Which costs less to open, BNI or EOS Worldwide?

BNI: $53,410 – $270,070 (2025 FDD · Item 7); EOS Worldwide: $61,715 – $152,540 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for BNI. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.

Which has more locations, BNI or EOS Worldwide?

BNI: 191 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 52); EOS Worldwide: 738 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 70). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.

Do BNI and EOS Worldwide disclose financial performance (Item 19)?

BNI has reviewed Item 19 figures for 2 location groups; EOS Worldwide has reviewed Item 19 figures for 5 location groups. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.

Franchise opportunities compared

BNI vs EOS Worldwide

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.

BNI2025 FDD

EOS Worldwide2026 FDD

Initial investment · Item 7

BNI

$53,410 – $270,070

2025 FDD · Item 7

EOS Worldwide

$61,715 – $152,540

2026 FDD · Item 7

Initial franchise fee · Item 5

BNI

$35,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 18

EOS Worldwide

$5,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 15

Royalty · Item 6

BNI

20%

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 20

EOS Worldwide

Not available

Before you compare

BNI figures come from its 2025 FDD and EOS Worldwide figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
BNI and EOS Worldwide 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 (BNI: 2, EOS Worldwide: 5). Different groups are not directly comparable.

Financial commitment

Disclosure

BNI

EOS Worldwide

Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

BNI

$53,410 – $270,070

2025 FDD · Item 7

EOS Worldwide

$61,715 – $152,540

2026 FDD · Item 7

Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

BNI

$35,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 18

EOS Worldwide

$5,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 15

Royalty (Item 6)

BNI

20%

Continuing royalty

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 20

EOS Worldwide

Not available

No reviewed royalty record

Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

BNI

Not available

No reviewed brand or advertising fund fee

EOS Worldwide

$100

Brand fund initial monthly maximum

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 19

System scale & health

Disclosure

BNI

EOS Worldwide

Total outlets (Item 20)

BNI

191

Outlets at end of 2025

2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 52

EOS Worldwide

738

Outlets at end of 2025

2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 70

Net outlet change (Item 20)

BNI

Calculated: 187 at end of 2023 → 191 at end of 2025

EOS Worldwide

+76

Calculated: 662 at end of 2023 → 738 at end of 2025

Outlet exits (Item 20)

BNI

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

EOS Worldwide

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Franchising since (Item 1)

BNI

Not available

Not in reviewed records

EOS Worldwide

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Franchisor founded (Item 1)

BNI

Not available

Not in reviewed records

EOS Worldwide

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

BNI

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 90 Operational Company Owned Outlets during 2025

$1,837,112

other Company-owned outlets

2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 49

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 94 Operational Franchise Outlets during 2025

$2,022,906

other Franchise outlets

2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 50

EOS Worldwide

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Professional U.S. operational franchisees

$4,000 /year

other Professional

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 66

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Certified U.S. operational franchisees

$351,464 /year

other Certified

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 66

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Expert U.S. operational franchisees

$696,070 /year

other Expert

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 66

+2 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.

BNI vs EOS Worldwide: common questions

Which costs less to open, BNI or EOS Worldwide?: BNI: $53,410 – $270,070 (2025 FDD · Item 7); EOS Worldwide: $61,715 – $152,540 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for BNI. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
Which has more locations, BNI or EOS Worldwide?: BNI: 191 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 52); EOS Worldwide: 738 (2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 70). Total outlets from Item 20. Outlet counts do not indicate territory availability or franchisee results.
Do BNI and EOS Worldwide disclose financial performance (Item 19)?: BNI has reviewed Item 19 figures for 2 location groups; EOS Worldwide has reviewed Item 19 figures for 5 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