Christian Brothers Automotive
Source filing: WI · filed 2026-04-17
Item 5 — Initial franchise fee
$85,000 [p.14 · WI · 2026-04-17]
Item 6 — Recurring fees (royalty & advertising)
| Continuing Royalty Fees (Note 2) | 50% of monthly “Split Profits” during the initial franchise term and during all extensions and renewals. [p.17 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
|---|---|
| Sale Event Royalty Fee (Note 11) | 50% of the net sales proceeds (gross sales proceeds less retirement of all outstanding debt obligation balances of the Franchisee as of the closing date of a sale event). [p.23 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
Full Item 6 schedule (including one-time and conditional fees) is in the FDD itself.
Item 7 — Estimated initial investment (total)
$515,250 [p.29 · WI · 2026-04-17] – $650,400 [p.29 · WI · 2026-04-17]
Base single-franchise offering as stated in the FDD's total row. Multi-unit or area-development formats are not broken out here.
Item 20 — Outlets
| Franchised outlets at start of year | 302 [p.73 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
|---|---|
| Franchised outlets at end of year | 326 [p.73 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
| Net change in franchised outlets | 24 [p.73 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
| Transfers | Not disclosed |
| Terminations | 0 [p.77 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
| Non-renewals | 0 [p.77 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
| Ceased operations (other) | 0 [p.77 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
| Company-owned outlets at end of year | 0 [p.73 · WI · 2026-04-17] |
Item 19 — Financial performance representation
The filing's Item 19 contains no cohort eligible for headline presentation under this site's rules (franchised population, gross revenue/sales, annual, not a ranked subset).
All disclosed cohorts (3)
| Cohort | Outlets | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 franchisee-owned CBA stores open entire year 2025 - average Net Sales by sales range year ending December 31, 2025 |
302 [p.66 · WI · 2026-04-17] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| 280 franchisee-owned CBA stores open entire years 2024 and 2025 - average Net Sales by sales range years ending December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025 |
280 [p.66 · WI · 2026-04-17] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| 302 franchisee-owned CBA stores open entire year 2025 - Net Sales by store age (1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year, 5+ year) year ending December 31, 2025 |
302 [p.68 · WI · 2026-04-17] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
“Some units have sold this amount. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance that you'll sell as much.” [p.66 · WI · 2026-04-17]
Extraction notes
- Item 7 line items did not sum to the stated total; total shown is the FDD's stated total row only.