Meineke Car Care Center franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Meineke Car Care Center franchise takes $122,758 – $572,540 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $27,700 – $61,195. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 5% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 8%. To qualify, Meineke Car Care Center asks for $110,000 in liquid cash and a $250,000 net worth. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
Meineke Car Care Center franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $27,700 | $61,195 | $27,700 to $61,195 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $122,758 | $572,540 | $122,758 to $572,540 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $250,000 | $250,000 | $250,000 | |
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $110,000 | $110,000 | $110,000 | |
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $122,758 | $572,540 | $122,758 to $572,540 |
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 5% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 8% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 15 years |
See the full Meineke Car Care Center cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Meineke Car Care Center's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Meineke Car Care Center's disclosed cost sits against the Auto & Travel category:
- Minimum startup cost of $122,758 — about 31% below the Auto & Travel median of $177,500.
- Initial franchise fee of $27,700 — about 18% below the Auto & Travel median of $33,740.
Category medians are computed from the Auto & Travel brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Auto & Travel franchises
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How Meineke Car Care Center's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2012–2017: began the window at 793 units; 345 units opened, 279 closed, ending at 792 units.
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Meineke Car Care Center 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 Meineke Car Care Center 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 Meineke Car Care Center 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 Meineke Car Care Center 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 Meineke Car Care Center 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 Meineke Car Care Center franchise
Meineke Car Care Center is an auto & travel franchisor with 792 units at the end of 2017 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2012 and 2017, it began the window at 793 units; its filings record 345 unit openings and 279 closures, ending at 792 units. Its parent company is Driven Brands Inc..
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 is for the operation of a Meineke automotive maintenance and repair center, specializing in servicing exhaust system components, brake system components and providing certain other automotive maintenance and repair services.
Meineke Car Care Center franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Meineke Car Care Center franchise cost?
- $122,758 – $572,540 all-in to open, per Meineke Car Care Center's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Meineke Car Care Center units are there?
- 792 units at the end of 2017 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Meineke Car Care Center's units held up?
- 86.2% 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).