Franchise opportunities compared
Unishippers vs yorCMO
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
- Both sets of figures come from 2026 FDDs.
- yorCMO 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 (Unishippers: 28, yorCMO: 2). Different groups are not directly comparable.
| Disclosure | Unishippers | yorCMO |
|---|---|---|
| Financial commitment | ||
| Estimated initial investment (Item 7) | $17,365 Totalinvestment range low 2026 FDD · Item 7 · PDF p. 20 | $11,492 – $118,338 2026 FDD · Item 7 |
| Standard initial franchise fee (Item 5) | $30,000 2026 FDD · Item 5 · PDF p. 14 | Not available No single standard fee identified |
| Royalty (Item 6) | $15 Royalty >150pounds grossprofitmargin 2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 16 | $5.00 Firm Solo/Firm royalty 2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 16 |
| Brand / advertising fund (Item 6) | $1.00 Marketingfund current grossprofitmargin 2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 16 | $750 Sales and Marketing Fund 2026 FDD · Item 6 · PDF p. 16 |
| System scale & health | ||
| Total outlets (Item 20) | 192 Outlets at end of 2025 2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 47 | 26 Outlets at end of 2025 2026 FDD · Item 20 · PDF p. 67 |
| Net outlet change (Item 20) | −86 Calculated: 278 at end of 2023 → 192 at end of 2025 | +0 Calculated: 26 at end of 2023 → 26 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 — All fullyearfranchises 2nd Quartile $1,627,146 other All fullyearfranchises 2nd Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 45 Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — All fullyearfranchises 3rd Quartile 38 units other All fullyearfranchises 3rd Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 45 Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — All fullyearfranchises Top Quartile 39 units other All fullyearfranchises Top Quartile · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 45 +25 more groups in the full report | Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Franchise Outlet 1 (Firm yorCMO), Carol Stream, Illinois; opened September 2019 $230,480 other Franchise Outlet 1 gross sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 55 Locations counted not stated in the reviewed record — Company Owned Outlet in Omaha, Nebraska; operated since March 2017, Solo yorCMO… $154,280 other Company-owned gross sales · 2026 FDD · Item 19 · PDF p. 52 |
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.

