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    Flip Flop Shops John Richey vs Gnc Holdings

    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

    • Flip Flop Shops John Richey figures come from its 2025 FDD and Gnc Holdings figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
    • Gnc Holdings 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 (Flip Flop Shops John Richey: 12, Gnc Holdings: 1). Different groups are not directly comparable.
    DisclosureFFFlip Flop Shops John RicheyGHGnc Holdings
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $182,900
    TOTAL — $182900
    2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 17
    $31,870 – $530,342
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    $30,000
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    Royalty (Item 6)
    $5.00 note 1) — 5%
    Royalty Fee
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 13
    $6.00
    Royalty
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 39
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    Not available
    No reviewed brand or advertising fund fee
    $3.00
    National advertising fee
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 39
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    Not available
    No reviewed outlet counts
    1,960
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 109
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    Not available
    Only one year reported
    +1,210
    Calculated: 750 at end of 2023 → 1,960 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
    Not available
    Not in reviewed records
    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 — Common retail spaces: malls and strip malls
    42 percent
    other Common retail shops in middle stated sales band · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 41
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Super-regional malls
    $55,885
    other Super-regional malls average monthly sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 42
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Mixed-use
    $11,326
    other Mixed-use lowest monthly sales · 2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 42
    +9 more groups in the full report
    Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record
    259 stores
    other Stores at or above average · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 108

    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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