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FDD ITEM 20 · FISCAL 2023–2025

Game Show Studio Item 20: outlets, exits & growth

In its latest FDD Item 20 (fiscal 2025, from the 2026 FDD), Game Show Studio reported 8 franchised outlets at year end, and 8 new outlets opened during the year. Systemwide units moved 2 → 9 units over 2023–2025.

Item 20 · outlet status by yearas filed
Status (FTC)202320242025
Outlets at start022
Opened008
Transfers000
Terminations000
Non-renewals000
Reacquired by franchisor000
Ceased — other reasons000
Outlets at end229
Net change+20+7
How the exit count is computedfiscal 2025

0 terminations + 0 non-renewals + 0 ceased (other) = 0 exits

These are the three FTC Item 20 statuses in which a franchised outlet left the system — including voluntary non-renewals and outlets that ceased for other reasons, which can include sales or absorption into another franchise. Transfers (0) are resales, not exits; reacquisitions by the franchisor (0) are tracked separately. There is no official “failure rate”, and not every exit is a closure or a failure; Item 20 does not say why any outlet left. On a small starting base, a single exit moves this rate sharply.

Franchised outlets by state · fiscal 20255 states/territories
StateFranchisedCompany-owned
CA3—
MN20
GA1—
MO1—
TX11

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