MiniLuxe Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
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FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A MiniLuxe franchise requires a total initial investment of $548K – $975K, including a $50K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. The 2024 FDD does not disclose unit-level revenue (no Item 19). FranchiseVerdict grade: B (Above average), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified · figures per the 2024 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $548K – $975K
- 70th pct Healthcare
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned only
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 11th pct Healthcare
- Units
- 22
- 40th pct Healthcare
- SBA charge-off
- N/A
Quick verdict · Healthcare · color = vs category peers
Green = favorable by >10% vs Healthcare 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 $548K – $975K including a $50K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSThe figure shown was the TOP-QUARTILE average of nineteen mature AFFILIATE-owned studios — five studios (printed p.46). Doubly unrepresentative: a company population and its best quartile. The whole-nineteen average is never printed, only quartiles, and the system's single franchised studio opened in 2025 and is excluded.
- RISKVerdict B (Above average), verdict score 55/100 (higher is better).
- DATAItem 19 reports historical company-owned average/median gross sales and profit by performance quartile 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
- MiniLuxe Franchise, LLC
- Parent company
- MiniLuxe, Inc.
- Predecessor
- None disclosed
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Chief Executive Officer
- Anthony Tjan
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- One Faneuil Hall Square, 7th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
- Auditor
- Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $0
- Most recent fiscal year
Overview
About
- CEO
- Anthony Tjan
- Headquarters
- MA
- Founded
- 2024
- FDD year
- 2024
- States available
- 1
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost runs 83% above the typical healthcare franchise.
Source: FDD 2024 · Items 5–7
FDD Item 7 · 2024 filing
Initial investment breakdown
| Cost component | Low | High |
|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise fee | $50K | $50K |
| Working capital (3–6 mo) | $50K | $75K |
| Equipment, build-out, other | $448K | $850K |
| Total initial investment | $548K | $975K |
Source: MiniLuxe 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
- $548K – $975K
- Bottom third — review vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $50K – $75K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $50K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- percentage · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 1.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 7.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
- Payback period
- 2.3 yrs
- From FDD / Item 19
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 1.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $200 |
| Transfer fee | $25K |
| Renewal fee | $25K |
| Inventory (initial) | $25K – $35K |
| Total fee load | 7.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
FDD-reported earnings vs. model
The FDD reports $594K as Gross Profit($).
MiniLuxe did not disclose financial performance in FDD Item 19. The ROIC and return models require Item 19 revenue. Without it all inputs are estimates. You can still run the calculator with your own assumptions by entering an expected revenue figure.
Returns model · single-unit ROIC
What would one MiniLuxe unit return on the cash you put in?
Unlevered ROIC · per unit
Estimated return on your total franchise investment, before any debt financing.
16%
Below the 30–60% attractive-franchise band
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
The figure shown was the TOP-QUARTILE average of nineteen mature AFFILIATE-owned studios — five studios (printed p.46). Doubly unrepresentative: a company population and its best quartile. The whole-nineteen average is never printed, only quartiles, and the system's single franchised studio opened in 2025 and is excluded.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
- Item 19 type
- historical company-owned average/median gross sales and profit by performance quartile
- Sample size
- 19
- vs category median 20
- Range (low → high)
- $387K→$2.0M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Transparency tier
- full
- 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
- 6 / 10
- vs category median 3 / 10 · above
Compared against 162 Healthcare 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 Healthcare average of 8.8%.
Disclosure
Item 19 reports historical company-owned average/median gross sales and profit by performance quartile rather than annual gross sales, so unit revenue is not directly comparable.
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 Healthcare averages
How MiniLuxe Compares
Is the system healthy?
Source: FDD 2024 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 22
- Opened
- 1
- 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
- 0.0%
- Company-owned
- 21
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 5%
- vs corporate-owned
3-year detail · Item 20
- Opened (3yr)
- 0
- Closed (3yr)
- 0
- Terminated (3yr)
- 0
- Non-renewed (3yr)
- 0
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Reacquired (3yr)
- 0
- Franchisor bought back
- Projected new
- 0
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 12 · 1 state 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.
1
states with franchisees (per FDD Item 12)
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
MiniLuxe presents elevated risk due to going concern status, minimal unit growth, undisclosed financial performance claims, and questionable unit economics relative to investment size.
Litigation (Item 3)
No litigation disclosed in Item 3
Largest disclosed settlement: $200,000
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Kezos & Dunlavy, LLC
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 55 / 100 verdict
- 01HIGHGoing Concern status indicates franchisor financial distress or viability questions
- 02MINOROnly 21 units with unknown growth trajectory suggests stagnation or contraction risk
- 03MINORNet income of $154k on $1.17M revenue (13.1% margin) is modest and may not sustain high investment costs
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 2024 · Items 11, 12, 17
FDD Items 12, 15, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | protected |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory sizeℹ | Approximately 12-minute travel time radius from Studio ("Protected Area") |
| 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 | 5 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 5 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 18 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 3 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Massachusetts |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation disclosed in Item 3
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 38 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 42 hrs
- Training location
- Boston, Massachusetts (MiniLuxe corporate headquarters and designated MiniLuxe Studio)
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Time to open
- 12 mo
- From signing to launch
- Site selection
- Franchisee, within Site Selection Area designated by franchisor; franchisor provides leasing guidelines
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- Zenoti
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Zenoti
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
1 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
MiniLuxe · FDD (2024) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a MiniLuxe franchise?
The total investment to open a MiniLuxe franchise ranges from $548K – $975K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do MiniLuxe franchise owners earn?
MiniLuxe 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 Item 19 in the MiniLuxe 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 MiniLuxe FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is MiniLuxe's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for MiniLuxe (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 MiniLuxe franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, MiniLuxe has 22 total units in the United States, including 1 franchised units and 21 company-owned units. 1 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is MiniLuxe a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates MiniLuxe as a B-grade franchise with a verdict score of 55 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.