AmericInn Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
AmericInn by Wyndham is a midscale, limited-service hotel franchise, many with indoor pools. Franchisees own and operate individual properties, running guest services and maintenance on Wyndham's systems.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A AmericInn franchise requires a total initial investment of $316K – $4.2M, including a $35K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. The 2026 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2026 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $316K – $4.2M
- 17th pct Lodging
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Outlet subsetProjection
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 3rd pct Lodging
- Units
- 230
- 54th pct Lodging
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Lodging · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Lodging avg · No shading = within ±10% · Red = unfavorable by >10% · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Bottom line
- COSTTotal investment $316K – $4.2M including a $35K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 discloses hotel-industry per-room metrics only: Average Daily Room Rate (avg $121.75, median $117.51), Occupancy Rate (avg 55.4%, median 50.5%), and RevPAR (avg $67.49, median $65.61) for 95 Qualified Chain Facilities in 2025, plus RevPAR Index (avg 107.1%) and Central Reservation System/Wyndham Rewards revenue contribution percentages for all 230 U.S. Chain Facilities. No whole-unit gross sales or net income figures are disclosed.
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 76/100 (higher is better).
- DATAItem 19 reports hotel occupancy metrics rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- AmericInn International, LLC
- Parent company
- Wyndham Hotel Group, LLC
- Ultimate parent
- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
- Predecessor
- Northcott Hospitality International, LLC
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Geoff Ballotti
- Incorporated in
- Minnesota
- HQ
- 22 Sylvan Way, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $1.4B
- vs $1.4B prior year
Independent franchisee associations
- Franchise Advisory Council (FAC)
Franchisee-led councils or alliances disclosed in Item 20. Indicates operator voice.
Affiliated brands
- Wyndham Franchisor
- WSSI
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Overview
About
- CEO
- Geoff Ballotti
- Headquarters
- New Jersey
- Founded
- 1993
- FDD year
- 2026
- States available
- 20
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 79% below the typical lodging franchise.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7
published investment is a conversion of an existing 100-room facility. The same filing prices new construction of a 3-story 75-room facility separately at $7,886,302-$11,178,916.
Full Item 7 breakdown19 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Fee (inclusive of Application Fee) | $35K | $35K | |
| Photos | $3K | $6K | |
| Training Tuition | $6K | $7K | |
| Training Expenses | $3K | $4K | |
| Market Study | $5K | $12K | |
| Real Estate and Site Preparation | — | — | |
| Architecture, Design and Engineering, Phase I Environmental, Permits, Licenses, Deposits and Related Fees | $376K | $696K | |
| Facility Construction | $5.7M | $8.0M | |
| Construction Contingency | $286K | $398K | |
| Technology Systems | $52K | $54K | |
| Property Management Set-Up and Installation | $4K | $21K | |
| Furniture, Fixture and Equipment | $455K | $561K | |
| Signage | $20K | $60K | |
| Opening Inventory | $237K | $266K | |
| Insurance | $15K | $30K | |
| Grand Opening Advertising | $2K | $15K | |
| Pre-Opening Wages | $79K | $140K | |
| Miscellaneous Non-Tangible Asset Costs | $18K | $35K | |
| Additional Funds for 3 Month Initial Period | $115K | $176K | |
| Total initial investment | $7.4M | $10.5M |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $316K – $4.2M
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $133K – $199K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $35K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $2K |
| Training fee | $2K |
| Transfer fee | $35K |
| Renewal fee | $35K |
| Inventory (initial) | $237K – $266K |
| Total fee load | 7.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for AmericInn is on file. The return models need a revenue figure to start from, and the operating costs that turn gross sales into a profit are in no FDD. Enter your own and the calculator runs on your assumptions — nothing here is modelled until you do.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one AmericInn unit return on the cash you put in?
Illustrative category typicals — not sourced to any filing, survey or sample. Replace them with figures from franchisee validation calls before you rely on the output.
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Your modelled return on total invested capital, before any debt financing.
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An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for annual revenue, COGS, labour, rent / occupancy and other operating costs, and will not substitute an assumed one. Enter your own and the model runs on your assumptions.
These models are for research and scenario planning only. Not investment advice. Actual results depend on your specific location, management, and market conditions. Consult a franchise attorney and accountant before signing any franchise agreement.
Item 19 · Source: 2026 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 discloses hotel-industry per-room metrics only: Average Daily Room Rate (avg $121.75, median $117.51), Occupancy Rate (avg 55.4%, median 50.5%), and RevPAR (avg $67.49, median $65.61) for 95 Qualified Chain Facilities in 2025, plus RevPAR Index (avg 107.1%) and Central Reservation System/Wyndham Rewards revenue contribution percentages for all 230 U.S. Chain Facilities. No whole-unit gross sales or net income figures are disclosed.
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
An occupancy metric, not unit revenue
- Item 19 type
- Average Daily Room Rate (ADR), Occupancy Rate, and RevPAR for Qualified Chain Facilities (per-room hotel operating metrics, not whole-unit gross revenue or net income)
- Sample size
- 95 outlets
- vs category median 98
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2026
- Disclosed in the 2026 filing, covering 2025
Compared against 175 Lodging brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 7.0% — below the Lodging average of 10.4%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports hotel occupancy metrics rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
Operator retention
System expanding at 5.5% CAGR over 3 years across 230 units — operators are staying and new ones are joining.
