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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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Brand	DBelow average Maple Bear Education Remove	DBelow average Abbey Road Institute Education Remove	AStrongest tier Ducklings Early Learning Center Education Remove	AStrongest tier Hyper Kidz Education Remove
Vitals
Investment range	$690K – $2.3M	$517K – $2.5M	$993K – $2.2M	$749K – $1.8M
Liquid capital	$105K – $187K	$60K – $130K	$250K – $360K	$40K – $70K
Franchise fee	$55K	$250K	$55K	$43K
Royalty rate	6.0%	8.0%	3.0%	6.0%
Ad fund rate	2.0%	N/A	1.0%	2.0%
Performance
Avg gross sales	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Median gross sales	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Avg owner earnings Metric varies by brand. Check type below	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Earnings metric	Not classified	Not classified	P&L Bottom Line	Not classified
Risk
Rating	DBelow average	DBelow average	AStrongest tier	AStrongest tier
Verdict score	31 / 100	30 / 100	70 / 100	66 / 100
SBA charge-off rate	N/A	N/A	0.0%	0.0%
SBA loans on record	3	N/A	10	11
Scale
Total units	3	1	14	7
Net change (latest yr)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Turnover rate	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Contract
Initial term (years)	10	10	10	10
Renewal term (years)	5	10	10	10
Initial training (hrs)	80	30	109	40
Contacts
Franchisee phones	7	2	31	9

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