Franchises · 2026 FDD · Wisconsin DFI filing 641224
The UPS Store franchise cost, unit revenue and closures
Opening a The UPS Store cost $222,368 to $606,081 in the 2026 FDD; the franchisor's revenue disclosure has no single unit figure; 3.1% of franchised units closed over three years.
Franchisor: The UPS Store, Inc.. FDD issued 2026-04-23. Fiscal year end 2025-12-31. Figures re-found on the cited page 2026-11-03.
What a unit costs to open
first Item 7 table, a new Traditional Center; later tables cover other formats including a conversion ($97,047 to $281,271), a Rural Program remodel and a Laser Lite design.
What a unit pays the franchisor
| Initial franchise fee | $39,950 | Item 5, p. 13 |
|---|---|---|
| Royalty | Royalty 5% of Sales Subject to Royalty (STR), monthly | Item 6, p. 22 |
| Advertising fund | National Advertising Fee 2.5% of STR, plus Collaborative dues that vary by area | Item 6, p. 23 |
first Center; $19,950 for a second or later 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.
Item 19 present, no single unit figure. average annual adjusted gross sales, calendar 2025, all franchised Traditional Centers in operation and reporting (narrative, paragraph (a)); no median is printed (Item 19, p. 72, 73, 74, 75).
Sample: 5,058 franchised Traditional Centers in the US operating and reporting gross sales during 2025 (2024: 4,931, average $719,842; 2023: 4,825, average $721,245); the top 10% (506 Centers) averaged $1,248,208 and the bottom 10% $345,790. Period: 2025 calendar year.
Revenue to investment
Undefined: Item 19 prints an average but no median.
How many units open and close
| Franchised units | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of year | 5,138 | 5,232 | 5,350 |
| Opened | 141 | 192 | 187 |
| Terminated | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Not renewed | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Reacquired by franchisor | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Ceased, other reasons | 32 | 47 | 44 |
| End of year | 5,232 | 5,350 | 5,487 |
| Company-owned, end of year | 2 | 15 | 16 |
Item 20, Table 1 p. 77; Table 3 totals p. 85.
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 The UPS Store Franchise Disclosure Document issued 2026-04-23, as filed with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (filing 641224, 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.
Wisconsin holds two UPS Store registrations; this is the Traditional Center filing. Item 19 gives system-wide averages of adjusted gross sales and no median figure in its narrative..
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.