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Woodcraft Franchise Cost & 2026 FDD Data

RetailWest VirginiaFranchising since 2006

69/100

Second tier

69 this brand54 Retail medianlikely 65–73: narrower with more SBA loans (high confidence)

Higher is better · an editorial assessment, not investment advice

#584 of 3,068 graded brands

Why a B: Helped by financial health, scale, legal record and transparency. Held back by unit growth. See all six factors

Total investment
$574K – $756K
Avg gross sales
$1.8M
“All Franchisee-Owned Stores”, 53 outlets; not profit
SBA charge-off
0.0%

None of the 22 resolved SBA 7(a) loans to Woodcraft owners charged off (approved since FY1991); Retail median 14.7%. Loans approved FY2015–FY2018: 0 of 14 resolved loans charged off (0.0%); newer loans have not had time to default, so this is not a trend.

2026 FDD8 of 8 figures cite a filing pageA manager may run itExclusive territory

Data from the FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records. Analysis by FranchiseVerdict · Methodology · Website · Report an error · Franchisor? Claim this listing

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FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026 FDD

Per the 2026 FDD, a Woodcraft franchise requires a total initial investment of $574K – $756K, including a $50K franchise fee. Once open, the ongoing royalty is 5.0%. Per the 2026 FDD, average gross sales were $1.8M (Item 19 group “All Franchisee-Owned Stores”, 53 outlets; gross sales, not profit). SBA 7(a) loans show a 0.0% charge-off rate on 22 resolved loans. Verdict grade: B (Second tier), an editorial assessment, not investment advice.

Sources: 2026 FDD · SBA 7(a) loan records (FOIA) · What one unit could make and lose →

Sources, dates and evidence

FDD issued: · Data extracted: · Last cited check: · Staleness risk: low (issued within the last 12 months)

Evidence for the headline figures: 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 scored8 of 8 headline figures on this page cite a page of the filing.

Overview

Bottom line

  • RETURNSAverage gross sales of $1.8M/year (outlet median $1.8M; Item 19 group “All Franchisee-Owned Stores”, 53 outlets; gross sales, not profit).
  • GROWTHIn the latest Item 20 year, the number of franchised outlets fell by 4 (0 opened, 4 left the franchised system, 2 of them bought back by the franchisor).
  • DECLINE-10 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (64 to 54, -15.6% in total, -8.1% a year compounded). Ask whether closures are franchisor-driven (consolidation) or franchisee-driven (economics).

AT STAKEOne unit at the Item 7 midpoint: $86K a year in payments on assumed SBA 7(a)-style terms.You put in about $133K of your own cash and personally guarantee a $532K loan. Assumptions are labeled in Sales; not investment advice.See what one unit could make and lose

Things to check before you sign (3)

  • Net -4 franchised outlets in 2025 (Item 20, outlet counts). Ask owners why outlets closed.
  • The franchisor keeps the right to compete inside your territory (Item 12, territory).
  • The franchisor receives rebates or payments from suppliers you buy from (Item 8, required suppliers).

Checked and clear: no auditor doubt that the franchisor can keep operating, no lawsuit naming the franchisor in Item 3, SBA charge-off rate 0.0%, below the 14.7% category median, no rule that the owner must run it personally and the full filing on file, and an Item 19 average from 53 units. Not on file here, so ask: jury-trial waiver.

What to do next

  1. Step 1: Read the FDD itself.

    Free: the franchisor must give it to you at least 14 days before you sign or pay. Or look it up in a state registry (Wisconsin, Minnesota, California). What to read first.

  2. Step 2: Talk to current and former owners.

    Free: Item 20 of the FDD lists every current owner and those who left last year, most with a phone number. Questions to ask.

  3. Step 3: Talk to an SBA lender.

    Free: the SBA's Lender Match, or the lenders already lending to this brand in the SBA section. Ask what you would personally guarantee and what the monthly payment would be. If you plan to use retirement savings, ask a CPA about the rules for that first.

  4. Step 4: Have a franchise attorney review the FDD and agreement.

    Free: your state bar's lawyer referral service can name franchise lawyers, and many offer a short first consultation. Bring the checks listed above.

Research steps, not investment or legal advice.

Can you afford it, and what does the money buy?

