Which costs less to open, HOTWORX or Portal?

HOTWORX: $288,890 – $1,083,310 (2026 FDD · Item 7); 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 HOTWORX. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.

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

HOTWORX has reviewed Item 19 figures for 11 location groups; 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

HOTWORX 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.

HOTWORX2026 FDD

Portal2026 FDD

Initial investment · Item 7

HOTWORX

$288,890 – $1,083,310

2026 FDD · Item 7

Portal

$386,250 – $2,860,000

2026 FDD · Item 7

Initial franchise fee · Item 5

HOTWORX

$19,950

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13

Portal

$85,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10

Royalty · Item 6

HOTWORX

$695 per month per studio location

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15

Portal

Not available

Before you compare

Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
HOTWORX and Portal 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 (HOTWORX: 11, Portal: 1). Different groups are not directly comparable.

Financial commitment

Disclosure

HOTWORX

Portal

Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

HOTWORX

$288,890 – $1,083,310

2026 FDD · Item 7

Portal

$386,250 – $2,860,000

2026 FDD · Item 7

Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

HOTWORX

$19,950

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 13

Portal

$85,000

2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10

Royalty (Item 6)

HOTWORX

$695 per month per studio location

Monthly Royalty Fee

2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 15

Portal

Not available

No reviewed royalty record

Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)

HOTWORX

$500

Advertising Daily Deal Site Noncompliance Fee — per day

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

HOTWORX

Portal

Total outlets (Item 20)

HOTWORX

812

Outlets at end of 2025

2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 90

Portal

Not available

No reviewed outlet counts

Net outlet change (Item 20)

HOTWORX

+230

Calculated: 582 at end of 2023 → 812 at end of 2025

Portal

Not available

Only one year reported

Outlet exits (Item 20)

HOTWORX

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Portal

Not available

No complete exit records for a year

Franchising since (Item 1)

HOTWORX

January 2017

2026 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 7

Portal

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Franchisor founded (Item 1)

HOTWORX

2016

2026 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 7

Portal

Not available

Not in reviewed records

Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

HOTWORX

Franchised (797 locations) — other measures

797 outlets

other Open franchise outlets

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 77

Franchised (700 locations) — memberships

490 memberships

mean Fully operational studio memberships

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 82

Franchised (149 locations) — other measures

5.53 – 7.44 percent

range First-year monthly cancellation rate

2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 78

+8 more groups in the full report

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.

HOTWORX vs Portal: common questions

Which costs less to open, HOTWORX or Portal?: HOTWORX: $288,890 – $1,083,310 (2026 FDD · Item 7); 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 HOTWORX. At least one range spans several business formats. Estimates are not quotes, and the FDD years may differ.
Do HOTWORX and Portal disclose financial performance (Item 19)?: HOTWORX has reviewed Item 19 figures for 11 location groups; 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