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FILING · MN · 2026 FDD

TOMMY'S EXPRESS 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). TOMMY'S EXPRESS'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$50,000
ITEM 6Ongoing royalty4.0% of gross sales
ITEM 7Total initial investment$3.5M–$11.8M
ITEM 3Disclosed litigation matters3
ITEM 19Earnings disclosure (FPR)Yes — financial performance representation made
ITEM 20Outlets (fiscal 2025)244 franchised at year end · 2 exits (exit rate 1.0%, fiscal 2025)
ITEM 21Franchisor financial statementsUnmodified (clean) opinion — Doeren Mayhew Assurance
Item 19 · how TOMMY'S EXPRESS's earnings claim is built2026 FDD · page-cited

The headline figure is Average Gross Sales for Calendar year 2025, for 48 of 244 units, leaving out open < 12 full months, corporate outlets, transferred to TXC Great Lakes and others. The mean is 7% above the median, so a minority of high-volume units pulls the average up.

PartialCovers 48 of 244 units (20%) · median and mean · costs to a profit line

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 2025
Whose resultsFranchised outlets
Units included48 of 244 franchised outlets open at Dec 31, 2025
Left out
  • open < 12 full months (43)
  • corporate outlets (16)
  • transferred to TXC Great Lakes (3)
  • transferred ownership in 2025 (1)
  • open < 60 months (shown in other cohorts)
Average (mean)$2.2M
Median$2.1M
Mean vs medianmean 7.3% above median
Costs shownYes — through a profit line
Wherep. 62 (Item 19 runs pp. 60–68)
The filing's words“As of December 31, 2025, we had a total of 260 outlets open, of which 244 are franchised outlets. The financial performance of 43 franchised outlets has been excluded due to their operation duration being less than a full 12 months.”
Item 21 · TOMMY'S EXPRESS's own audited statements2026 FDD · page-cited

Doeren Mayhew Assurance gave an unmodified (clean) opinion on the statements in the 2026 FDD; revenue rose 46% from FY2023 to FY2025.

Audit opinion

Unmodified (clean) opinion

Doeren Mayhew Assurance · p. 251

Revenue · FY2025

$25.7M

p. 255 · matched to statement

Net income · FY2025

$3.1M

p. 255 · matched to statement

Where FY2025 revenue came from

87% royalties

3% initial / development fees

  • Fiscal years covered: FY2023, FY2024, FY2025 (2026 FDD, statements from p. 255)
  • Statements are for: TOMMY’S EXPRESS, LLC
  • Parent / owner: not identified in the statements
Fiscal yearFY2023FY2024FY2025
Total revenue$17.6Mp. 272 · matched to statement$23.0Mp. 255 · matched to statement$25.7Mp. 255 · matched to statement
Royalty revenue$13.4Mp. 272 · matched to statement$17.7Mp. 255 · matched to statement$22.3Mp. 255 · matched to statement
Initial / development feesline: Initial franchise feesnot extracted$1.3Mp. 255$722Kp. 255
Net income (loss)$3.0Mp. 272 · matched to statement$3.9Mp. 255 · matched to statement$3.1Mp. 255 · matched to statement

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 TOMMY'S EXPRESS 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.

TOMMY'S EXPRESS FDD questions, answered

Where can I download the TOMMY'S EXPRESS FDD for free?

TOMMY'S EXPRESS'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 TOMMY'S EXPRESS's most recent FDD on file?

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

Does TOMMY'S EXPRESS's FDD disclose earnings (Item 19)?

Yes — TOMMY'S EXPRESS makes a financial performance representation in Item 19 of its 2026 FDD. Read the basis fine print: franchisors choose which units and metrics to include.

What does TOMMY'S EXPRESS's FDD Item 20 show?

In fiscal 2025, TOMMY'S EXPRESS ended with 244 franchised outlets; 2 of 206 open at the start of the year left the system (exit rate 1.0%, fiscal 2025) through terminations, non-renewals, and "ceased operations — other reasons".

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