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    Pause 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.

    Pause2025 FDDPortal2026 FDD

    Initial investment · Item 7

    Pause

    $880,600 – $1,534,900

    2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 27

    Portal

    $386,250 – $2,860,000

    2026 FDD · Item 7

    Initial franchise fee · Item 5

    Pause

    $60,000

    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 15

    Portal

    $85,000

    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10

    Royalty · Item 6

    Pause

    7% of gross revenue

    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 17

    Portal

    Not available

    Before you compare

    • Pause figures come from its 2025 FDD and Portal figures from its 2026 FDD, so the years differ.
    • Portal 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 (Pause: 9, Portal: 1). Different groups are not directly comparable.

    Financial commitment

    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)

    Pause

    $880,600 – $1,534,900
    Total Estimated Initial Investment — single studio
    2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 27

    Portal

    $386,250 – $2,860,000
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)

    Pause

    $60,000
    Item 5 reports lower fees in fiscal 2024 due to multiple franchises purchased at the same time.
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 15

    Portal

    $85,000
    2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10
    Royalty (Item 6)

    Pause

    7% of gross revenue
    Royalty Fee
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 17

    Portal

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

    Pause

    1% of gross revenue; current rate 1%, maximum 2%; monthly
    Advertising Fund Contribution
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 17

    Portal

    $5,000
    Marketing Fund Contribution — Mobile/Brick — 5000
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 10

    System scale & health

    Total outlets (Item 20)

    Pause

    8
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 73

    Portal

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

    Pause

    +5
    Calculated: 3 at end of 2022 → 8 at end of 2024

    Portal

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

    Pause

    Not available
    No complete exit records for a year

    Portal

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

    Pause

    Began offering franchises July 27, 2022.
    2025 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 9

    Portal

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

    Pause

    Franchisor organized January 10, 2022, as a Delaware corporation.
    2025 FDD · Item 1 · PDF p. 9

    Portal

    Not available
    Not in reviewed records

    Financial performance (Item 19), by location group

    Pause
    Company-owned (5 locations) — other measures and costs
    1 percent of Gross Revenue
    other Advertising Contribution adjustment
    2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 69
    Company-owned locations — revenue
    $1,569,015
    other Gross Revenue
    2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 68
    Company-owned locations — memberships
    $179
    mean Membership fee
    2025 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 72
    +6 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.

    Pause vs Portal: common questions

    Which costs less to open, Pause or Portal?
    Pause: $880,600 – $1,534,900 (2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 27); 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 Pause and Portal disclose financial performance (Item 19)?
    Pause has reviewed Item 19 figures for 9 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.

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