Education

Primrose Schools franchise

Early education school franchise.

Opening investment: $2,152,500–$7,960,300
Average annual revenue: $3,586,393
Worldwide locations: ≥558

Opening costs and fees

$2,152,500–$7,960,300

Opening costs vary by format, location and lease terms.

Operating formats

New-Build School (Ground-Up One-Story Construction)

$5,016,600–$7,960,300

2026 FDD Item 7 Table A

Excludes land acquisition costs. Includes $50,000–$80,000 initial franchise fee, $4,254,600–$6,202,500 development and construction costs, $313,000–$383,000 school equipment and supplies, and $180,000–$420,000 additional funds for three months.

Adaptive-Reuse School (Pre-Existing Building Adapted for School Use)

$2,152,500–$7,265,300

2026 FDD Item 7 Table B

Excludes land acquisition costs. Includes $50,000–$80,000 initial franchise fee, $1,390,500–$5,507,500 development and conversion costs, $313,000–$383,000 school equipment and supplies, and $180,000–$420,000 additional funds for three months.

Revenue and performance

$3,586,393

Top Occupancy Quartile Avg. Gross Revenue ($3,308,944 median; $1.91M–$3.59M across 4 quartiles of 130 Schools · 2025 Item 19)

Performance details: See performance details: Primrose reports 2025 average gross revenue of $3,586,393 for the 130 full-year franchised schools in its highest-occupancy quartile. This is a selected cohort, not the mean for all schools.Calendar year 2025; source references FDD dated April 24, 2026.

Revenue is sales before expenses, not owner income. Compare matching periods, formats and location samples.

Locations

The filing reports 557 schools for 2025, while its state rows total 556. The discrepancy remains unresolved; this filing’s figure is not used to replace the separate existing location estimate.

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

Worldwide locations

The website reports 558 franchised schools open at the end of 2025. This supports a worldwide lower bound of at least 558; exact U.S. and total worldwide counts, including any company schools, are not established.

Average annual revenue

2026 FDD Item 19 Section 1 reports 520 active franchised Schools operating throughout 2025 in four occupancy quartiles of 130 Schools each: Top Quartile (94% occupancy) averaged $3,586,393 Gross Revenue ($3,308,944 median, record I19W3-B109-FPR-0001), Second Quartile (83% occupancy) averaged $3,109,936 ($2,993,809 median, I19W3-B109-FPR-0002), Third Quartile (72% occupancy) averaged $2,513,577 ($2,468,120 median, I19W3-B109-FPR-0003), and Bottom Quartile (52% occupancy) averaged $1,909,787 ($1,863,251 median, I19W3-B109-FPR-0004).

Opening investment

$2,152,500–$7,265,300 for an Adaptive-Reuse Primrose School (pre-existing building adapted for school use) and $5,016,600–$7,960,300 for a ground-up New-Build Primrose School, excluding land acquisition costs. Includes $50,000–$80,000 initial franchise fee and $180,000–$420,000 additional funds for three months.

Research snapshot: . Sources and methodology

Compare independent startup vs. franchise economics

Compare Primrose Schools’s franchise model against starting or buying an independent business in early education (line-item CapEx, 0%-royalty owner SDE margins & SBA resale multiples):