Franchise opportunities compared
Ace Hardware vs Do The Beach
Reviewed figures from each brand's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), side by side. Each figure carries its FDD year and page. This is not a ranking or recommendation, and the two FDDs may cover different years and location groups.
Initial investment · Item 7
Ace Hardware
$134,600 – $2,001,550
2025 FDD · Item 7Do The Beach
$1,004,900 – $2,820,700
2026 FDD · Item 7Initial franchise fee · Item 5
Ace Hardware
Not available
Do The Beach
$40,000
2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 11Royalty · Item 6
Ace Hardware
Not available
Do The Beach
7%
2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13Before you compare
- Ace Hardware figures come from its 2025 FDD and Do The Beach figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
- Ace Hardware and Do The Beach disclose more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
- Item 19 figures cover the location groups each FDD names (Ace Hardware: 8, Do The Beach: 1). Different groups are not directly comparable.
Financial commitment
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System scale & health
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Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
Ace HardwareDo The BeachItem 19 groups are shown separately and never combined. Revenue or sales figures are not profit. Net outlet change and turnover are Franopolis calculations from the disclosed counts; turnover is a count-based rate, not a measure of owner earnings.
Ace Hardware vs Do The Beach: common questions
- Which costs less to open, Ace Hardware or Do The Beach?
- Ace Hardware: $134,600 – $2,001,550 (2025 FDD · Item 7); Do The Beach: $1,004,900 – $2,820,700 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Ace Hardware. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
- Which has more locations, Ace Hardware or Do The Beach?
- Ace Hardware: 5,144 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 74); Do The Beach: 1 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 56). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
- Do Ace Hardware and Do The Beach disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
- Ace Hardware has reviewed Item 19 figures for 8 location groups; Do The Beach has reviewed Item 19 figures for 1 location group. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.
Answers restate the reviewed figures above. Not a ranking or recommendation.
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Full Ace Hardware report
Every reviewed fee, Item 19 group, outlet table and territory disclosure
Full Do The Beach report
Every reviewed fee, Item 19 group, outlet table and territory disclosure
