You Move Me franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a You Move Me franchise takes $106,500 – $218,860 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $50,000 – $65,000. Ongoing, franchisees pay a royalty of 8% on sales plus an ad-fund contribution of up to 1%. To qualify, You Move Me asks for $80,000 in liquid cash and a $150,000 net worth. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated.
You Move Me franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $50,000 | $65,000 | $50,000 to $65,000 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $106,500 | $218,860 | $106,500 to $218,860 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $150,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 | |
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | $80,000 | $80,000 | $80,000 | |
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $106,500 | $218,860 | $106,500 to $218,860 |
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | 8% |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Up to 1% |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | 5 years |
See the full You Move Me cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How You Move Me's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where You Move Me's disclosed cost sits against the Professional Services category:
- Minimum startup cost of $106,500 — about 1.3× the Professional Services median of $84,700.
- Initial franchise fee of $50,000 — 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 You Move Me's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2013–2020: began the window at 0 units; 40 units opened, 16 closed, ending at 15 units. (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only.)
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for You Move Me 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 You Move Me 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 You Move Me 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 You Move Me 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 You Move Me 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 You Move Me franchise
You Move Me is a professional services franchisor with 15 units at the end of 2020 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2013 and 2020, it began the window at 0 units; its filings record 40 unit openings and 16 closures, ending at 15 units (partial records: 2018 is not in the source data — totals span the reported years only). Its parent company is Tracksuit Movers Inc.. The filings indicate financing options are available; terms come from the franchisor, not from us.
Disclosure filings report 1 franchise-related lawsuit. Review Item 3 of the FDD. (as of 2026-05)
From the franchisor's materials
You Move Me LLC offers franchises for the operation of professional commercial and residential moving and packing businesses under the name "You Move Me. "
You Move Me franchise: quick answers
- How much does a You Move Me franchise cost?
- $106,500 – $218,860 all-in to open, per You Move Me's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many You Move Me units are there?
- 15 units at the end of 2020 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have You Move Me's units held up?
- 72.7% of units at risk between 2017 and 2020 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).