Sugaring LA Franchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
- Investment
- $313K – $432K
- Disclosed sales
- partial, no system average
- SBA charge-off
- Not SBA-matched
Data from FDD filing
Analysis by FranchiseVerdict Research · Methodology
Sugaring LA is a beauty franchise specializing in sugaring, a natural hair-removal alternative to waxing. Franchisees run the salons, managing sugaring technicians, appointments, and retail.
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Sugaring LA franchise requires a total initial investment of $313K – $432K, including a $60K franchise fee and an ongoing 6.0% royalty[2]. The 2025 FDD on file does not yield a unit-revenue figure we can publish. FranchiseVerdict grade: D (Below 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: medium - issued 12 to 24 months ago; a newer filing is likely on file
Evidence: strong✓ 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 scored6 of 6 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.
Overview
- Investment
- $313K – $432K
- 35th pct Personal Care…
- Avg gross sales
- N/A
- Company-owned only
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- 12th pct Personal Care…
- Units
- 8
- 14th 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 $313K – $432K including a $60K franchise fee, 6.0% ongoing royalty.
- RETURNSItem 19 disclosed $617K average from 4 affiliate-owned outlets. This is franchisor-operated data, not franchisee results.
- RISKVerdict D (Below average), verdict score 35/100 (higher is better).
- GROWTHNegative, pipeline stalled: 14 agreements signed but not yet open against 8 open outlets (Item 20).
- DATAItem 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands. Ask franchisees directly for full unit-level revenue.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
Corporate structure & franchisor financials
- Legal entity
- SugaringLA Franchise, LLC
- Parent company
- Franworth, LLC
- FDD Item 1, page 8 of the 2025 FDD
- Predecessor
- sugaringLA Franchise, Inc.
- Prior franchisor entity
- CEO title
- Founder / CEO
- Danielle Correia
- CEO experience
- 12 yrs
- Years in role or industry
- Founder active
- Yes
- Original founder still leading the business
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- HQ
- 106 E. Liberty, Ste. 310, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
- Auditor
- DoerenMayhew
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $231K
- vs $4K prior year
- Management churn noted
- Frequent turnover
- Item 2 disclosed frequent executive changes
Affiliated brands
- sugaringLA
- of one of our members
Other brands the franchisor or its parent operates (Item 1).
Same owner · FDD Item 1, page 8
2 other brands on this site name Franworth, LLC as parent or ultimate parent in their own FDD.
Grouped by the owner's name as each filing prints it (this page: the 2025 FDD). Spelling variants of the same group may be listed apart; a brand is never grouped with an owner its filing does not name.
Overview
About
- CEO
- Danielle Correia
- Headquarters
- MI
- Founded
- 2022
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 3
Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?
Entry cost is about typical for a personal care & beauty franchise (near the category median).
Source: FDD 2025 · Items 5–7
Full Item 7 breakdown18 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Fee | $60K | $60K | |
| Lease Payment (first 3 months) | $8K | $15K | |
| Security Deposits | $4K | $8K | |
| Leasehold Improvements | $100K | $160K | |
| Furniture, Fixtures, Decor, and Equipment | $9K | $9K | |
| Studio Layout, Architect, Engineer, Drawings, and Permits | $14K | $20K | |
| Construction Management | $20K | $20K | |
| Initial Supplies | $13K | $15K | |
| Outdoor Signage | $8K | $15K | |
| Point of Sale (POS) Register, Hardware, Software | $10K | $12K | |
| Initial Inventory Package | $5K | $7K | |
| Pre-opening training expenses | $8K | $12K | |
| Telephone and Utility Deposits and Expenses | $250 | $2K | |
| Grand Opening Marketing (3 months prior to opening) | $10K | $10K | |
| Business Licenses, Permits, etc. (first year) | $200 | $1K | |
| Insurance Deposits and Premiums (first three months) | $2K | $2K | |
| Professional Fees (first year) | $3K | $5K | |
| Additional Funds (first three months) | $40K | $60K | |
| Total initial investment | $313K | $432K |
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
- $313K – $432K
- Top 40% of category vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $40K – $60K
- Middle of category vs category
- Franchise fee
- $60K – $60K
- Middle of category vs category
- Royalty
- 6.0%
- typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 2.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 6.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 2.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $375 |
| Training fee | $8K |
| Transfer fee | $5K |
| Renewal fee | $3K |
| Inventory (initial) | $19K – $21K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
What do units actually make?
