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FDD ITEM 20 · FISCAL 2023–2025

Keller Williams Realty Market Center Item 20: outlets, exits & growth

In its latest FDD Item 20 (fiscal 2025, from the 2026 FDD), Keller Williams Realty Market Center reported 735 franchised outlets at year end. 33 of 762 franchised outlets open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 4.3%, fiscal 2025), while 11 new outlets opened. Systemwide units moved -7.3% over 2023–2025.

Item 20 · outlet status by yearas filed
Status (FTC)202320242025
Outlets at start826810773
Opened6911
Transfers131311
Terminations848
Non-renewals455
Reacquired by franchisor1855
Ceased — other reasons10920
Outlets at end810773751
Net change-16-37-22
How the exit count is computedfiscal 2025

8 terminations + 5 non-renewals + 20 ceased (other) = 33 exits ÷ 762 at start = 4.3%

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 (11) are resales, not exits; reacquisitions by the franchisor (5) 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 202552 states/territories
StateFranchisedCompany-owned
CA822
FL780
TX506
GA370
NJ323
Canada300
NY270
PA261
NC250
VA220
CO200
MI200
WA200
MA180
OH180
IL170
AL160
TN150
MD130
SC130
AZ120
LA120
MN120
MO100
OR100
KY90
KS80
OK80
IN70
NV70
UT70
WI70
CT50
MT50
IA40
ID40
AR30
HI33
NH30
NM30
MS20
RI20
SD20
AK10
DC10
DE11
ME10
ND10
NE10
VT10
WV10
WY10

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