Quick answer
The Maaco Item 7 total initial investment is $196,000 to $644,000, as disclosed in the 2025 FDD, with an initial franchise fee of $45k. That total excludes real estate, so land and building costs come on top.
Format breakdown
Every figure below is as-disclosed in the Maaco 2025 FDD, read from the Item 7 table.
Conversion $196,000 to $644,000; ground-up build $728,500 to $3,994,000. Excludes real estate purchase.
Where Maaco sits in Automotive
Within the Automotive category (6 format rows in this benchmark, $196,000 to $2,053,642, median midpoint $687,804), the $196,000 to $644,000 range for Maaco sits below the category's median midpoint. 100% of Automotive formats in this benchmark exclude real estate from the headline total, so always check the real-estate column before comparing two brands in this category.
Verify this before you sign a Maaco agreement
This page is the pattern read from the filed FDD. On your actual Maaco document, an Inkvex review reads the real filing and tells you what the numbers mean before you sign: a risk score from 1 to 10, the exact Item 7 clauses quoted, the real-estate-exclusion and working-capital traps flagged, and an attorney-handoff summary.
Run a first-pass FDD review before counsel starts the full read.
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Every figure below is as-disclosed in the Maaco filed FDD; the format breakdown above carries the line-item detail and footnotes.
How much does a Maaco franchise cost?
As disclosed in its 2025 FDD, the Maaco Item 7 total initial investment is $196,000 to $644,000, with an initial franchise fee of $45k. That total excludes real estate, so land and building costs come on top. The format breakdown below carries the full detail, verbatim from the filing.
Does the Maaco franchise cost include real estate?
That total excludes real estate, so land and building costs come on top.
What is the Maaco franchise fee?
The disclosed initial franchise fee for Maaco is $45k, as stated in the 2025 FDD. This is separate from the $196,000 to $644,000 total initial investment figure, which covers build-out, equipment, and other opening costs.
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This page is legal information, not legal advice. It is a first pass for your attorney or franchise counsel, not a substitute for one. Item 7 is a franchisor estimate, and every figure here is as-disclosed in the filed FDD as of its listed year. Verify any number against the current FDD before you rely on it.