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How winners are chosen

Lower is better for investment, liquid capital, franchise fee, royalty and ad-fund rates, SBA charge-off rate, and owner turnover.

Higher is better for disclosed revenue and owner earnings, verdict score, total units, net unit growth, and franchisee contacts. For the letter grade, A ranks highest.

A row is highlighted only when one brand clearly leads. Ties are never highlighted, and missing data never counts as a win. Some rows (earnings-metric type, loan counts, contract terms) are informational and have no winner.

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Focus by buyer type

Brand
Gymboree Play & Music logoFWeakest tier
Gymboree Play & Music
Education
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Musicologie logoCAverage
Musicologie
Education
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Le Village logoCAverage
Le Village
Education
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Huntington Learning Center logoCAverage
Huntington Learning Center
Education
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Vitals
Investment range
$160K – $393K
$193K – $364K
$214K – $326K
$192K – $341K
Liquid capital
$30K – $60K
$15K – $30K
$10K – $20K
$22K – $24K
Franchise fee
$20K
$55K
$38K
$27K
Royalty rate
6.0%
7.0%
4.0%
9.5%
Ad fund rate
3.3%
2.0%
N/A
2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales
$255K
$604K
N/A
$609K
Median gross sales
$223K
$648K
N/A
$533K
Avg owner earnings
Metric varies by brand. Check type below
N/A
$121K
N/A
N/A
Earnings metric
Not classified
P&L Bottom Line
Not classified
Not classified
Risk
Rating
FWeakest tier
CAverage
CAverage
CAverage
Verdict score
23 / 100
45 / 100
43 / 100
40 / 100
SBA charge-off rate
13.3%
N/A
N/A
28.9%
SBA loans on record
18
N/A
2
225
Scale
Total units
41
8
3
245
Net change (latest yr)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Turnover rate
35.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.3%
Contract
Initial term (years)
10
10
5
10
Renewal term (years)
10
10
5
10
Initial training (hrs)
60
58
247
147
Contacts
Franchisee phones
69
15
0
22

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