Entry cost (the Item 7 midpoint) is 2.2× the Retail median ($309K).

Total investment$574K – $756K
2026 FDD p.15, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 15, Item 7Funds13 (3 Months) $50,000 $75,000 As arranged As needed Third parties TOTAL14 $573,855 $755,512 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing; the figure on this page is rounded. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Franchise fee$50,000
Verified · 2026 FDD p.10, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 10, Item 5… this Item. ITEM 5 INITIAL FEES Initial Franchise Fee When you sign the Franchise Agreement, you must pay an Initial Franchise Fee of $50,000 for your first Woodcraft Retail Store franchise. …Quoted from the franchisor's filing.
Royalty5.0%
2026 FDD p.11, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 11, Item 6… We did not waive or reduce these fees in our last fiscal year. ITEM 6 OTHER FEES TYPE OF FEE(1) AMOUNT DUE DATE REMARKS Royalty Fee(2) 5% of Gross Revenues Monday …Quoted from the franchisor's filing. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Ad fund1.5%
2026 FDD p.11, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 11, Item 6Marketing Fund Contribution Franchise Agreement: Year 1 and Year 2 - 1% of Gross Revenues; Year 3 and thereafter – 1.5%Quoted from the franchisor's filing.
Working capital$50K – $75K

Source: FDD 2026 · Items 5–7 (fees and startup costs)

Do you qualify? The filing states no minimum net worth or liquid capital. Ask Woodcraft Franchise, LLC (Item 1: 5300 Briscoe Road, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26105) and your lender what they require, and keep living costs for the first year outside the deal.

Full Item 7 breakdown13 line items

Initial investment breakdown

Item 7 initial investment line items
Line itemLowHigh
Initial Franchise Fee$50K$50K
Retail System Support Fee$355$1.27K
First Month’s Rent$0$10K
Security Deposits$9K$10K
Initial Inventory$342.5K$408.2K
Leasehold Improvements$10K$50K
Furniture and Fixtures$55K$75K
Insurance$3K$10K
Training Expenses$1K$3K
Grand Opening Advertising$25K$25K
Signage$6K$9K
Office Equipment and Supplies$22K$29K
Additional Funds13 (3 Months)$50K$75K
Total initial investment$574K$756K

Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. The total row is the total as printed in Item 7. Actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.

Item 6 · what you pay once you are open

Ongoing fees

Woodcraft: Item 6 recurring fees
FeeAmount
Royalty5.0% of gross revenues
Marketing / ad fund1.5%
Technology feesRetail System Support Fee: approximately $355-$1,270 per month, varies by computer system configurationSee the list
Renewal fee$1,000
Total fee loadnear the Retail median of 7.0%6.5% of sales

What do units actually make?

Average gross sales are 2.3× the Retail median ($814K).

Avg gross sales$1.8M
2026 FDD p.37, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 37… Owned Stores Number of Stores 26 27 53 Average Gross Revenues 1492897 2191252 1,848,662 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing; the figure on this page is rounded. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Median gross sales$1.8M
2026 FDD p.37, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 37Range of Gross Revenues $1,082,681 - $1,723,895 $1,757,317 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing; the figure on this page is rounded. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Sample size53 outlets

Source: FDD 2026 · Item 19 (sales and earnings)

Items 6 (other fees), 7 (startup costs) and 19 (sales and earnings) · assumptions labeled

What you could make and lose: one unit

What one Woodcraft unit would ask of you, from the filing's Item 7 total and labeled assumptions.

Average gross sales are $1.8M (FDD p.37), and the royalty and ad fund take about $120K of that a year (Item 6). This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here. So this box does not estimate a profit. To cover the loan payment alone, one unit has to clear $86K a year after its food, labor, rent and other costs and the franchisor's fees.

How these figures are worked out
  • Loan (assumption): 80% of the $665K Item 7 midpoint is a $532K loan, paid over 10 years at 10.5%: $86K a year. SBA 7(a)-style terms on a long-term rate; your lender sets yours. Woodcraft's past SBA 7(a) loans averaged 6.1% at approval; 7(a) rates move with the prime rate, so 10.5% is a current-rate assumption, not this brand's history.

