Jiffy Lube franchise cost in 2026: $232,000 to $520,000 before real estate, a $35,000 fee, and a $1,004,273 median across 1,732 centers. See the math.
Quick answer A new Jiffy Lube center costs $232,000 to $520,000 to open per the 2026 Jiffy Lube, LLC FDD, before land and building, including a $35,000 initial franchise fee. The royalty is 4% of gross sales, or 3% if paid on time, plus 4% for advertising. Median 2025 net adjusted sales were $1,004,273 across 1,732 franchised centers.
Add up the Item 7 lines in the Jiffy Lube, LLC disclosure, issued March 27, 2026 and amended July 1, 2026, and a new freestanding service center comes to $232,000 to $520,000, excluding real estate. The printed total at the bottom of the same table says $211,000 to $510,000. The cover page agrees with the line items, so the printed total is the error and the higher pair is the one to budget on.
The amendment exists because the franchisor changed hands. On June 30, 2026, Shell’s SOPUS Products sold 100% of the company to Bolt Purchaser, LLC, whose ultimate majority owner is a fund advised by Monomoy Capital Partners, and Jiffy Lube International, Inc. converted into Jiffy Lube, LLC the same day. Our Jiffy Lube franchise explainer covers how the system is structured. This post is about what it costs you.
| Item 7 line | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $0 | $35,000 |
| First month’s rent and security deposit | $16,000 | $40,000 |
| Equipment, signs and fixtures | $125,000 | $325,000 |
| Initial inventory | $20,000 | $30,000 |
| Opening marketing | $15,000 | $20,000 |
| Insurance, first year | $10,000 | $20,000 |
| Training travel | $1,000 | $5,000 |
| Additional funds, 6 months | $45,000 | $45,000 |
| Line items summed | $232,000 | $520,000 |
| Total as printed | $211,000 | $510,000 |
The $0 low end on the fee reflects the discretionary waiver for honorably discharged veterans. Equipment is the swing line: a four-bay Multicare center with brake and tire equipment sits near $325,000, and the FDD says an oil-change-only center may cost less. The table assumes a build-to-suit lease where the landlord pays for land, building and site work, and Item 5 estimates that rent at $8,000 to $20,000 a month. A separate Growth Funding line of $0 to $77,350 is tied to the lubricant supply agreement, and the FDD prints a “net total” of $236,000 to $452,650 that does not reconcile with either total above.
The full Item 7 table and fee schedule are on the Jiffy Lube dossier, with the sales tables on the financials page. For how this range compares with other franchise categories, see how much it costs to open a franchise.
Item 5 splits the $35,000 fee into $10,000 at signing and $25,000 on the 15th of the month after you open. A conversion of an existing non-Jiffy Lube shop that has run at least 12 months pays $17,500. In 2025, franchisees paid anywhere from $0 to $35,000 for a new center, so some centers opened with the fee waived; Item 5 describes waivers for second through fifth centers under the Significant Growth and build-to-suit programs.
Item 6 sets the royalty at 4% of gross sales, reduced to 3% if you pay on time and stay current with the franchisor. New-to-system centers pay 0% for their first six months. Advertising is 1.5% to the national fund plus 2.5% local, under a 4% minimum.
Apply that to the 2025 median of $1,004,273. At the 3% prompt-pay rate the royalty is $30,128. The national fund takes $15,064 and local advertising $25,107. That is about $70,300 a year, 7% of sales, or roughly $80,300 if you lose the discount. Add up to about $283 a month for POS support, hardware support and the network license, roughly $3,400 a year. The median is net adjusted sales, which already strips out promotions and fleet discounts, while royalties are charged on gross sales, so your real bill runs a little higher than this math.
You also buy your lubricants through the franchisor. The Pacesetter supply agreement is mandatory, and on June 30, 2026 Jiffy Lube, LLC signed a long-term lubricants supply agreement with SOPUS Products, so SOPUS Products remains the lubricant source behind the system.
Item 19 covers every franchised center open all 12 months of 2025: 1,732 of them. Company-operated centers are excluded, which is a change. The March 2026 version reported 2,049 centers and a lower $973,702 median; the July amendment removed company stores and the median rose to $1,004,273.06. The average was $1,109,719, and only 40.5% of centers beat it, which tells you a long top tail pulls the mean up.
The quartiles are the useful part. Each holds 433 centers.
| 2025 quartile | Median net adjusted sales | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Bottom | $571,062 | $195,661 to $713,934 |
| Second | $856,106 | $714,649 to $1,004,243 |
| Third | $1,145,176 | $1,004,304 to $1,365,633 |
| Top | $1,741,654 | $1,368,484 to $5,962,733 |
A bottom-quartile center does about half the system median and pays the same fixed costs. New builds start lower. The eight new centers whose first full year was 2025 had a $739,587 median, and the 27 centers from the 2023 class still reporting in 2025 had reached $810,210.
