Franchise opportunities compared
Aloft Hotels vs Americas Best Value Inn
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
Aloft Hotels
$13,567,610 – $36,691,910
2026 FDD · Item 7Americas Best Value Inn
$4,202,294 – $9,587,069
2026 FDD · Item 7Initial franchise fee · Item 5
Aloft Hotels
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2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 39Americas Best Value Inn
Not available
Royalty · Item 6
Aloft Hotels
Not available
Americas Best Value Inn
$1,600
2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 25Before you compare
- Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
- Aloft Hotels and Americas Best Value Inn 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 (Aloft Hotels: 3, Americas Best Value Inn: 28). 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
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Americas Best Value InnItem 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.
Aloft Hotels vs Americas Best Value Inn: common questions
- Which costs less to open, Aloft Hotels or Americas Best Value Inn?
- Aloft Hotels: $13,567,610 – $36,691,910 (2026 FDD · Item 7); Americas Best Value Inn: $4,202,294 – $9,587,069 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Americas Best Value Inn. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
- Do Aloft Hotels and Americas Best Value Inn disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
- Aloft Hotels has reviewed Item 19 figures for 3 location groups; Americas Best Value Inn has reviewed Item 19 figures for 28 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 Aloft Hotels report
Every reviewed fee, Item 19 group, outlet table and territory disclosure

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