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    Remax vs Salty Paws Ice Cream Truck

    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

    • Remax figures come from its 2026 FDD and Salty Paws Ice Cream Truck figures from its 2025 FDD, so the years differ.
    • Remax discloses more than one business format, so the investment range spans formats; the full report breaks them out.
    • Only neither brand has reviewed Item 19 figures here.
    DisclosureRRemaxSalty Paws Ice Cream Truck
    Financial commitment
    Estimated initial investment (Item 7)
    $29,350 – $336,500
    2026 FDD · Item 7
    $72,250 – $255,570
    Total initial investment
    2025 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 18
    Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5)
    Not available
    No single standard fee identified
    $35,000
    2025 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 10
    Royalty (Item 6)
    $143
    Continuing Franchise Fee monthly range per Sales Associate low
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 24
    6%
    Royalty percentage subject to monthly minimum
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11
    Brand / advertising fund (Item 6)
    $127
    Marketing Fee monthly range per Sales Associate low
    2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 25
    $2.00
    Brand fund current contribution
    2025 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 11
    System scale & health
    Total outlets (Item 20)
    2,994
    Outlets at end of 2025
    2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 79
    9
    Outlets at end of 2024
    2025 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 41
    Net outlet change (Item 20)
    +2,500
    Calculated: 494 at end of 2023 → 2,994 at end of 2025
    Not available
    Only one year reported
    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
    Not disclosed — no Item 19 financial performance representation
    Not disclosed — no Item 19 financial performance representation

    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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