What you put at risk

Your own cash in: about $133K Assumption (the part the loan does not cover of the $665K Item 7 midpoint), plus whatever anything Item 7 leaves out (its notes say what). The loan is $532K.

Personal guarantee. SBA 7(a) loans require a personal guarantee from anyone who owns 20% or more of the business. If the unit cannot pay, the lender can collect from you personally, which can include your savings and your home. The worst case is losing the cash you put in and still owing the rest of the loan.

Gross sales are not profit, and none of these figures is take-home pay until tax and every operating cost are paid. The assumptions are ours, not the filing's. Not investment advice.

Returns modelOne unit · several units · editable

One unit

One unit: what is left after the loan payment

Gross sales, minus the franchisor's fees and the operating costs, is the unit's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization). Minus an assumed loan payment, that is what is left for you, before tax. Gross sales are not profit.

This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here. Invested capital is the Item 7 total, which already includes its working-capital (additional funds) line.

Returns model · one unit

What would one Woodcraft unit leave you each year after the loan payment?

FDDFrom the filingNot set: not on this page yet; this brand's Item 19 prints it. Read it there and enter itYou overrode an FDD valueAssumed: our stated assumption, edit it
Gross sales · per unit, per year

Item 19: $1,848,662 average for 53 outlets (All Franchisee-Owned Stores). Use a figure for outlets like yours if yours differ.

Gross sales, not profit: the costs below decide what is left.

Franchisor take · royalty + ad fund
Operating costs · you supply them

This brand's Item 19 prints cost or operating-income lines that are not on this page yet. Read them in Item 19 and enter them here.

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.

Total invested capital · what you put in to open

Item 7 midpoint of $574K to $756K

Item 7's $50K to $75K additional funds are already in the total

Financing · assumed SBA 7(a)-style loan

Left after the loan payment · per year

The unit's EBITDA minus the assumed loan payment. Before tax, depreciation and any cost your inputs leave out (insurance, accounting and legal, licenses, technology fees): not take-home pay.

Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies direct costs, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.


Store EBITDA · annual
Needs the inputs above
EBITDA margin
Needs the inputs above
Total invested
$665K
Your cash in
$133K
Loan payment · assumed
$86K/yr
Return on invested capital
Needs the inputs above
Payback
Needs the inputs above

Loan of $532K at 10.5% over 10 years, an assumption, not a quote. Return and payback are before tax, depreciation and the costs above. The loan usually needs your personal guarantee.

One unit only. An owner of several units also pays for shared services (managers, accounting, a head office), which the multi-unit model adds on top of these figures.
Buying several existing units? The acquisition scenario

Buying several units

What buying a few existing units could return

Prices an existing operator of a few units off the single-unit EBITDA above, after shared services, and finances it with an SBA 7(a) loan, a conventional loan and a seller note. It shows the yearly return on your cash (IRR), whether year-1 earnings cover the loan payments (DSCR) and how the price is paid for. It starts at 5 units; every deal term is an assumption you can change, and none is from the FDD.

Not modelled yet

Gross sales are not profit. Neither the filing nor a stated assumption on this page supplies direct costs, labor, rent / occupancy and other operating costs. Enter your own (a lease quote, owner calls) and the model runs on it.

This scenario starts from a per-unit EBITDA. Fill in the operating costs in the one-unit model above and it runs on that figure, or take it to the full ROI workbench, where the multi-unit and acquisition models accept your own per-unit economics.

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: 2026 FDD · filed by Woodcraft Franchise, LLC

Financial performance

Range (low → high)
$1.1M→$3.7MSource: 2026 FDD, page 37
Cohort dispersion (min → max)
Percentile ranks within Retail
Gross sales rank93rd percentile
among 55 brands with the figure · Item 19 reporting methods vary across brands
Investment cost rank93rd percentile
among 135 brands with the figure · a high percentile means costlier to open
Royalty rate rank19th percentile
among 110 brands with the figure · a low percentile means a lower royalty
Unit count rank53rd percentile
among 132 brands with the figure

Each rank is among the Retail brands that report that figure (the count is under each bar).

Showing the headline figures. All 165 extracted fields are in the Full FDD Report →

Item 19 · 3 groups · FDD p.37

Item 19 by group

The 2026 filing reports gross sales for 3 groups of outlets. The headline average on this page is the “All Franchisee-Owned Stores” group (53).

