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FILING · MN · 2024 FDD · 1+ YEAR OLD

Ameriprise Financial Services FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) — 2024

The FDD is the 23-item legal disclosure every U.S. franchisor must hand you at least 14 days before you sign or pay anything (FTC Franchise Rule, 16 CFR 436). Ameriprise Financial Services's most recent FDD tracked here is the 2024 FDD · 1+ year old, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). Registration-state filings are public records, so you can read it free, with no sign-up.

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PUBLIC RECORD · FILED 2024 · SOURCE STATE MN

What the 2024 filing revealedextracted from the filing
ITEM 5Initial franchise fee$1,500
ITEM 7Total initial investment$12K–$133K
ITEM 19Earnings disclosure (FPR)Yes — financial performance representation made
ITEM 20Outlets (fiscal 2023)4,003 franchised at year end · 179 exits (exit rate 4.3%, fiscal 2023)
Item 19 · how Ameriprise Financial Services's earnings claim is built2024 FDD · page-cited

Item 19's tables are images in this filing, so we could read who is included but not every figure.

What is measuredAnnual Total GDC (Gross Dealer Concession) and Average Gross Income by GDC production level (other measure)
Period2023 (Dec 28, 2022 - Dec 26, 2023)
Whose resultsFranchised outlets
Units included3,996 of 4,003 franchised outlets at the end of FY2023 (Item 20)
Left out
  • advisors not active as of December 2023
Average (mean)not printed
Mediannot printed
Costs shownNone — sales only
Wherep. 50 (Item 19 runs pp. 50–63)
The filing's words“Only Independent Advisors who were active as of December 2023 are included.”

Every figure above was extracted by software from the 2024 Ameriprise Financial Services FDD as filed (figures are not individually checked by a person) and links back to that document. Fields that could not be extracted are omitted; no figure here is estimated. Extraction errors are possible: the filing controls, and FDDs are reissued annually; verify against the current issuance before relying on any number. Spotted an error? Franchisors and owners can report it via the contact on our Terms page.

Ameriprise Financial Services FDD questions, answered

Where can I download the Ameriprise Financial Services FDD for free?

Ameriprise Financial Services's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document is a public record, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). It can be downloaded free from the source link on this page — no broker form, no email signup required.

What year is Ameriprise Financial Services's most recent FDD on file?

The most recent Ameriprise Financial Services FDD tracked here is the 2024 FDD · 1+ year old, filed with the Minnesota Department of Commerce (public CARDS portal). Franchisors must update their FDD annually; confirm you are reading the current issuance before signing.

Does Ameriprise Financial Services's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes — Ameriprise Financial Services makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2024 FDD. Read the basis fine print: franchisors choose which units and metrics to include.

What does Ameriprise Financial Services's FDD Item 20 show?

In fiscal 2023, Ameriprise Financial Services ended with 4,003 franchised outlets; 179 of 4,133 open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 4.3%, fiscal 2023) through terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons".

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