Which costs less to open, Center or Portal?

Center: $508,778 – $1,182,188 (2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 29); Portal: $386,250 – $2,860,000 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Portal. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.

Do Center and Portal disclose financial performance (Item 19)?

Center has no reviewed Item 19 figures on file; Portal has reviewed Item 19 figures for 1 location group. Different location groups are not directly comparable, and revenue is not profit.

Franchise opportunities compared

Center vs Portal

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.

CCenter2026 FDD

Portal2026 FDD

Initial investment · Item 7

Center

$508,778 – $1,182,188

2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 29

Portal

$386,250 – $2,860,000

2026 FDD · Item 7

Initial franchise fee · Item 5

Center

$65,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 18

Portal

$85,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10

Royalty · Item 6

Center

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 21

Portal

Not available

Before you compare

Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
Portal discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
Only Portal has reviewed Item 19 figures here.

Financial commitment

Disclosure

CCenter

Portal

Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

Center

$508,778 – $1,182,188

Total Initial Investment

2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 29

Portal

$386,250 – $2,860,000

2026 FDD · Item 7

Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

Center

$65,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 18

Portal

$85,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10

Royalty (Item 6)

Center

Royalty percentage

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 21

Portal

Not available

No reviewed royalty record

Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

Center

Brand Fund Fee current rate — 2%

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 21

Portal

$5,000

Marketing Fund Contribution — Mobile/Brick — 5000

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10

System scale & health

Disclosure

CCenter

Portal

Total outlets (Item 20)

Center

Outlets at end of 2024

2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 68

Portal

Not available

No reviewed outlet counts

Net outlet change (Item 20)

Center

Calculated: 0 at end of 2022 → 0 at end of 2024

Portal

Not available

Only one year reported

Outlet exits (Item 20)

Center

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Portal

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Franchising since (Item 1)

Center

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Portal

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Franchisor founded (Item 1)

Center

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Portal

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

CCenter

No reviewed Item 19 figures

Portal

Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record

$860,253

other Gross Income

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 48

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.

Center vs Portal: common questions

Which costs less to open, Center or Portal?: Center: $508,778 – $1,182,188 (2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 29); Portal: $386,250 – $2,860,000 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Portal. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
Do Center and Portal disclose financial performance (Item 19)?: Center has no reviewed Item 19 figures on file; Portal has reviewed Item 19 figures for 1 location group. 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