Every Item 19 group the filing reports, with how many outlets each covers
GroupnAverageMedian
Bottom HalfBottom 50% by sales of All Franchisee-Owned Stores26$1.5M$1.5M
Top HalfTop 50% by sales of All Franchisee-Owned Stores27$2.2M$2.1M
All Franchisee-Owned Storesheadline above53$1.8M$1.8M

Costs and average gross profit, as the filing prints them

The filing's “Average Gross Profit” is The filing does not say whether it is after royalty, ad fund, rent, debt service and depreciation. Gross sales are not profit, and this line is not take-home pay: what it leaves out still has to be paid.

The cost lines for 3 groups (FDD p.37)
FDD page 37 · average per outlet, share of its gross sales
Line, as the filing names itBottom Halfn=26Top Halfn=27All Franchisee-Owned Storesn=53
Average gross sales$1.5M$2.2M$1.8M
Average Cost of Goods Sold$931K$1.4M$1.1M
Average Gross Profit$562K$841K$704K

Who are you contracting with?

Woodcraft Franchise, LLC, owned by Woodcraft, LLC.

Item 21 (audited financials) · audited statements · 2026 FDD

The franchisor's own finances

The franchisor related companies owe it $270K, 10% of its assets. A franchisor that keeps little of its own profit has less of a cushion if the system has a bad year; ask how support and the ad fund are funded.

The figures, with their pages
Net income
$2.1Mlatest year · FDD Item 21
Owed by related companies
$270K10% of total assets (our arithmetic) · FDD p.184
Total assets
$2.7MFDD Item 21
Equity
$1.7MFDD Item 21

Item 1 (the franchisor) · who you're contracting with

The franchisor

Corporate structure & franchisor financials
Legal entity
Woodcraft Franchise, LLC
Parent company
Woodcraft, LLC
FDD Item 1, page 7 of the 2026 FDD
Predecessor
Woodcraft Franchise Corporation
Prior franchisor entity
CEO title
Chief Executive Officer
Samuel B. Ross, III
Incorporated in
Delaware
HQ
5300 Briscoe Road, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26105
Auditor
Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.
Audited financials
Franchisor revenue
$7.9M
latest fiscal year in the 2026 FDD; $8.9M the year before

Overview

About

Woodcraft Retail Stores specialize in providing woodworking products and services, including power and hand woodworking tools, supplies, books, seminars, classes, demonstrations and other educational programs.

CEO
Samuel B. Ross, III
States and territories listed
35
registered or offered in, as the filing lists them (DC and territories included); not where units may open

Is the system healthy?

-10 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025 (64 to 54, -15.6% in total, -8.1% a year compounded).

Franchised units54+11 company-owned (65 in all)
Verified · 2026 FDD p.38, show the quoted text2026 Franchise Disclosure Document, page 38, Item 20… the Year Net Change Franchised 2023 64 64 0 2024 64 58 -6 2025 58 54 -4 Company- Owned1 2023 10 10 0 2024 10 11 +1 2025 11 11 0 Total Outlets 2023 74 74 0 2024 74 69 -5 2025 69 65 …Quoted from the franchisor's filing. Table text, cells in reading order; column headings may sit outside the quoted lines.
Transferred0
Net change, latest year-4 (unfavorable)(-6.9%)
Turnover rate6.2%

Source: FDD 2026 · Item 20 (outlets opened, closed and transferred)

Item 20 (outlet counts) · unit dynamics

The growth chart

Company-owned
11
Corporate units in the system
% franchised
83%
vs corporate-owned

Last fiscal year · Item 20 rates and pipeline

Reacquired
2
Franchisor bought back
Signed, not yet open
0
Item 20 Table 5
Projected new
1
Franchisor's next-year forecast

Item 20 · franchised units at year end

Franchised units fell from 64 in 2023 to 54 in 2025

Axis does not start at zero.

Source and method
FDD Item 20, franchised outlets at each year end. Opened and closed are the latest year's counts.

Growth insight

A system that lost more than 10% of its franchised outlets across the Item 20 years is a red flag. Check whether closures are concentrated in specific regions.

