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    EVEN Hotels vs Extended Stay America Select Suites

    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.

    Initial investment · Item 7

    EVEN Hotels

    $19,000,348

    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 59

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    $200,020 – $13,453,480

    2026 FDD · Item 7

    Initial franchise fee · Item 5

    EVEN Hotels

    Not available

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    $50,000

    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 16

    Royalty · Item 6

    EVEN Hotels

    5%

    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 31

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    Not available

    Before you compare

    • Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
    • Extended Stay America Select Suites 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 (EVEN Hotels: 2, Extended Stay America Select Suites: 5). Different groups are not directly comparable.

    Financial commitment

    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

    EVEN Hotels

    $19,000,348
    TOTAL estimated initial investment: $19,000,348 to $29,164,458, exclusive of real estate costs, contingency funds, and other items Holiday cannot estimate.
    2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 59

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    $200,020 – $13,453,480
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

    EVEN Hotels

    Not available
    No single standard fee identified

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    $50,000
    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 16
    Royalty (Item 6)

    EVEN Hotels

    5%
    Royalty fee
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 31

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    Not available
    No reviewed royalty record
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

    EVEN Hotels

    $10
    Initial loyalty marketing contribution per approved guest room
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 32

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    5% of see note 4) currently, — 5%
    n of the Agoda booking channel. Digital Marketing Commission
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 21

    System scale & health

    Total outlets (Item 20)

    EVEN Hotels

    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    Net outlet change (Item 20)

    EVEN Hotels

    Not available
    Only one year reported

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    Not available
    Only one year reported
    Outlet exits (Item 20)

    EVEN Hotels

    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year
    Franchising since (Item 1)

    EVEN Hotels

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    Franchisor founded (Item 1)

    EVEN Hotels

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    Extended Stay America Select Suites

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

    EVEN Hotels
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — EVEN Hotels Mature Hotels in the United States for fiscal year 2025; open two f…
    30.4 percent
    other One Rewards contribution low
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 99
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — EVEN Hotels Mature Hotels in the United States for 2025; open two full years or…
    74.2 percent
    other occupancy rate
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 98
    Extended Stay America Select Suites
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Year-end owned hotels
    184 hotels
    other Year-end owned hotels
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 60
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — 93 owned competitive brand conversion hotels
    105.2 index
    other Competitive brand conversion RevPAR Index 2023
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 63
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Owned hotels full-year sample
    179 hotels
    other Owned hotels full-year sample
    2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 60
    +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.

    EVEN Hotels vs Extended Stay America Select Suites: common questions

    Which costs less to open, EVEN Hotels or Extended Stay America Select Suites?
    EVEN Hotels: $19,000,348 (2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 59); Extended Stay America Select Suites: $200,020 – $13,453,480 (2026 FDD · Item 7). These are each franchisor's Item 7 estimated initial investment. The low end of the disclosed estimate is lower for Extended Stay America Select Suites. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
    Do EVEN Hotels and Extended Stay America Select Suites disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
    EVEN Hotels has reviewed Item 19 figures for 2 location groups; Extended Stay America Select Suites 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.

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