Growing Room franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Growing Room franchise takes $889,000 – $954,500 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is not disclosed in the filings we cover. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated. The ledger below itemizes every figure we can source for Growing Room, each one dated, so you can check the numbers before anyone gets your contact details.
Growing Room franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $889,000 | $954,500 | $889,000 to $954,500 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $889,000 | $954,500 | $889,000 to $954,500 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Growing Room's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | Not disclosed |
See the full Growing Room cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Growing Room's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Growing Room's disclosed cost sits against the Professional Services category:
- Minimum startup cost of $889,000 — about 10× the Professional Services median of $84,700.
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 Growing Room's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2012–2015: began the window at 3 units; 6 units opened, 0 closed, ending at 9 units.
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Growing Room 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 Growing Room 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 Growing Room 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 Growing Room 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 Growing Room 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 Growing Room franchise
Growing Room is a professional services franchisor with 9 units at the end of 2015 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2012 and 2015, it began the window at 3 units; its filings record 6 unit openings and 0 closures, ending at 9 units. Its parent company is Growing Room Franchising System, Inc..
Litigation history not in our data for Growing Room — FDD Item 3 is the primary source to check directly.
From the franchisor's materials
A Growing Room franchise comes with some bonuses: you’ll experience the joy of being around children in a learning environment, you’ll feel the satisfaction of playing a role in each child’s lifelong success, and you’ll see the faces of appreciative parents who entrust you with the lives of their precious children every day. We will provide you with everything you need to replicate our amazing schools! This information will be provided to you through initial training in our home office and sc...
Growing Room franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Growing Room franchise cost?
- $889,000 – $954,500 all-in to open, per Growing Room's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Growing Room units are there?
- 9 units at the end of 2015 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Growing Room's units held up?
- 100% of units at risk between 2013 and 2015 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).