Which costs less to open, BNI or Tes?

BNI: $53,410 – $270,070 (2025 FDD · Item 7); 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 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 Tes?

BNI: 191 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 52); 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 BNI and Tes disclose financial performance (Item 19)?

BNI has reviewed Item 19 figures for 2 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

BNI 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.

BNI2025 FDD TTes2025 FDD

Initial investment · Item 7

BNI

$53,410 – $270,070

2025 FDD · Item 7

Tes

$114,350 – $133,450

2025 FDD · Item 7

Initial franchise fee · Item 5

BNI

$35,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 18

Tes

$75,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13

Royalty · Item 6

BNI

20%

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 20

Tes

Not available

Before you compare

Both sets of figures come from 2025 FDDs.
BNI and Tes 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, Tes: 53). Different groups are not directly comparable.

Financial commitment

Disclosure

BNI

TTes

Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

BNI

$53,410 – $270,070

2025 FDD · Item 7

Tes

$114,350 – $133,450

2025 FDD · Item 7

Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

BNI

$35,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 18

Tes

$75,000

2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13

Royalty (Item 6)

BNI

20%

Continuing royalty

2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 20

Tes

Not available

No reviewed royalty record

Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

BNI

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

BNI

TTes

Total outlets (Item 20)

BNI

191

Outlets at end of 2025

2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 52

Tes

236

Outlets at end of 2024

2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 51

Net outlet change (Item 20)

BNI

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

Tes

+88

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

Outlet exits (Item 20)

BNI

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Tes

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Franchising since (Item 1)

BNI

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Tes

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Franchisor founded (Item 1)

BNI

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Tes

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

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.

BNI vs Tes: common questions

Which costs less to open, BNI or Tes?: BNI: $53,410 – $270,070 (2025 FDD · Item 7); 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 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 Tes?: BNI: 191 (2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 52); 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 BNI and Tes disclose financial performance (Item 19)?: BNI has reviewed Item 19 figures for 2 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