How Much Does a Primrose Franchise Cost? 2026 Sourced FDD Record

Against Education

Across the 5 Education format rows in this benchmark, the median low is $174,250 and the median high is $265,750. Primrose opens 2779% above that median low, a gap of $4,842,350, and tops out 2895% above the median high, a gap of $7,694,550. 0% of Education formats here exclude real estate from the headline total, so check the real-estate handling before setting two brands in this category side by side.

Against all 55 brands

Primrose ranks 1st of 55 by high-end total, its $7,960,300 high end running 1136% above the $644,000 corpus median high, and its $5,016,600 low end 1721% above the $275,500 corpus median low. Read those two comparisons with one thing in mind: the Primrose total includes constructing the building (only the land is excluded), and the brands it is ranked against do not include a building. The percentages above are therefore comparing two different measurements, and the gap they show is partly the building itself rather than a difference in what it costs to open. The brands sitting closest to Primrose on high-end total are Planet Fitness at $5,386,000 in Fitness, Dave's Hot Chicken at $2,632,500 in Food/QSR and Take 5 at $2,053,642 in Automotive, which is the company Primrose actually keeps on cost regardless of what industry it is sorted into.

The spread between low and high

Primrose discloses a high end 1.6 times its low end, against a median of 2.1 times across these 55 brands. At 1.6 times, the ratio sits at or below the lower quartile of this benchmark. The arithmetic shows a relatively narrow stored range; it does not establish that the estimate is complete or that a local project will fit inside it. The gap between the two ends is $2,943,700, and nothing in Item 7 tells a buyer where inside that gap their own build lands.

What financing review still requires

This page does not calculate the cash a buyer needs and does not predict lender approval. SBA currently lists a $5,000,000 maximum for a single 7(a) loan, but eligibility, loan amount, documents, and terms depend on the borrower, lender, project, and transaction. The currently effective SBA SOP 50 10, Version 8.1 (effective October 1, 2026) contains transaction-specific equity rules. A lender should build the sources-and-uses schedule from the current FDD, local bids, working capital, and any costs the Item 7 range excludes.

What the headline total does and does not include

That total includes constructing the building but not buying the land, so the land cost comes on top. In plain terms, the $5,016,600 to $7,960,300 headline for Primrose covers constructing the building but not buying the land, so the land cost sits on top of it.