Face Foundrié Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $334K – $670K
- Disclosed sales
- $777K
- gross sales, not profit
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Face Foundrié is a beauty franchise operating a focused facial bar offering facials, lash and brow services, and skincare products. Franchisees run the studios, managing licensed estheticians, appointments, and retail.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Face Foundrié franchise requires a total initial investment of $334K – $670K, including a $45K franchise fee and an ongoing 7.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2024 FDD, average unit revenue was $777K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Sources, dates and evidence
FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: high - issued more than two years ago
Evidence: partial✓ Investment (Item 7)✓ Item 19 status✓ Units and owners (Item 20)✗ SBA loan coverage✓ Litigation (Item 3)✓ Financial statements (Item 21)✓ Franchisor identityhow this is scored8 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $334K – $670K
- 39th pct Personal Care…
- Avg gross sales
- $777K
- 22nd pct Personal Care…
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- 45th pct Personal Care…
- Units
- 36
- 30th pct Personal Care…
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Personal Care & Beauty · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Personal Care & Beauty median · 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 $334K – $670K including a $45K franchise fee, 7.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $777K/year (median $762K).
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 68/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHPositive: net +11 franchised outlets in the latest year (11 opened, 0 closed) (Item 20).
- GROWTHSystem growing at 328.6% CAGR over 3 years with 36 total units. Strong expansion trajectory.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Face Foundrié Franchising L.L.C.
- Parent company
- Face Foundrié LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 9 of the 2024 FDD
- CEO title
- Founder and Chief Executive Officer
- Michele Henry
- Incorporated in
- MN
- HQ
- 6446 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344
- Auditor
- Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $2.0M
- vs $1.2M prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Michele Henry
- Headquarters
- MN
- Founded
- 2020
- FDD year
- 2024
- States available
- 18
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 25% above the typical personal care & beauty franchise.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown17 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Background Check Feenot refundable | $200 | $600 | |
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $45K | $45K | |
| Rent and Security Deposit | $9K | $32K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $45K | $233K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment | $57K | $86K | |
| Initial Opening Package | $36K | $47K | |
| Initial Technology Expenses | $9K | $12K | |
| Signage | $9K | $15K | |
| Initial Training Expenses | $17K | $27K | |
| Grand Opening Advertising | $25K | $50K | |
| Licenses and Permits | $2K | $5K | |
| Professional Fees | $7K | $30K | |
| Insurance | $1K | $3K | |
| Supplies | $500 | $1K | |
| Miscellaneous | $2K | $4K | |
| Extension Fee | $0 | $1K | |
| Additional Funds - For Initial 3 Months of Operation | $71K | $79K | |
| Total initial investment | $334K | $670K |
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
- $334K – $670K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $71K – $79K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $45K – $45K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 7.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 3.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 10.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 7.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $350 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Renewal fee | $11K |
| Inventory (initial) | $36K – $47K |
| Total fee load | 10.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 48% above the personal care & beauty norm.
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 19
Single-unit · not modelled
Returns at a glance
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit, and the operating costs that turn one into the other are in no filing. We publish no modelled return for Face Foundrié until someone supplies them — yours, in the models below.
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Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
Total invested capital · disclosed
$577K
Item 7 initial investment plus working capital, as filed — the one figure here that needs no assumption.
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
What one unit earns on your invested capital
Model A · Single-Unit Return
Computes unlevered return on invested capital (ROIC) for a single franchise unit, read against the 30–60% reference band · Yale SOM, Post-MBA Path Exhibit 2 (2023). Below that band a passive index fund likely outperforms; above it the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses, and it is the top line only — gross sales are not profit. No FDD discloses the operating costs that turn one into the other, so those fields start empty and nothing is modelled until you supply them from your own lease quote, labor market and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Face Foundrié 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 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.
What 25 units return when you use SBA financing
Model B · Return on Equity: Debt-Financed Acquisition
Models a 25-unit portfolio acquisition financed with an SBA 7(a) loan. Shows equity IRR (your return on cash invested), DSCR (how safely the cash flow covers debt service), and the capital stack (SBA + seller + equity breakdown).
This is the “search fund” or “entrepreneurship through acquisition” scenario: you buy an existing multi-unit operator, use leverage to amplify returns, and either operate or hire management. The 25-unit size is the typical minimum for an SBA-backed franchise portfolio acquisition to pencil as a full-time income.
