Primary-sourced
Primary-sourced benchmarks for searchers and franchise buyers, each built from the original filing.
| No. | Benchmark | Source | Sample size | What it measures | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | FDD Item 7 Investment Benchmark 55 franchise FDDs, 56 investment-range totals; total investment $92,640 to $7,960,300 | 55 current franchise FDDs | 55 FDDs / 56 totals | Total initial investment, franchise fees, and the real-estate-exclusion trap, read from Item 7 | 2026 |
| 02 | Franchise Costs by Brand One page per brand: verbatim Item 7 investment ranges, fees, and real-estate handling for 55 brands | 55 current franchise FDDs | 55 brand pages / 56 formats | Per-brand total investment range, initial franchise fee, format breakdown, and category context | 2026 |
| 03 | APA Indemnity Risk Map 9 indemnification terms benchmarked to the 2025 ABA Private Target Study (median + mean labeled separately) | 2025 ABA Private Target Deal Points Study | 9 terms | Buyer-side indemnification terms in an asset purchase agreement, against market | 2025 |
| 04 | Commercial Lease Red Flags 91 ABA Model Lease clauses (office, retail, industrial), each with red flag, landlord trap, and fix | ABA Model Lease | 91 clauses | Clause-level commercial-lease risk, each clause pinned to its ABA cite | 2026 |
| 05 | SBA Seller-Note Standby Rules SBA SOP 50 10 8 seller-note treatment across every acquisition scenario (incl. the June 1 2025 change) | SBA SOP 50 10 8 | Every buyer scenario | When a seller note stands by, counts as equity, or can be paid, by buyer scenario | 2025 |
Across 55 current franchise FDDs (56 investment-range totals), total initial investment runs from $92,640 at the low end to $7,960,300 at the high end. The median midpoint is about $464,000, and 25 of 56 totals exclude the cost of real estate.
Our APA Indemnity Risk Map benchmarks 9 indemnification terms to the 2025 ABA Private Target Deal Points Study, with the median and the mean labeled separately so you can tell a market term from an aggressive one.
The Commercial Lease Red Flags dataset covers 91 ABA Model Lease clauses across office, retail, and industrial, each with the tenant red flag, the landlord trap, and the fix direction, pinned to its ABA cite.
It depends on what the note is doing in the deal. The SBA Seller-Note Standby Rules benchmark maps SOP 50 10 8 treatment across every acquisition scenario, including when the note counts toward your equity injection and what changed on June 1, 2025.
The benchmarks show what normal looks like across real filings. Upload your FDD, lease, or purchase agreement and Inkvex flags where your document sits against that baseline.