VetMyFranchise · Affordability
Every U.S. franchise with a total Item 7 investment midpoint below $20K. Sortable, filterable, every entry analyzed from the franchisor's own Franchise Disclosure Document.
Source: 2025-2026 FDD filings · 41 brands analyzed
There are 41 franchises whose typical Item 7 investment midpoint comes in under $20K, based on their current Franchise Disclosure Documents.
How we count: each figure is the midpoint of a brand's FDD Item 7 low-to-high total-investment range. The "investment high" is the top of that range the franchisor itself publishes — it covers the franchise fee, build-out, equipment, initial inventory, training, and several months of pre-opening working capital. We include only franchises in a ready pipeline state with real Item 7 figures; brands with no Item 7 disclosure are excluded. Every figure is drawn from 2025-2026 FDD filings.
Franchises in this list
41
below $20K midpoint investment
Cheapest entry
$1K
Presotea
Industries represented
14
of 17 total
Disclose Item 19
59%
24 of 41
Food & Beverage
8
19.5%
Business Services
7
17.1%
Fitness & Wellness
5
12.2%
Retail
4
9.8%
Hospitality & Travel
4
9.8%
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| Franchise↕ | Industry↕ | Investment (midpoint)↑ | Inv. Low↕ | Inv. High↕ | Initial Fee↕ | Royalty↕ | Units↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presotea | Food & Beverage | $1K | $1K | $1K | $50K | 5% | 30 |
| Barmetrix Hospitality | Business Services | $1K | $1K | $2K | $55K | 8.0% | 22 |
| Remote Kitchens | Food & Beverage | $2K | $2K | $2K | $40K | 4% | — |
| Environment Control | Cleaning & Maintenance | $2K | $2K | $2K | $30K | 50% | — |
| HomeWell Care Services | Senior Care | $2K | $2K | $2K | $50K | 5% | 179 |
| The Melting Pot | Food & Beverage | $2K | $2K | $2K | $50K | 5% of Gross Revenues | 88 |
| The Melting Pot Restaurants | Food & Beverage | $2K | $2K | $2K | $45K | 5% of Gross Revenues | 85 |
| The Boiling Crab | Food & Beverage | $2K | $2K | $2K | $40K | 5% | 26 |
| Jazzercise | Fitness & Wellness | $3K | $2K | $3K | $1K | 20% of gross member enrollment | 5,092 |
| Gatsby Glass | Home Services | $3K | $3K | $3K | $60K | 5% | 137 |
| Prime IV Hydration & Wellness | Senior Care | $3K | $3K | $4K | $34K | 7% | 210 |
| Clementine's Ice Cream | Food & Beverage | $5K | $5K | $6K | $40K | 3.0% | 10 |
| Vanguard Cleaning Systems | Cleaning & Maintenance | $6K | $500 | $11K | $5K | 11.5% of monthly gross revenues | 1,914 |
| Scooter's Coffee | Food & Beverage | $7K | $4K | $10K | $40K | 6% | 906 |
| Scooter's Coffee | Food & Beverage | $7K | $4K | $10K | $40K | 6% | 906 |
| BeLocal | Business Services | $7K | $2K | $12K | $735 | 15% of the advertising value of each issue of the Publication | 135 |
| Real Producers | Business Services | $7K | $2K | $12K | $735 | 15-20% of advertising value | 152 |
| Sign Gypsies | Business Services | $7K | $4K | $10K | $1K | — | 565 |
| Stroll | Business Services | $7K | $2K | $13K | $735 | 15% | 620 |
| N2 Franchising, Inc. (n2 Publishing, Stroll or Greet) | Retail | $7K | $2K | $13K | $735 | 15% of the advertising value | 540 |
| MOMLETA | Fitness & Wellness | $8K | $6K | $10K | $6K | 4% | 5 |
| The Camp Transformation Center | Fitness & Wellness | $9K | $6K | $12K | $50K | 6% | 80 |
| Steamoji | Child Services & Education | $10K | $4K | $16K | $40K | 8% | 2 |
| Travel Leaders | Hospitality & Travel | $10K | $2K | $18K | $3K | — | 187 |
| Winzer | Retail | $11K | $6K | $16K | $4K | 8.0% to 16.0% | 256 |
| Winzer | Retail | $11K | $6K | $16K | $4K | 8%-16% of Annual Gross Sales | 256 |
| Cp | Hospitality & Travel | $11K | $2K | $21K | $11K | 1.5%-3% of Gross Commissionable Fares | 3,124 |
| Cruiseone | Hospitality & Travel | $11K | $2K | $21K | $11K | 1.5% to 3.0% | 2,515 |
| Coffee News | Retail | $12K | $11K | $12K | $10K | — | 168 |
| Sanford Rose Associates | Staffing & HR | $13K | $11K | $15K | $88K | 5.5% or $10,000/month + 0.25% over $6,000,000 | 157 |
| Ideal Automotive Sales | Automotive | $14K | $3K | $24K | $45K | — | 3 |
| Card My Yard | Other | $14K | $10K | $19K | $9K | 25.0% | 543 |
| Poop 911 | Pet Services | $15K | $4K | $26K | $0 | 25% | 254 |
| Gokhale Method | Fitness & Wellness | $16K | $8K | $24K | $4K | — | 18 |
| FIT4MOM | Fitness & Wellness | $16K | $3K | $29K | $7K | 4.0% to 5.0% | 211 |
| United Country Real Estate | Real Estate | $16K | $11K | $22K | $20K | 5% | 376 |
| Cruiseone | Hospitality & Travel | $16K | $12K | $21K | $11K | 1.5% -3.0% | 2,515 |
| Structural Elements | Senior Care | $17K | $11K | $23K | $3K | 8% of Gross Receipts or a minimum monthly Services Fee of $200 | 10 |
| Proforma | Business Services | $17K | $7K | $28K | — | — | 461 |
| Singers Company | Child Services & Education | $19K | $5K | $32K | $12K | 10% | 57 |
| Yorcmo | Business Services | $19K | $11K | $26K | $17K | 5%-7% of Gross Sales | 25 |
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Investment is the midpoint of the FDD Item 7 "low" and "high" columns — the franchisor's own published total startup cost range, which covers franchise fee, real estate, equipment, inventory, training, and pre-opening working capital. We exclude franchises with no Item 7 data and franchises in non-ready pipeline states. The list updates as new FDDs are analyzed.
Low investment doesn't mean low risk. Lower entry prices often correlate with thinner unit economics, less brand recognition, and steeper customer-acquisition headwinds. Always validate a brand by talking to 4–6 existing franchisees and modeling realistic first-year P&L for your specific market.
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