SMALL BUSINESSMERIDIANSign in

Financial and real estate services

Century 21 franchise

Independently operated real-estate brokerages and their affiliated agents.

Opening investment
$35,770–$473,400

2026 FDD · Across 2 disclosed formats

U.S. locations
1,685

2025

Worldwide locations
≈11,000

Approximate; undated worldwide offices

Opening costs and fees

$35,770–$473,400

Opening costs vary by format, location and lease terms.

Operating formats

Conversion Office

$35,770–$286,100

2026 FDD Item 7

Includes $0–$25,000 (Initial Franchise Fee) and $15,000–$40,000 (Additional Funds - 3 Months (Conversion Office)).

New Start-Up Office

$117,270–$473,400

2026 FDD Item 7

Includes $0–$25,000 (Initial Franchise Fee) and $15,000–$40,000 (Additional Funds - 3 Months (Conversion Office)).

Locations

1,685 U.S. locations (2025).

Existing locations do not establish that a new territory is available. Confirm your market with the franchisor.

Sources and figure notes

Reporting periods and scope

U.S. locations

2026 FDD Item 20 Table 1 reports 1,685 franchised and 0 company-owned U.S. outlets (1,685 total) at fiscal year-end 2025.

Worldwide locations

≈11,000 offices worldwide, according to Century 21’s undated brand page. Dated or undated source observations are not a live physical-site census or verification of individual current franchise owners. Source and observation dates remain distinct. Approximately 11,000 is an approximation, not an exact count or a guaranteed lower bound. Exact worldwide count and lower bound remain null. Current original official HTML and reader agree; the page provides no count census date. September 14, 2026 is observation only. Approximate 126,000+ agents and 80 countries/territories are separate dimensions, not office counts. The prior FY2024 Anywhere table states 10,986 franchised Century21 offices at December 31, 2024. It is historical differently dated evidence, not a precision upgrade for this undated approximate headline. Anywhere became a Compass subsidiary on January 9, 2026. Corporate group changes do not conflate distinct consumer brands or create new catalog profiles.

Opening investment

$35,770–$286,100 for Conversion Office; $117,270–$473,400 for New Start-Up Office in the 2026 FDD Item 7 tables, including $0–$25,000 (Initial Franchise Fee) and $15,000–$40,000 (Additional Funds - 3 Months (Conversion Office)).

Research snapshot: . Sources and methodology

Compare independent startup vs. franchise economics

Compare Century 21’s franchise model against starting or buying an independent business in real estate (line-item CapEx, 0%-royalty owner SDE margins & SBA resale multiples):

Compare other financial and real estate services franchises