Franchise opportunities compared
Ace Hardware vs The UPS Store®
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 7The UPS Store®
$85,925 – $606,081
2026 FDD · Item 7Initial franchise fee · Item 5
Ace Hardware
Not available
The UPS Store®
Not available
Royalty · Item 6
Ace Hardware
Not available
The UPS Store®
5%
2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 28Before you compare
- Ace Hardware figures come from its 2025 FDD and The UPS Store® figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
- Ace Hardware and The UPS Store® 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, The UPS Store®: 9). 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 HardwareThe UPS Store®Item 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 The UPS Store®: common questions
- Which costs less to open, Ace Hardware or The UPS Store®?
- Ace Hardware: $134,600 – $2,001,550 (2025 FDD · Item 7); The UPS Store®: $85,925 – $606,081 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for The UPS Store®. 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 The UPS Store®?
- Ace Hardware: 5,144 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 74); The UPS Store®: 5,503 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 83). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
- Do Ace Hardware and The UPS Store® disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
- Ace Hardware has reviewed Item 19 figures for 8 location groups; The UPS Store® has reviewed Item 19 figures for 9 location groups. 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 The UPS Store® report
Every reviewed fee, Item 19 group, outlet table and territory disclosure
