Compared to other Retail franchises, Children's Orchard, LLC's royalty is below the Retail median, and the network is smaller than typical Retail brands.
Head-to-head: Children's Orchard, LLC vs the Retail median
Industry median computed from 125 other Retail franchises in the VetMyFranchise database. Overall median spans all 2,114 active FDDs.
| Metric | Children's Orchard, LLC | Retail Median | All Industries | vs Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Investment (midpoint) | $281K | $284K | $311K | ≈ 1% |
| Initial Franchise Fee | $20K | $35K | $40K | ↓ 43% |
| Royalty Rate | 4% | 5.5% | 6.0% | ↓ 27% |
| Ad Fund Contribution | 5% | 2.0% | 2.0% | ↑ 150% |
| Franchised Units (network size) | 13 | 69 | — | ↓ 81% |
Financial transparency
Children's Orchard, LLC
✓ Item 19 disclosed
Median revenue: $367K ✓
Based on 13 units
Retail industry
70% disclose
of 125 brands
How we computed this
Every number above is extracted from the franchisor's own FDD: investment from Item 7, franchise fee from Item 5, royalty and ad fund from Item 6, units from Item 20, financial performance from Item 19. The industry median is the 50th percentile across all other Retail franchises in the database — outliers don't distort it. The "vs Industry" delta uses lower-is-better for fees and investment (less you pay, better for you) and higher-is-better for unit count (larger network = more brand-recognition leverage).
See the full Franchise Pricing Index for the cross-industry benchmark report this page draws from.
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