All About People franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening an All About People franchise takes $266,500 – $290,550 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $49,000. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 6% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 1%. To qualify, All About People asks for $300,000 in liquid cash and a $500,000 net worth. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
All About People franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $49,000 | $49,000 | $49,000 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $266,500 | $290,550 | $266,500 to $290,550 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $500,000 | $500,000 | $500,000 | |
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $300,000 | $300,000 | $300,000 | |
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $266,500 | $290,550 | $266,500 to $290,550 |
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 6% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 1% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 20 years |
See the full All About People cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How All About People's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where All About People's disclosed cost sits against the Professional Services category:
- Minimum startup cost of $266,500 — about 3.1× the Professional Services median of $84,700.
- Initial franchise fee of $49,000 — about 1.2× the Professional Services median of $39,700.
Category medians are computed from the Professional Services brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Professional Services franchises
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How All About People's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2014–2017: began the window at 0 units; 19 units opened, 3 closed, ending at 15 units.
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for All About People or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask All About People for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether All About People is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether All About People grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only All About People can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the All About People franchise
All About People is a professional services franchisor with 15 units at the end of 2017 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2014 and 2017, it began the window at 0 units; its filings record 19 unit openings and 3 closures, ending at 15 units. Its parent company is All About People Franchise Services, LLC.
No franchise-related lawsuits reported in the disclosure data we hold (FDD Item 3, as of 2026-05) — an absence in our sources, not a guarantee; confirm against the brand's current FDD.
From the franchisor's materials
All About People Franchise Services, LLC offers individual franchises for the operation of ALL ABOUT PEOPLE® businesses that operate a recruiting and staffing business that provides, among other services, contract, contract-to-hire, temporary, temporary-to-hire, direct hire, executive search placement and other staffing talent acquisition services.
All About People franchise: quick answers
- How much does an All About People franchise cost?
- $266,500 – $290,550 all-in to open, per All About People's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many All About People units are there?
- 15 units at the end of 2017 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have All About People's units held up?
- 84.2% of units at risk between 2015 and 2017 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).