Source: FDD Item 19 financial performance representations and publicly filed FDD data. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Verify all figures with the franchisor and current franchisees before making any investment decision.
vs Lodging averages
How AmericInn Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 230
- Opened
- 9
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 5
- Terminated
- 1
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 2.2%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +5.5%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +5.5%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 9
- Closed (3yr)
- 4
- Terminated (3yr)
- 1
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 18
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Ceased ops
- 0.9%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 9 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator. Not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 30
- Loan volume
- $48.4M
- Median loan
- $1.1M
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- N/A
- no resolved loans yet — rate needs a terminal outcome
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- N/A
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 14
- Defaults
- 0
- Typical loan rate
- 5.2%
- avg rate to borrowers
- Franchised industry avg
- 6.3%
- n=9,970 loans
- Jobs supported
- 107
- 0.5 per loan
- Lender concentration
- 19%
- top lender's share
Franchise vs independent — in hotels (except casino hotels) and motels, franchised businesses charge off at 6.3% vs 9.2% for independents — franchising is associated with 32% lower SBA default risk in this category.
Top lenders financing AmericInn franchisees
Showing 3 of 14 lenders. The full breakdown — every lender, state distribution, interest rates & risk ratings — is in the SBA Lending Report below.
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Premium insight
SBA Lending Report
Deep-dive into AmericInn's SBA lending history: lender network, geographic footprint, interest rates, and more.
SBA Lending Report
- Principal loss rate and NAICS industry benchmark
- 10 lenders with concentration factor
- Per-state charge-off rates across 7 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
- 11-year lending trend
- SBA 504 real estate/equipment data
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What could kill this investment?
Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 4, 8, 16, 21
Risk & Legal
AmericInn presents HIGH RISK due to going concern status, extensive litigation including antitrust/fraud allegations, stagnant unit growth, absent financial disclosures, and evidence of franchisor-franchisee disputes — not suitable for risk-averse investors.
Litigation (Item 3)
No pending litigation against the franchisor itself. Multiple pending class-action/antitrust suits against parent Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and affiliates (IDeaS/SAS revenue-management price-fixing MDL, Canadian destination-marketing-fee class actions, LuxUrban breach of contract). Several resolved historical cases against Wyndham entities (resort fee TCCWNA class action, FTC data-security action, telephone recording class action, antitrust settlement). Franchisor has filed 4 suits against current/former AmericInn franchisees for breach/non-payment in the past year.
Largest disclosed settlement: $220,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Deloitte & Touche LLP
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
ⓘ These are the parent company's consolidated financials (the parent guarantees the franchisor), not this brand's standalone results — the figure reflects the whole corporate group, not this brand alone.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: No
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 76 / 100 verdict
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status is FALSE — franchisor's financial viability is questioned
- 02HIGHExtensive litigation portfolio including price-fixing, antitrust, fraud, and state franchise act violations creates legal and reputational risk
- 03MINORMinimal unit growth (1.4% YoY) with only 218 units suggests stagnant or contracting system
- 04MINORNo Item 19 disclosure (Avg Revenue/Net Income) prevents financial performance validation and indicates poor unit economics transparency
- 05HIGHHigh litigation exposure against franchisees for outstanding sums suggests collection problems and franchisor-franchisee relationship deterioration
- 06HIGHMultiple consumer fraud allegations (resort fees, call recording) expose franchisees to regulatory scrutiny and brand reputation damage
- 07MINORPrice-fixing allegations through revenue management software could trigger regulatory penalties affecting all franchisees' operations
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 7.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 20 years |
|---|---|
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 0 |
| Territory type | protected |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Right of first refusalℹ | No |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 10 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 3 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 2 |
| Mandatory arbitration | No |
| Arbitration location | Morris County, New Jersey |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | New Jersey |
| Litigation count | 8 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No pending litigation against the franchisor itself. Multiple pending class-action/antitrust suits against parent Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and affiliates (IDeaS/SAS revenue-management price-fixing MDL, Canadian destination-marketing-fee class actions, LuxUrban breach of contract). Several resolved historical cases against Wyndham entities (resort fee TCCWNA class action, FTC data-security action, telephone recording class action, antitrust settlement). Franchisor has filed 4 suits against current/former AmericInn franchisees for breach/non-payment in the past year.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 34 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 0 hrs
- Training location
- Corporate offices in Parsippany, NJ (hybrid) or virtual/online via Wyndham University; plus on-site Opening Training at Facility
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- Franchisee selects with franchisor approval
- Franchisor financing
- Offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- SynXis (Aven Hospitality) or OPERA (Oracle Hospitality)
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: SynXis (Aven Hospitality) or OPERA (Oracle Hospitality)
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
100 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
AmericInn · FDD (2026) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a AmericInn franchise?
The total investment to open a AmericInn franchise ranges from $316K – $4.2M, with an initial franchise fee of $35K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do AmericInn franchise owners earn?
No average owner earnings figure for AmericInn is on file. Item 19 — where a franchisor may disclose what its outlets earn — is voluntary under the FTC Franchise Rule, and we have not established what this brand's FDD says. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
What is Item 19 in the AmericInn FDD?
The FDD section where a franchisor may disclose financial performance of its outlets. Disclosure is optional and formats vary; figures are typically gross sales, which is revenue before expenses, not profit. FranchiseVerdict extracts these figures directly from the AmericInn FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is AmericInn's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for AmericInn (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many AmericInn franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, AmericInn has 230 total units in the United States, including 230 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 9 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is AmericInn a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates AmericInn as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 76 out of 100 (higher is better). The grade is a deterministic score built from six weighted dimensions — financial health, unit economics, unit growth, scale, legal, and transparency — then calibrated against SBA loan charge-off rates and FDD age. Transparency is one of the six, so a filing that discloses less scores lower on that dimension than one that discloses more. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.