FILING · MN · 2025 FDD
Carstar FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) — 2025
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). Carstar's most recent FDD tracked here is the 2025 FDD, 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.
PUBLIC RECORD · FILED 2025 · SOURCE STATE MN
| ITEM 5 | Initial franchise fee | $10,000 |
| ITEM 7 | Total initial investment | $24K–$165K |
| ITEM 19 | Earnings disclosure (FPR) | Yes — financial performance representation made |
| ITEM 20 | Outlets (fiscal 2024) | 471 franchised at year end · 32 exits (exit rate 7.0%, fiscal 2024) |
The headline figure is Gross Sales for 2024 Fiscal Year (Dec 31, 2023 - Dec 28, 2024), for 397 of 471 units, leaving out opened during 2024 Fiscal Year, did not submit Gross Sales for 1+ months, closed during 2024 Fiscal Year. The mean is 24% above the median, so a minority of high-volume units pulls the average up. It shows no costs, so it says nothing about what an owner keeps.
Graded on three things the filing states: coverage (2 points if the figure covers at least 75% of the units it is compared with, 1 point for 50–75%), centre (2 points if it prints both a median and a mean, 1 for one of them), and costs (2 points for costs through a profit line or full cost detail, 1 for some cost items). 5–6 points = More complete, 3–4 = Partial, 0–2 = Limited. The grade describes the disclosure, not the business.
| What is measured | Gross Sales (gross sales) |
| Period | 2024 Fiscal Year (Dec 31, 2023 - Dec 28, 2024) |
| Whose results | Franchised outlets |
| Units included | 397 of 471 franchised CARSTAR Facilities open and operating at end of 2024 Fiscal Year |
| Left out |
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| Average (mean) | $3.2M |
| Median | $2.6M |
| Mean vs median | mean 24.3% above median |
| Met or beat the average | 148 (37%) |
| Costs shown | None — sales only |
| Where | p. 78 (Item 19 runs pp. 77–82) |
| The filing's words | “Of the 471 total franchised CARSTAR Facilities open and operating as of the end of the 2024 Fiscal Year, we included the Gross Sales and KPI results of 397 CARSTAR Facilities” |
Every figure above was extracted by software from the 2025 Carstar 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.
Carstar FDD questions, answered
Where can I download the Carstar FDD for free?
Carstar's 2025 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 Carstar's most recent FDD on file?
The most recent Carstar FDD tracked here is the 2025 FDD, 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 Carstar's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?
Yes — Carstar makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2025 FDD. Read the basis fine print: franchisors choose which units and metrics to include.
What does Carstar's FDD Item 20 show?
In fiscal 2024, Carstar ended with 471 franchised outlets; 32 of 455 open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 7.0%, fiscal 2024) through terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons".
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