The Traveling Photo Booth franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening The Traveling Photo Booth franchise takes $33,750 – $56,650 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $15,400 – $19,000. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 5% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 5%. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
The Traveling Photo Booth franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $15,400 | $19,000 | $15,400 to $19,000 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $33,750 | $56,650 | $33,750 to $56,650 | |
| 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) | $33,750 | $56,650 | $33,750 to $56,650 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means The Traveling Photo Booth's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 5% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 5% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 7 years |
See the full The Traveling Photo Booth cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How The Traveling Photo Booth's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where The Traveling Photo Booth's disclosed cost sits against the Event Services category:
- Minimum startup cost of $33,750 — about in line with the Event Services median of $35,563.
- Initial franchise fee of $15,400 — about 15% below the Event Services median of $18,150.
Category medians are computed from the Event Services brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Event Services franchises
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How The Traveling Photo Booth's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2012–2015: began the window at 9 units; 12 units opened, 3 closed, ending at 18 units.
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for The Traveling Photo Booth 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 The Traveling Photo Booth 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 The Traveling Photo Booth 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 The Traveling Photo Booth 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 The Traveling Photo Booth 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 Traveling Photo Booth franchise
The Traveling Photo Booth is an event services franchisor with 18 units at the end of 2015 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2012 and 2015, it began the window at 9 units; its filings record 12 unit openings and 3 closures, ending at 18 units. Its parent company is The Traveling Photo Booth International 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 Traveling Photo Booth International Inc. franchises photo entertainment machine businesses under the name “The Traveling Photo Booth®”. The franchised businesses provide photo entertainment services at weddings, parties, and other gatherings by providing custom-built TTPB™ Photo Booths and TTPB™ Photo Stands with integrated digital image technology that produce high quality photographs.
The Traveling Photo Booth franchise: quick answers
- How much does The Traveling Photo Booth franchise cost?
- $33,750 – $56,650 all-in to open, per The Traveling Photo Booth's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many The Traveling Photo Booth units are there?
- 18 units at the end of 2015 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have The Traveling Photo Booth's units held up?
- 85.7% 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).