Government records

SBA loan data

Lenders charged off 0.0% of 22 resolved SBA 7(a) loans, below the 14.7% category median. 7(a) is the SBA's main small-business loan; a resolved loan was paid in full or charged off.

Loans on file
29
SBA 7(a) loans matched to this brand, incl. those still being repaid
Loan volume
$17.0M
Average loan
$588K
loan volume divided by loans
Charge-off rate
0.0%
0 of 22 resolved loans
Paid in full
100.0%
of resolved loans
Charge-off, loans approved FY2015–FY2018
0.0%
0 of 14 resolved loans; newer loans have not had time to default, so this is not a trend
Lenders
10
Average interest rate
6.1%
Jobs reported
317
Lender concentration
21%
top lender's share

Cumulative: every 7(a) loan matched to this brand in the SBA’s FOIA files, approved FY1991 onward. Historical lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated

Benchmark: the median Retail brand charges off 14.7% (42 brands with a published rate, same cumulative window and source). This brand is 14.7 points below it.

Borrower mix: of the 12 loans with a recorded business age, 3 (25%) went to startups or businesses under two years old and 9 (75%) to established businesses or ownership changes.

The approval-year breakdown covers 14 of the 22 resolved loans and 0 of the 0 charge-offs (FY2015 to FY2018).

SBA 7(a) · charge-off rate by approval year

Woodcraft charge-off rate by loan approval year

None of these 3 approval years has 10 or more resolved loans, too few to draw a trend. Each year’s numbers are in the table below.

Show the numbers by year
YearResolvedCharged offRate
201560Too few
201640Too few
201840Too few
Source and method
SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records. Rate: charged-off loans over resolved loans (paid in full plus charged off) for loans approved that year; it moves as loans are resolved.
Loans on file
1
every non-cancelled 504 loan, incl. still being repaid
Loan volume
$660K
Charge-off rate
Not shown
too few resolved loans to judge (0 resolved; shown from 10)
Jobs reported
12

Cumulative: every 504 loan matched to this brand in the SBA’s FOIA files, approved FY1991 onward. Historical SBA 504 lending data via CDCs, not predictive of future performance.

Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.

Full SBA lending reportlenders · charge-off rate · trend

Lender network · SBA 7(a)

SBA Lending Report

Lender, state and yearly detail for Woodcraft from SBA 7(a) FOIA loan records.

Average SBA guarantee
68%
Average interest rate
6.1%
Lender concentration
21%
Jobs reported
317

Top 10 SBA lenders by loan count

LoansVolumeCharge-off
First Business Bank
6$2.7MNot on file
Comerica Bank
5$2.8MNot on file
Brookline Bank, a Division of Beacon Bank and Trust
4$1.4MNot on file
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company
3$2.7MNot on file
Wells Fargo Bank National Association
3$2.8MNot on file

A lender’s rate counts only its resolved loans, the loans that have finished (paid in full or charged off); a 0.0% often means few of its loans have finished. Under 10 resolved loans, the rate reads “Too few”.

Charge-off rate by state (top 10 by loans)

StateLoansCharged offRate
PA Pennsylvania40Too few3 resolved
MI Michigan30Too few1 resolved
OR Oregon30Too few3 resolved
VA Virginia30Too few1 resolved
WI Wisconsin30Too few3 resolved
FL Florida20Too few2 resolved
IN Indiana20Too few2 resolved
OH Ohio20Too few2 resolved
IA Iowa10Too few0 resolved
IL Illinois10Too few1 resolved

Rate: charged-off loans over resolved loans (paid in full plus charged off), shown from 10 resolved loans. "Too few": under 10 resolved. The Loans column counts every approval in the window, including loans still being repaid.

SBA 7(a) loans approved per year

2013
2
2014
1
2015
6
2016
5
2017
3
2018
5
2019
2
2020
1
2021
1
2022
1
2024
2

Borrower profile

The SBA's own business-age labels (4)
Ownership change7 (58%)
Existing (over 2 years)2 (17%)
Startup (opening with the loan)2 (17%)
New (under 1 year)1 (8%)

Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan-level data, matched to the brand by FranchiseVerdict.

SBA 7(a) lending insight

With a charge-off rate of 0.0% on 22 resolved loans, very few of this brand's SBA 7(a) loans have been charged off.