Traffic is the warning. Median vehicles per center fell from 8,479 in 2023 to 7,819 in 2025 while median sales rose from $967,463 to $1,004,273. Ticket size carried the growth. Item 19 discloses no product cost, labor, rent or profit, so you cannot read margin from it. Ask franchisees from Exhibit N.
Franchised centers ended 2023 at 1,710, 2024 at 1,721 and 2025 at 1,765. Openings ran 52, 26 and 67 over those three years, against 15, 14 and 21 terminations, two non-renewals and no other closures.
The company side shrank. Company-operated centers went from 359 to 354 to 318, and in 2025 the franchisor sold 34 of them to franchisees, closed 4 and reacquired 2. Georgia alone went from 28 company centers to 10. Franchise transfers between owners ran 45, 63 and 51. Item 20 projects 13 new franchised centers for the coming year, with 5 signed agreements not yet open.
Item 7 footnote 2 prices the alternative to leasing. A site runs $300,000 to over $800,000, and building a four-bay center costs $700,000 to $1,200,000, with the FDD noting some franchisees spent more than $1 million on land alone. A two-bay oil-change-only center needs at least 0.37 acres; a four-bay Multicare needs 0.51. The franchisor wants 50,000 people and 42,000 registered vehicles within three miles and 20,000 cars a day passing the site.
That is why the system grows by other routes. Openings were 67 in a 1,765-unit system last year, while 51 transfers and 34 company sales moved existing centers. Item 7 does not estimate a resale price or conversion cost at all; you negotiate it, and goodwill is priced off the center’s cash flow. Our resale due diligence guide covers what to request before you bid.
The FDD sets no net worth or liquidity minimum, so the franchisor’s credit review and your lender decide who qualifies. Plan for the $232,000 to $520,000 in cash and financing on a lease, or $1.2 million and up if you buy the dirt. Multicare centers must employ an ASE A5 certified technician. Item 12 protects a three-mile ring around your center, and Item 17 sets a 20-year term with one 10-year renewal at a $10,000 fee.
| Brand | Item 7 range | Fee | Royalty | Disclosed median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiffy Lube (2026) | $232,000 to $520,000, leased | $35,000 | 3% to 4% | $1,004,273, 1,732 franchised |
| Valvoline Instant Oil Change (2025) | $192,375 to $3,483,550 | $30,000 | 2%, then 3%, then 4% to 6% | $1,894,490 gross, 785 company centers |
| Take 5 Oil Change (2025) | $912,248 to $2,053,642 ground-up | $45,000 | 7% | $1,327,808, 298 affiliate centers |
Jiffy Lube has the tightest range and the lowest steady-state royalty, and its median is the only one of the three built from franchised centers. Valvoline’s and Take 5’s figures come from company or affiliate stores, so they are not franchisee results. Take 5’s conversion format runs $287,145 to $1,013,587. The Take 5 vs Valvoline comparison works through those two disclosures, and the best auto repair franchises list covers the broader category.
Jiffy Lube’s FDD is unusually transparent on sales and silent on what you keep. Get three years of P&Ls from any center you consider buying, confirm your Growth Funding terms in writing, and ask how the new owner plans to price the supply agreement. The $49 full report on the Jiffy Lube dossier walks through every Item.
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About this analysis The franchise data in this article is drawn from VetMyFranchise's structured analysis of 2,400+ Franchise Disclosure Documents filed with U.S. state regulators. See our data & methodology.
A new leased Jiffy Lube center costs $232,000 to $520,000 by the 2026 FDD's line items, including the $35,000 fee, $125,000 to $325,000 in equipment and signs, and $45,000 in working capital. Land and building are extra if you buy rather than lease.
The FDD does not say. Item 19 reports a $1,004,273 median in 2025 net adjusted sales across 1,732 franchised centers, on a $1,109,719 average, but discloses no labor, product, rent or profit figures.
Since June 30, 2026, a fund advised by private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners, through Bolt Purchaser, LLC. Shell's SOPUS Products sold 100% of the franchisor that day, and Jiffy Lube International, Inc. converted into Jiffy Lube, LLC.
Yes. Resales are common: Item 20 shows 51 franchise transfers in 2025, and the franchisor sold 34 company-operated centers to franchisees the same year. Item 7 does not estimate resale prices; your investment is whatever you negotiate, plus a $3,500 transfer fee and the franchisor's expenses.
The royalty is 4% of gross sales, cut to 3% when you pay on time and stay current. New-to-system centers pay 0% for their first six months. Advertising adds 1.5% to the national fund and 2.5% local.
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