- Franchise fee
- $80,000 for a single franchise, per 2025 FDD Item 5. Discounted under an Area Development Agreement: $80,000/center for a 1–2 center commitment, $60,000/center for 3–4, $40,000/center for 5 or more (2025 FDD Item 5 and Item 7 note 2). The franchisor states it did not negotiate its standard fees during 2024.
- Initial investment — low end
- $1,593,300 — 2025 FDD Item 7 (Franchise Agreement, single unit)
- Initial investment — high end
- $2,173,800 — 2025 FDD Item 7 (Franchise Agreement, single unit). Of that total, $471,200 to $525,700 must be paid to the franchisor or an affiliate (2025 FDD cover page). Largest line items: leasehold improvements $600,000–$900,000; equipment & computer system package $360,000–$400,000; medical supplies $180,000–$200,000; additional funds for the initial period $175,000–$250,000; grand-opening advertising $50,000.
- Royalty
- 9% of Gross Sales, paid weekly (currently every Friday) — 2025 FDD Item 6. A Non-Compliance Fee raises the royalty rate by 1 percentage point while in effect. A separate 10%-of-Gross-Sales Management Fee appears in the Item 6 table tied to the management arrangement.
- Ad / brand fund
- Brand Fund contribution currently 1% of Gross Sales, payable with royalty and subject to increase up to the Marketing Expenditure Cap, PLUS a required Local Marketing Expenditure of $3,000 per month — 2025 FDD Item 6.
- Liquid capital required
- The brand's own franchise-inquiry form screens with the question 'Do you have $600k or more in available liquid capital?' (next-health.com/international-franchise, observed 2026-08-10). This is a brand screening threshold, not an FDD Item — the 2025 FDD does not state a liquid-capital requirement.
- Net worth required
- No figure is established. The 2025 FDD states no net-worth requirement. The brand's franchise-inquiry form offers $1M / $1.5M / $2M+ as dropdown options, which are screening choices rather than a stated requirement, and Entrepreneur's directory listing carries $1,600,000 — a third-party figure that contradicts the primary document. Reviewed again 2026-08-12 and deliberately left unstated.
- Term length
- 10-year initial term, with one 10-year successor term if in substantial compliance; requires 180 days' prior notice, execution of the then-current Franchise Agreement (which may carry materially different fees), renewal of the Management Agreement with the Medical Service Manager, and a Successor Franchise Fee equal to 50% of the then-current initial franchise fee — 2025 FDD Item 17.
- Typical footprint
- At least 2,000 sq ft and typically not more than 3,000 sq ft, in a retail shopping complex, medical plaza, or stand-alone retail building; larger sites approved case by case — 2025 FDD Item 7 note 4. Item 19 discloses the three benchmark centers at 4,037, 3,030, and 2,000 sq ft. Item 7 note 5 states landlords in the system have recently been willing to provide tenant-improvement allowances of up to $200 per square foot, with no assurance of any.
- Multi-unit commitment
- Not required for a single unit. An Area Development Agreement is optional; the FDD cover page describes it as covering 2 to 10 centers while Item 5 prose says it 'typically requires a minimum of 3' — both statements are in the document and are reported without reconciliation. Development Fee per the Item 5 table: 2 centers $120,000; 3 centers $120,000; 4 centers $150,000; 5 centers $120,000; 6 centers $140,000; 7 centers $160,000; 8 centers $180,000; 9 centers $200,000; 10 centers $220,000, rising $20,000 per additional center beyond 10. The Development Fee is non-refundable and is consideration for the reserved Site Selection Area and the fee discount, not a prepayment of the franchise fee.
- Territory model
- NO exclusive territory (2025 FDD Item 12). The franchisee receives 'Territorial Protections': while in compliance, the franchisor will not operate or license another Next Health Center inside the franchisee's 'Designated Area.' The Designated Area is defined after lease signing and, per Item 12, encompasses a 3-mile radius excluding any prior existing franchisees' territories, adjusted for demographics, household income, traffic counts, competition, housing density, and zoning. Area Development Agreements instead define a 'Site Selection Area' with no minimum size standard. If premises and Designated Area are not agreed within 90 days of signing, the franchisor may terminate.
Reported unit economics (FDD Item 19)
2024 average Unit Revenue $4,008,240 (high $5,702,729 / low $3,068,016; 2023 average $3,540,026); average Gross Profit Percentage 73% in 2024 — 2025 FDD Item 19. CRITICAL CAVEAT: the Item 19 dataset is 3 AFFILIATE-OWNED centers, not franchisees. As of 12/31/2024 the franchisor had ZERO franchised centers in operation, and 2 of its 5 corporate centers (a 1,400 sq ft location and a 1,000 sq ft in-hotel location at Four Seasons Maui) were excluded from the dataset as not representative of the offered format. Item 19 also defines 'Unit Revenue' differently from the 'Gross Sales' royalty base, so royalties will not compute directly off these figures. The FDD's Table 2 proforma shows 2024 Adjusted EBITDA (after royalty, brand fund, and local marketing) of $1,152,331 / $297,670 / $532,560 at the three centers — 20%, 10%, and 16% of revenue respectively.
Reported from public sources — named inline where the research records them — not verified against the primary FDD and not advice. Verify Items 5–7, 12 and 19 of the current FDD before relying on any figure. Primary economics source ↗
