BodyBriteFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A BodyBrite franchise requires a total initial investment of $65K – $384K, including a $39K franchise fee and an ongoing 4.0% royalty[2]. The 2022 FDD does not disclose unit-level revenue (no Item 19). Verdict grade: F. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 21, 2026 · figures per the 2022 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $65K – $384K
- 4th pct Personal Care…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- 34th pct Personal Care…
- Royalty
- 4.0%
- 2nd pct Personal Care…
- Units
- 14
- 17th pct Personal Care…
- SBA default
- 66.7%
- system-wide median varies by category
Quick verdict · Personal Care & Beauty · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Personal Care & Beauty avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
The system contracted 15% year-over-year. Investigate why units are closing.
The franchisor's auditor raised doubt about continued operations. This is a serious risk signal.
Bottom line
- Total investment $65K – $384K including a $39K franchise fee, 4.0% ongoing royalty.
- No Item 19 financial performance data disclosed. The franchisor chose not to publish revenue figures.
- Verdict F (Bottom Quintile) with a risk score of 100/100.
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note, which flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- Simply HairFree Franchising II, LLC
- Parent company
- Simply HairFree Holdings, LLC
- Ultimate parent
- EC Franchising, LLC
- CEO title
- President and Chief Executive Officer
- Christopher Hardy
- CEO experience
- 12 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- MN
- HQ
- 5108 W 78th Street, #390425, Minneapolis, MN 55439
- Auditor
- GTL, LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $261K
- vs $297K prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
- ⚠ Going-concern note
- Disclosed in FDD 2022
- Status as of 2022; may have been resolved in a later filing we don't yet have.
Overview
About
BodyBrite franchisees operate wellness/beauty retail locations offering skin care, body treatments, or similar personal care services. Daily operations include client scheduling, service delivery, inventory management, and retail sales across either full brick-and-mortar locations or flexible/mobile service models.
- CEO
- Christopher Hardy
- Headquarters
- MN
- Founded
- 2012
- FDD year
- 2022
- States available
- 10
FDD Item 7 · 2022 filing · 17 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $25K | $39K | |
| Real Estate | $0 | $12K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $0 | $65K | |
| Furniture and Fixtures | $1K | $25K | |
| Signage | $750 | $7K | |
| Equipment | $23K | $172K | |
| Initial Inventory and Supplies | $500 | $4K | |
| Shipping Costs | $1K | $4K | |
| Grand Opening Advertising | $5K | $10K | |
| Computer Hardware and Software | $2K | $4K | |
| Business Permits, Licenses and Other Deposits | $300 | $2K | |
| Insurance | $1K | $2K | |
| Cost to Attend Training | $0 | $3K | |
| Professional Fees | $500 | $3K | |
| Extension Fee | $0 | $500 | |
| Miscellaneous Operating Costs | $500 | $3K | |
| Additional Working Capital - 3 months | $5K | $30K | |
| Total initial investment | $65K | $384K |
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
- $65K – $384K
- Better than avg vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $5K – $30K
- Better than avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $25K – $39K
- Better than avg vs category
- Royalty
- 4.0%
- percentage · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 6.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 4.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $350 |
| Transfer fee | $20K |
| Renewal fee | $3K |
| Total fee load | 6.0% of rev |
Financial Performance
This franchisor did not disclose financial performance representations in Item 19, or our extractor could not parse them.
vs Personal Care & Beauty averages
How BodyBrite Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 14
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 1
- Terminated
- 1
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 7.1%
- Company-owned
- 3
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 79%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (yr3)
- -15.4%
- Net unit change last year
- 3-yr CAGR
- -31.2%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Projected new
- 1
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Termination rate
- 7.1%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 7.1%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 29 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 loan disclosures. This brand has only 8 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 8
- Loan volume
- $833K
- Median loan
- $111K
- 50th percentile
- Charge-off rate
- 66.7%
- rates vary by category · see methodology
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- 33.3%
- 5-yr charge-off
- 100.0%
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 6
- Defaults
- 4
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SBA Lending Report
- Principal loss rate and NAICS industry benchmark
- 6 lenders with concentration factor
- Per-state charge-off rates across 4 states
- Startup risk premium and job creation velocity
- 4-year lending trend
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Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
BodyBrite presents elevated risk due to contracting unit base, undisclosed profitability metrics, litigation history, and lack of transparent financial performance data needed to validate ROI.
Litigation (Item 3)
WillieJoy, LLC v. Simply HairFree Franchising, LLC (U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, Case 5:16-cv-00235-DAE). Former franchisee alleged breach of franchise agreement, breach of warranties, violation of Texas Business Opportunity Act and Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Franchisor denied liability and asserted counterclaims for trademark infringement, deceptive trade practices, and breach of contract. Case settled with franchisor paying for three machines used in franchisee's business, with mutual release of claims.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · GTL, LLP⚠ Going-concern note flagged
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 100 / 100 rating
- 01MEDUnit count declined 15.4% YoY (14 units) indicating system contraction and potential viability concerns
- 02MEDNo Item 19 (average revenue/net income) disclosed — inability to assess unit profitability or ROI
- 03HIGHActive litigation history with settlement requiring franchisor equipment payout suggests operational/contractual disputes
- 04MINORHigh investment ceiling ($383,770) paired with declining unit count raises capital recovery risk
- 05MINORDual fee structure (4-6% royalty vs. $1,500 flat) lacks transparency on which model most franchisees adopt and actual cost burden
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Radius, postal zip codes, or geographic boundaries |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Territory population | 150,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Required |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Minnesota |
| Litigation count | 1 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
WillieJoy, LLC v. Simply HairFree Franchising, LLC (U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, Case 5:16-cv-00235-DAE). Former franchisee alleged breach of franchise agreement, breach of warranties, violation of Texas Business Opportunity Act and Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Franchisor denied liability and asserted counterclaims for trademark infringement, deceptive trade practices, and breach of contract. Case settled with franchisor paying for three machines used in franchisee's business, with mutual release of claims.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 51 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 51 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and off-site
- Ongoing training
- Required
- POS system
- QuickBooks Online
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: QuickBooks Online
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
44 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
BodyBrite · FDD (2022) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a BodyBrite franchise?
The total investment to open a BodyBrite franchise ranges from $65K – $384K, with an initial franchise fee of $39K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do BodyBrite franchise owners earn?
BodyBrite does not disclose average franchise owner earnings in their FDD Item 19. Not all franchisors are required to make financial performance representations. We recommend asking existing franchisees directly about their financial experience.
What is BodyBrite's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for BodyBrite (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 BodyBrite franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, BodyBrite has 14 total units in the United States, including 11 franchised units and 3 company-owned units.
Is BodyBrite a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates BodyBrite as a F-grade franchise with a risk score of 100 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. 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.