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Fleet Feet 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). Fleet Feet'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.

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PUBLIC RECORD · FILED 2025 · SOURCE STATE MN

What the 2025 filing revealedextracted from the filing
ITEM 5Initial franchise fee$45,000
ITEM 6Ongoing royalty4.0% of gross sales
ITEM 7Total initial investment$229K–$545K
ITEM 19Earnings disclosure (FPR)Yes — financial performance representation made
ITEM 20Outlets (fiscal 2024)192 franchised at year end · 1 exits (exit rate 0.5%, fiscal 2024)
Item 19 · how Fleet Feet's earnings claim is built2025 FDD · page-cited

The headline figure is Average Gross Sales for Calendar year ended Dec 31, 2024, for 167 of 192 units, leaving out open < 24 months, online sales via FFS Digital revenue sharing. The mean is 7% 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.

PartialCovers 167 of 192 units (87%) · median and mean · no expenses

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 measuredAverage Gross Sales (gross sales)
PeriodCalendar year ended Dec 31, 2024
Whose resultsFranchised outlets
Units included167 of 192 franchisee owned stores at Dec 31, 2024
Left out
  • open < 24 months
  • online sales via FFS Digital revenue sharing
Average (mean)$1.7M
Median$1.6M
Mean vs medianmean 6.9% above median
Met or beat the average46%
Costs shownNone — sales only
Wherep. 59 (Item 19 runs pp. 58–60)

Every figure above was extracted by software from the 2025 Fleet Feet 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.

Fleet Feet FDD questions, answered

Where can I download the Fleet Feet FDD for free?

Fleet Feet'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 Fleet Feet's most recent FDD on file?

The most recent Fleet Feet 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 Fleet Feet's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes — Fleet Feet 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 Fleet Feet's FDD Item 20 show?

In fiscal 2024, Fleet Feet ended with 192 franchised outlets; 1 of 183 open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 0.5%, fiscal 2024) through terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons".

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