High Touch-High Tech franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a High Touch-High Tech franchise takes $62,750 – $69,000 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $52,500. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 7% on sales. To qualify, High Touch-High Tech asks for $39,500 in liquid cash and a $125,000 net worth. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
High Touch-High Tech franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $52,500 | $52,500 | $52,500 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $62,750 | $69,000 | $62,750 to $69,000 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $125,000 | $125,000 | $125,000 | |
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $39,500 | $39,500 | $39,500 | |
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $62,750 | $69,000 | $62,750 to $69,000 |
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 7% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 10 years |
See the full High Touch-High Tech cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How High Touch-High Tech's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where High Touch-High Tech's disclosed cost sits against the Professional Services category:
- Minimum startup cost of $62,750 — about 26% below the Professional Services median of $84,700.
- Initial franchise fee of $52,500 — about 1.3× 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 High Touch-High Tech's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2013–2017: began the window at 19 units; 4 units opened, 3 closed, ending at 18 units.
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for High Touch-High Tech 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 High Touch-High Tech 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 High Touch-High Tech 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 High Touch-High Tech 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 High Touch-High Tech 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 High Touch-High Tech franchise
High Touch-High Tech is a professional services franchisor with 18 units at the end of 2017 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2013 and 2017, it began the window at 19 units; its filings record 4 unit openings and 3 closures, ending at 18 units. Its parent company is High Touch Investment Corp.. The filings indicate financing options are available; terms come from the franchisor, not from us.
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
The franchise which we offer is for the operation of an outreach program under the name “High Touch-High Tech” which offers science educational programs to bring hands-on, participatory science experiences to classrooms, as well as providing after school programs, holiday mini-camp programs, summer programs, preschool programs and birthday parties (“Franchise”). The Franchise is a homebased business, but you may choose to operate from a small office or light industrial space. The first and primary type of activity conducted by a Franchise consists of in school “field trips” to be conducted by your Franchise under an agreement with and in coordination with various public and private schools, consisting of actual classroom teaching by you and your employees. The second type of activity consists of similar types of programs conducted by your Franchise in the context of birthday parties for children either at homes or other locations outside of the school, and with more of an amusement oriented program than the in-school program. The third type of activity consists of similar type programs conducted by your Franchise in the context of preschool, holiday mini-camps, scouting and summer camp programs. We currently have 71 programs for preschool aged children, 76 programs for elementary school aged children, 11 programs for middle school aged children, 57 programs for summer camps, 28 afterschool enrichment programs, 9 birthday party themes, 44 mini-camp programs, and 24 stand-alone experiences. We continue to develop new programs annually. The franchise grants you the right to own and operate a “High Touch-High Tech” franchise (the “Franchised Business”), which is characterized by a “system” which includes uniform formats, designs, systems, methods, specifications, standards and procedures, all of which may be improved, expanded, further developed or otherwise modified periodically and which comprise the System. In addition, you are granted a non-exclusive right to use and display certain trade names, service marks, trademarks, logos, emblems and indicia of origin, including the mark “High Touch-High Tech” and any other trade names, service marks, slogans, logos and emblems we may designate for use in connection with the System (“Proprietary Marks”). The Proprietary Marks are owned by our Affiliate, who has licensed them to us (see Item 13). You must hire your own educators for your Franchise. The educators you hire must have at least a four-year degree from an accredited college or university and must pass a background check. All of the educators you hire must complete our initial training program, at your cost
High Touch-High Tech franchise: quick answers
- How much does a High Touch-High Tech franchise cost?
- $62,750 – $69,000 all-in to open, per High Touch-High Tech's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many High Touch-High Tech units are there?
- 18 units at the end of 2017 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have High Touch-High Tech's units held up?
- 90.5% 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).