Hi-Five Sports Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Hi-Five Sports is a youth sports franchise offering sports classes, leagues, camps, and after-school programs for kids. Franchisees run local programs, managing coaches, scheduling, and enrollment.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Hi-Five Sports franchise requires a total initial investment of $34K – $588K, including a $29K franchise fee and an ongoing 8.5% royalty[2]. Per the 2024 FDD, average unit revenue was $270K[2]. FranchiseVerdict grade: A (Strongest tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2024 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $34K – $588K
- 3rd pct Education
- Avg gross sales
- $270K
- Outlet subset9th pct Education
- Royalty
- 8.5%
- 52nd pct Education
- Units
- 14
- 33rd pct Education
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Education · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Education 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 $34K – $588K including a $29K franchise fee, 8.5% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSAverage unit revenue of $270K/year (reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system).
- RISKVerdict A (Strongest tier), verdict score 64/100 (higher is better).
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- Hi-Five Sports Franchising LLC
- Parent company
- None
- CEO title
- Executive Chairman
- Ryan Tuchman
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 5550 Glades Road, Suite 500 #1051, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
- Auditor
- Cummings & Carroll, P.C.
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $453K
- vs $365K prior year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Ryan Tuchman
- Headquarters
- Florida
- Founded
- 2014
- FDD year
- 2024
- States available
- 6
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 53% below the typical education franchise.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2024 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $29K | $29K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $3K | $30K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $2K | $529K |
| Total initial investment | $34K | $588K |
Source: Hi-Five Sports 2024 FDD, Items 5 and 7[2]. “Equipment, build-out, other” is computed as total minus disclosed line items above.
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $34K – $588K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $3K – $30K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $29K – $29K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Royalty
- 8.5%
- percentage · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 0.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 9.5%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 8.5% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 0.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $200 |
| Transfer fee | $10K |
| Inventory (initial) | $28K – $65K |
| Total fee load | 9.5% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Average unit sales run 66% below the education norm.
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 19
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$39K
14.5% margin
Unlevered ROIC
12%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
8.4 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
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. The target band for an attractive franchise is 30–60% ROIC. Below that and a passive index fund likely outperforms; above that and the franchisor has pricing power you're subsidizing.
Note: Item 19 revenue is what the franchisor discloses. It's the top line only. Operating costs below are category estimates. Override them to match your real lease quote, labor market, and build-out budget.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one Hi-Five Sports unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
12%
Below the 30–60% attractive-franchise band
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%.
Levered LBO scenario · Yale Crease Capital framing
What would 25 Hi-Five Sports units return on equity?
Equity IRR · 5-yr
49.9%
7.57× MOIC
Year-1 DSCR
1.88×
EBITDA ÷ debt service
Equity required
$405K
on $2.0M purchase
Total debt
$1.6M
SBA $1.0M + senior + seller note
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
Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system
- Avg gross sales
- $270K
- Per unit/yr · from the Item 19 franchised-cohort breakdown (no single system-wide average disclosed)
Gross sales are revenue before expenses — not profit. Actual owner earnings depend on rent, labor, royalties, marketing fees, and debt service.
- Item 19 type
- historical gross sales
- Sample size
- 9
- vs category median 17
- Range (low → high)
- $54K→$839K
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Transparency tier
- limited
- Categorical assessment of disclosure depth
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Source filing
- FDD 2024
- The FDD edition these figures were read from
- Transparency
- 3 / 10
- vs category median 4 / 10 · below
Compared against 204 Education brands
Revenue is only 0.9x the investment. This means each unit may take 5+ years to recoup the initial outlay at typical margins.
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 $270K/year in gross sales. Revenue-to-investment ratio: 0.9x. Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 9.5% (near the Education average).
Disclosure
Transparency score 3/10 — moderate disclosure depth. Average and range data are available but detailed cohort breakdowns may be limited.
Operator retention
System roughly stable (0.0% 3-year CAGR) with 14 units.
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 Education averages
How Hi-Five Sports Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 14
- Opened
- 0
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 0
- Terminated
- 0
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 1
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 8.3%
- Company-owned
- 2
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 86%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (3-yr)
- +30.0%
- Net unit change over 3 years
- 3-yr CAGR
- +0.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 4
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 1
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Transfer rate
- 25.0%
- Owners selling to other franchisees
- Continuity rate
- 88.9%
- Units that stayed open
- Termination rate
- 25.0%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 6 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.
6
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 loan disclosures. This brand has only 2 7(a) loans on file; statistical reliability is limited below 10 loans.
- Total loans
- 2
- Loan volume
- $248K
- Median loan
- $124K
- average
- Charge-off rate
- N/A
- limited sample (2 loans) — rate not shown below 10
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
- 0
- Defaults
- N/A
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
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
Hi-Five Sports presents elevated risk due to shrinking unit base, undisclosed profitability, franchisor going concern issues, and insufficient data to validate ROI potential.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Largest disclosed settlement: $29,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Cummings & Carroll, P.C.
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: Yes
Score breakdown · what drove the 64 / 100 verdict
- 01MEDUnit count declined 7.7% YoY (14 units) suggests system contraction and potential franchisee struggles
- 02HIGHGoing Concern = False indicates franchisor financial instability or operational challenges
- 03MINORHigh royalty rate (8.5%) on modest average revenue creates cash flow pressure for marginal performers
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 9.5% 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 |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory population | 120,000 |
| 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 | 25 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 10 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 18 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | State of Illinois |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Illinois |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation required to be disclosed in Item 3.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 6 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 6 hrs
- Training location
- Hi-Five Sports Zone franchised location in Northbrook, Illinois, or other franchised locations, or virtually via Zoom/similar
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Site selection
- Franchisee with franchisor approval
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Care Explore (Care.com)
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Care Explore (Care.com)
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
21 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Hi-Five Sports · FDD (2024) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Hi-Five Sports franchise?
The total investment to open a Hi-Five Sports franchise ranges from $34K – $588K, with an initial franchise fee of $29K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Hi-Five Sports franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Hi-Five Sports FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $270K. Important context: Reported for a subset of outlets rather than the whole system. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Item 19 in the Hi-Five Sports 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 Hi-Five Sports FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Hi-Five Sports's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Hi-Five Sports (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 Hi-Five Sports franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Hi-Five Sports has 14 total units in the United States, including 12 franchised units and 2 company-owned units.
Is Hi-Five Sports a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Hi-Five Sports as a A-grade franchise with a verdict score of 64 out of 100 (higher is better), 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.