Which costs less to open, Augusta Business or Tes?

Augusta Business: $50,000 – $150,000 (2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 15); Tes: $114,350 – $133,450 (2025 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Augusta Business. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.

Which has more locations, Augusta Business or Tes?

Augusta Business: 165 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 38); Tes: 236 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 51). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.

Do Augusta Business and Tes disclose financial performance (Item 19)?

Augusta Business has reviewed Item 19 figures for 19 location groups; Tes has reviewed Item 19 figures for 53 location groups. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.

Franchise opportunities compared

Augusta Business vs Tes

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.

ABAugusta Business2025 FDD TTes2025 FDD

Initial investment · Item 7

Augusta Business

$50,000 – $150,000

2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 15

Tes

$114,350 – $133,450

2025 FDD · Item 7

Initial franchise fee · Item 5

Augusta Business

$24,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 12

Tes

$75,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13

Royalty · Item 6

Augusta Business

$600

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 12

Tes

Not available

Before you compare

Both sets of figures come from 2025 FDDs.
Tes discloses 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 (Augusta Business: 19, Tes: 53). Different groups are not directly comparable.

Financial commitment

Disclosure

ABAugusta Business

TTes

Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

Augusta Business

$50,000 – $150,000

Total Estimated Initial Investment

2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 15

Tes

$114,350 – $133,450

2025 FDD · Item 7

Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

Augusta Business

$24,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 12

Tes

$75,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13

Royalty (Item 6)

Augusta Business

$600

Continuing Service Royalty — year 1

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 12

Tes

Not available

No reviewed royalty record

Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

Augusta Business

Not available

No reviewed brand or advertising fund fee

Tes

$300

Minimum monthly marketing

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15

System scale & health

Disclosure

ABAugusta Business

TTes

Total outlets (Item 20)

Augusta Business

165

Outlets at end of 2024

2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 38

Tes

236

Outlets at end of 2024

2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 51

Net outlet change (Item 20)

Augusta Business

+59

Calculated: 106 at end of 2022 → 165 at end of 2024

Tes

+88

Calculated: 148 at end of 2022 → 236 at end of 2024

Outlet exits (Item 20)

Augusta Business

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Tes

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Franchising since (Item 1)

Augusta Business

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Tes

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Franchisor founded (Item 1)

Augusta Business

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Tes

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

ABAugusta Business

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Full-time franchisee locations open from January 1 through December 31, 2024, w…

$255,598

other Revenue

2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 36

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Full-time franchisee locations open from January 1 through December 31, 2024, w…

$295,623

other Revenue

2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 36

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Top 25% of part-time franchisee locations open two years prior to 2024 starting…

$1,991,911

other Highest Revenue

2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 37

+16 more groups in the full report

TTes

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Bottom 5 U.S. franchised TES Businesses open for business for 1 year or more in…

$0.00

other Bottom 5 TES Business 4 annual income

2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 49

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — U.S. franchised TES Businesses open 36 - 48 Months during 2024

$110,000

other annual income

2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 48

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — U.S. franchised TES Businesses open 48 - 60 Months during 2024

6 businesses

other Businesses attaining/exceeding average

2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 48

+50 more groups in the full report

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.

Augusta Business vs Tes: common questions

Which costs less to open, Augusta Business or Tes?: Augusta Business: $50,000 – $150,000 (2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 15); Tes: $114,350 – $133,450 (2025 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Augusta Business. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
Which has more locations, Augusta Business or Tes?: Augusta Business: 165 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 38); Tes: 236 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 51). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
Do Augusta Business and Tes disclose financial performance (Item 19)?: Augusta Business has reviewed Item 19 figures for 19 location groups; Tes has reviewed Item 19 figures for 53 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.

How Franopolis reviews FDD figures