | |
|---|---|---|
| Sample | 313 units: 313 of the 390 United States Centers open in 2025 that were open two full years and reported all twelve months; 47 younger and 30 non-reporting Centers excluded; 89 Centers exceeded $1,000,000; 97 Centers with a full-time outside salesperson averaged $1,701,196 | |
| Period | 2025 calendar year | |
| High / low | $10,669,229 / $31,774 | |
Revenue to investment
Formula: Item 19 median / Item 7 standard-package 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 | 666 | 675 | 681 |
| Opened | 24 | 29 | 23 |
| Terminated | 11 | 19 | 15 |
| Not renewed | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| End of year | 675 | 681 | 684 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 48; Table 3 totals p. 54.
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.
United States Centers.
As filed: the 2024 row does not sum (675 + 29 - 19 - 1 - 4 = 680, printed 681); the non-renewal carries a footnote in the filing.
Source and method
Every figure above comes from the Signarama Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-03-27, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 640486, 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.