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    Cobblestone Hotels vs Country Inns & Suites by Raddison

    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.

    Before you compare

    • Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
    • Cobblestone Hotels and Country Inns & Suites by Raddison 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 (Cobblestone Hotels: 5, Country Inns & Suites by Raddison: 8). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureCHCobblestone HotelsCICountry Inns & Suites by Raddison
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $101,999 – $5,985,874
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    $851,845 – $12,203,495
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    $5,000
    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)
    Not available
    No reviewed royalty record
    $6.00
    Royalty monthly GRR — 6%
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 33
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    $1,215
    Marketing Fund Fee example: $1,215 per 30-day month for a 54-room location
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 14
    $400
    Optional marketing cooperative annually
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 45
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    794
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 90
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    Not available
    Only one year reported
    −48
    Calculated: 842 at end of 2023 → 794 at end of 2025
    Outlet exits (Item 20)
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    1987
    From a verified franchisor listing
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Performance (Item 19)
    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Sample hotels45+rooms open24months endedDecember31 2025 withconsistentfinancial…
    47.38 percent
    other Occupancy average 2024 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 57
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Cobblestone Inn & Suites and Cobblestone Hotel & Suites Sample Hotels; CRS cont…
    46.87 percent
    other CRS contribution average 2024 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 56
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Sample hotels45+rooms open24months endedDecember31 2025 withconsistentfinancial…
    45.44 percent
    other CRS contribution median 2025 · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 56
    +2 more groups in the full report
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record
    193 units
    other LTR above average sample · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 88
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — All eligible performance-sample hotels
    49.6 percent
    other Table1 Average Occupancy Rate · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 86
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Generation4 prototype; >=70%overall and80%brand identity standards
    82.3 percent
    other Table2 Total Choice Enterprise Contribution · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 87
    +5 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.

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