What “return on equity” means here: if you put in $500K of your own cash and the business generates enough EBITDA to pay down debt and grow, your equity IRR is the annual return on that $500K, including the value created when you eventually sell. Target IRR for a search fund is typically 25–35%.
Not modelled yet
An FDD discloses gross sales, not profit. We hold no sourced figure for 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.
A 25-unit return is built on a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in Model A above and this model runs on that figure, or take the whole scenario to the full ROI workbench, where the portfolio and LBO models accept your own per-unit economics directly.
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: 2024 FDD
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $777K
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- $762K
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- gross sales and pnl
- Sample size
- 19 outlets
- vs category median 38
- Range (low → high)
- $299K→$1.6MCited, not corroborated — printed on page 59 of the 2024 FDD. Nothing else in our record independently restates or re-derives it.
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2024
- The FDD edition these figures were read from
- Transparency
- 9 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · above
Compared against 177 Personal Care & Beauty brands
Operator outlook
What the numbers say
Data-driven interpretation of this brand's financial disclosures, fee structure, and system trajectory.
Unit economics
Average unit generates $777K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 1.5x.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 10.0% — above the Personal Care & Beauty median of 7.9%.
Disclosure
Transparency score 9/10 — this franchisor discloses detailed breakdowns (quartiles, segments, or cohort data). Buyers can model unit economics with higher confidence.
Operator retention
System expanding at 328.6% CAGR over 3 years across 36 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 Personal Care & Beauty medians
How Face Foundrié Compares
Category median of published Personal Care & Beauty brands that report the figure; the middle half spans the 25th to 75th percentile and n counts the brands behind it. Medians are used because a few very large systems pull an average far from the typical brand. Revenue is disclosed gross sales, not profit.
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 36
- Opened
- 11
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- N/A
- Company-owned
- 6
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 83%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- Outlier (see FDD)
- Likely small-sample artifact
- 3-yr CAGR
- Outlier (see FDD)
- Likely small-sample artifact
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Transferred
- 0
- Reacquired
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 21
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 18 states reported
The Territory Map
FDD Item 12 reports the state count, but the specific list isn't in our current data. The map will appear once we re-extract from the FDD or enough franchisee contacts are available.
18
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
Fast growth in a small system. Newer franchisors expanding quickly may not yet have the support infrastructure of larger systems.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
No SBA loan data available for this brand.
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
Litigation (Item 3)
Subject: officers or affiliates. The franchisor is not a named party in these cases.
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Total operating revenues for FY2023 of $1,988,011 (Franchise fees $651,100; Royalty fees $1,067,442; Advertising fees $158,797; Technology fees $36,260; Training & support fees $15,441; Other operating revenue $58,971). FY2022 (restated) $1,240,488. Interest income of $47,416 reported separately under Other income. Audited by Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC (St. George, UT); FY2022/2021 audited by other auditors and restated for error corrections.
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: Yes
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 68 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORHigh unit growth (57.9% YoY) may indicate aggressive recruitment masking underlying unit performance issues
- 02MEDHigh initial investment ($334K-$670K) relative to disclosed net income creates extended ROI timeline
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 10.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 10 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 1 |
| Territory type | Protected territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 3 mi |
| Territory population | 40,000 |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| 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 |
| Termination groundsℹ | 1 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | American Arbitration Association closest to principal executive office |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | MN |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 54 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 64 hrs
- Training location
- Eden Prairie, Minnesota (headquarters) and affiliate-owned Facial Bars in Minneapolis metro area; may also be virtual
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 9 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- franchisee subject to franchisor approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- BLVD
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: BLVD
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Face Foundrié franchise?
The total investment to open a Face Foundrié franchise ranges from $334K – $670K, with an initial franchise fee of $45K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Face Foundrié franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Face Foundrié FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $777K. The median is $762K. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
Who owns Face Foundrié?
Face Foundrié is franchised by Face Foundrié Franchising L.L.C.. Its parent company is Face Foundrié LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2024 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Face Foundrié 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 Face Foundrié FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Face Foundrié's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Face Foundrié (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 Face Foundrié franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Face Foundrié has 36 total units in the United States, including 30 franchised units and 6 company-owned units. 11 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Face Foundrié a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Face Foundrié as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 68 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.