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MASSAGE ENVY FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) — 2026

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). MASSAGE ENVY's most recent FDD tracked here is the 2026 FDD, a multistate filing. Registration-state filings are public records, so you can read it free, with no sign-up.

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PUBLIC RECORD · FILED 2026 · SOURCE STATE MN

What the 2026 filing revealedextracted from the filing
ITEM 5Initial franchise fee$45,000
ITEM 6Ongoing royalty6.0% of gross sales
ITEM 7Total initial investment$696K–$1.0M
ITEM 3Disclosed litigation matters22
ITEM 19Earnings disclosure (FPR)Yes — median unit volume $1.1M (population and period as defined in the filing's Item 19)
ITEM 20Outlets (fiscal 2025)993 franchised at year end · 19 exits (exit rate 1.9%, fiscal 2025)
ITEM 21Franchisor financial statementsUnmodified (clean) opinion — Grant Thornton LLP
Item 19 · how MASSAGE ENVY's earnings claim is built2026 FDD · page-cited

The headline figure is Average Gross Sales for Fiscal Year 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025), for 989 of 993 units, leaving out initial opening during 2025, temporarily closed at Dec 31, 2024 and reopened in 2025, not actively operating at end of 2025. 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 989 of 993 units (100%) · 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)
PeriodFiscal Year 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025)
Whose resultsFranchised outlets
Units included989 of 993 Massage Envy Businesses open and operating at end of Fiscal Year 2025
Left out
  • initial opening during 2025 (2)
  • temporarily closed at Dec 31, 2024 and reopened in 2025 (2)
  • not actively operating at end of 2025
Average (mean)$1.2M
Median$1.1M
Mean vs medianmean 6.5% above median
Met or beat the average429/989 (43.4%)
Costs shownNone — sales only
Wherep. 67 (Item 19 runs pp. 66–70)
The filing's words“Massage Envy Businesses that commenced initial operations before the start of Fiscal Year 2025 and reported sales in all 52 weeks of Fiscal Year 2025”
Item 21 · MASSAGE ENVY's own audited statements2026 FDD · page-cited

Grant Thornton LLP gave an unmodified (clean) opinion on the statements in the 2026 FDD; revenue fell 2% from FY2023 to FY2025.

Audit opinion

Unmodified (clean) opinion

Grant Thornton LLP · p. 86

Revenue · FY2025

$95.4M

p. 90 · matched to statement

Net income · FY2025

$47.6M

p. 90 · matched to statement

Where FY2025 revenue came from

76% royalties

2% initial / development fees

  • Fiscal years covered: FY2023, FY2024, FY2025 (2026 FDD, statements from p. 90)
  • Statements are for: ME SPE Franchising, LLC
  • Parent / owner: not identified in the statements
Fiscal yearFY2023FY2024FY2025
Total revenue$97.6Mp. 90 · matched to statement$94.9Mp. 90 · matched to statement$95.4Mp. 90 · matched to statement
Royalty revenue$71.5Mextracted · not cross-checked$71.9Mextracted · not cross-checked$72.8Mextracted · not cross-checked
Initial / development feesline: Franchise fees$2.1Mp. 90$2.4Mp. 90$1.8Mp. 90
Net income (loss)$48.0Mp. 90 · matched to statement$46.3Mp. 90 · matched to statement$47.6Mp. 90 · matched to statement
Equity (deficit) at year endnot extracted$107.0Mp. 89$86.2Mp. 89
Cash at year endnot extracted$2.4Mp. 89$4.0Mp. 89

How to read this: royalties recur as long as franchisees trade; initial and development fees arrive only when new franchises are sold. A franchisor whose revenue leans on initial fees is funding itself by selling territories, and that revenue stops when sales slow. Under ASC 606 most franchisors recognize initial fees over the agreement term, so the line understates the cash collected in a strong selling year. Ad-fund revenue, where reported, is included in total revenue as the statements present it.

Each figure links to its page in the filed PDF. “Matched to statement” means our extraction and a second, rule-based read of the statement page agree; “extracted · not cross-checked” means the statement page is a scanned image or could not be read as text. Figures we could not place on a consistent scale are withheld, not guessed. Spotted an error? Report a correction.

Every figure above was extracted by software from the 2026 MASSAGE ENVY 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.

MASSAGE ENVY FDD questions, answered

Where can I download the MASSAGE ENVY FDD for free?

MASSAGE ENVY's 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document is a public record. It can be downloaded free from the source link on this page — no broker form, no email signup required.

What year is MASSAGE ENVY's most recent FDD on file?

The most recent MASSAGE ENVY FDD tracked here is the 2026 FDD. Franchisors must update their FDD annually; confirm you are reading the current issuance before signing.

Does MASSAGE ENVY's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes — MASSAGE ENVY makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2026 FDD, reporting a median unit volume of $1.1M. Read the basis fine print: franchisors choose which units and metrics to include.

What does MASSAGE ENVY's FDD Item 20 show?

In fiscal 2025, MASSAGE ENVY ended with 993 franchised outlets; 19 of 1,009 open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 1.9%, fiscal 2025) through terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons".

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