Source: FDD 2025 · Item 19
ROI & LBO modelsSingle-unit · 25-unit portfolio · editable
No Item 19 revenue figure for Sugaring LA 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 Sugaring LA 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: 2025 FDD
Financial Performance
Item 19 disclosed $617K average from 4 affiliate-owned outlets. This is franchisor-operated data, not franchisee results.
Company-owned outlets only - not franchisee performance
- Item 19 type
- gross sales
- Sample size
- 4
- vs category median 38 · small
- Range (low → high)
- $511K→$817KCited, not corroborated — printed on page 46 of the 2025 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 2025
- Disclosed in the 2025 filing, covering 2024
- Transparency
- 6 / 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.
Fee burden
Total ongoing fee load of 8.0% (near the Personal Care & Beauty median).
Disclosure
Item 19 reports outlet revenue, but not in a form that yields a per-outlet average we can compare across brands.
Multi-unit rate
Only 1% of franchisees own multiple units. Could indicate challenging economics or a young system where operators haven't had time to expand.
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 Sugaring LA 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 2025 · Item 20
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 8
- Opened
- 4
- 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
- 4
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 50%
- vs corporate-owned
- Multi-unit owners
- 1.0%
Last fiscal year · Item 20 exits and transfers
- Terminated
- 0
- Not renewed
- 0
- Signed, not yet open
- 14
- 1.75 per open outlet · Item 20 Table 5
- Projected new
- 15
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Ceased ops
- 12.5%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 12 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.
Available to sell in · Item 12
- Minnesota
- Virginia
States where the franchisor is registered to sell new franchises (FDD registration filings).
Where the owners are · Item 20 owner list
22 current owners across 13 states.
- TX 4
- FL 3
- MI 3
- IN 2
- NY 2
- AZ 1
- CO 1
- DC 1
- GA 1
- NC 1
- NJ 1
- PA 1
- +1 more states
Counts only, from the list the franchisor prints in Item 20. Names and phone numbers are for your own due diligence and are not shown here.
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 or other dispute resolution required to be disclosed
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · DoerenMayhew
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
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 35 / 100 verdict
- 01MINORNegative net worth -$1,314,021
- 02MINORSmall 8-unit system
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
What are you signing up for?
Ongoing fees run about 8.0% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before rent and labor.
Source: FDD 2025 · 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 | 2 |
| Territory type | Exclusive territory |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | Yes |
| Territory radius | 3 mi |
| Territory population | 50,000 |
| 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 | 20 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Termination groundsℹ | 4 |
| Curable defaultsℹ | 4 |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | franchisor principal place of business |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Michigan |
| Litigation count | 0 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
No litigation or other dispute resolution required to be disclosed
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 50 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 38 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and corporate
- Ongoing training
- Required
- Field support
- 38 hrs/yr
- On-site visits per year
- Site selection
- franchisor
- Franchisor financing
- Not offered
- Item 10
- POS system
- QuickBooks Online
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: QuickBooks Online
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
22 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Sugaring LA franchise?
The total investment to open a Sugaring LA franchise ranges from $313K – $432K, with an initial franchise fee of $60K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Sugaring LA franchise owners earn?
Item 19 of the Sugaring LA FDD discloses outlet figures from $511K to $817K but no single average across all outlets. These are gross sales figures, not profit; the Revenue section shows what the filing reports and on what basis. Item 20 of the FDD lists current and former franchisees; asking them directly is the standard way to fill this gap.
Who owns Sugaring LA?
Sugaring LA is franchised by SugaringLA Franchise, LLC. Its parent company is Franworth, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2025 filing.
What is Item 19 in the Sugaring LA 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 Sugaring LA FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.
What is Sugaring LA's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Sugaring LA (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 Sugaring LA franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Sugaring LA has 8 total units in the United States, including 4 franchised units and 4 company-owned units. 4 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Sugaring LA a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Sugaring LA as a D-grade franchise with a verdict score of 35 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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