What are the risks?

Main risk: a shrinking system. Franchised outlets fell from 64 to 54 over the two years to 2025.

SBA charge-off0.0%on 22 resolved loans
Litigation0 cases
Auditor going-concern doubtNo (favorable)

Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA · FDD Items 3, 21

What are you signing up for?

Ongoing fees run about 6.5% of sales (royalty + ad fund), before your own operating costs.

Initial term10 yrs
Renewal term5 yrs
TerritoryExclusive (favorable)
Initial training42 hrs

Source: FDD 2026 · Items 11, 12, 17

FDD Items 12 (territory), 15 (owner participation) and 17 (renewal, termination and disputes)

Contract and territory detail

Protected territoryYes
Exclusive territoryYes
Territory population350,000
Online sales rightsReserved by franchisor
Franchisor can competeYes
Who runs it (Item 15)A manager may run it
Non-compete (years)2 years
Non-compete (miles)10 mi
Right of first refusalYes
Transfer requires consentYes
Termination notice30 days
Mandatory arbitrationYes
Arbitration locationWithin 10 miles of franchisor's principal business address (Wood County, West Virginia)
Governing lawWest Virginia

Items 10 (financing), 11 (training and support)

Training and operations

Classroom training
42 hrs
On-the-job training
0 hrs
Training location
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Ongoing training
Required
Site selection
franchisee (franchisor must approve)
Franchisor financing
Not offered
Item 10
POS system
Microsoft Dynamics 365 (POS System)
Operating tech stack

Items 5 (initial fees) & 11 (training and support)

Franchisor support

Yes: Site selection assistance
Yes: Grand opening support
No: Lease negotiation help

Franchisee contacts

We hold no owner list for this brand. Item 20 of the FDD lists the current and former owners; the free FDD is the source.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to open a Woodcraft franchise?

Per the 2026 FDD, the total investment to open a Woodcraft franchise ranges from $574K to $756K, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This is the Item 7 total in the Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD): the startup costs the franchisor lists, such as build-out, equipment, inventory and working capital. It usually leaves out buying land or a building; Item 7's notes say what is excluded.

What do Woodcraft franchise owners earn?

According to Item 19 of the Woodcraft FDD, average gross sales were $1.8M (Item 19 group “All Franchisee-Owned Stores”, 53 outlets; gross sales, not profit). The median is $1.8M. What an owner keeps depends on location, operating costs and management.

Who owns Woodcraft?

Woodcraft is franchised by Woodcraft Franchise, LLC. Its parent company is Woodcraft, LLC. Source: FDD Item 1, 2026 filing.

What is Item 19 in the Woodcraft 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 Woodcraft FDD and qualifies whose outlets they describe.

What is Woodcraft's franchise failure rate?

There is no published franchise failure rate. What is measurable is Woodcraft's SBA charge-off rate: 0.0% on 22 resolved loans. Put plainly: None of the 22 resolved SBA 7(a) loans to Woodcraft owners charged off (approved since FY1991); loans approved FY2015–FY2018: 0 of 14 resolved loans charged off (0.0%); newer loans have not had time to default, so this is not a trend. The SBA charge-off rate is the share of a brand's resolved SBA 7(a) loans to its franchisees that the SBA wrote off, including purchased guarantees. Resolved means paid in full or charged off; active loans are excluded because their outcome is not yet known. It is a lending outcome, not a count of closed businesses. A franchisee can repay and close, or default and keep trading.

How many Woodcraft franchise locations are there?

Per the 2026 FDD, Woodcraft has 54 franchised units and 11 company-owned (65 in all). In the latest year, the number of franchised outlets fell by 4 (0 opened, 4 left the franchised system, 2 of them bought back by the franchisor).

Is Woodcraft a good franchise to buy?

FranchiseVerdict gives Woodcraft a B Verdict grade (Second tier) with a verdict score of 69 out of 100 (higher is better), an editorial assessment, not investment advice. Helped by financial health (audited financials), scale, legal record and transparency. Held back by unit growth (-10 franchised outlets over the two years to 2025: 64 to 54, -15.6% in total, -8.1% a year compounded). The “Why a B” section on this page lists all six dimensions and any adjustment. Speak with current franchisees before making any investment decision.

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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.