The Hot Spot
Source filing: WI · filed 2026-04-21
Item 5 — Initial franchise fee
$39,500 [p.8 · WI · 2026-04-21]
Item 6 — Recurring fees (royalty & advertising)
| Continuing Royalty Fee | See FDD [p.8 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
|---|---|
| Required Minimum Expenditure for Local Marketing and Advertising | See FDD [p.8 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Brand Fund Contribution | See FDD [p.8 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Advertising Cooperative | See FDD [p.9 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
Full Item 6 schedule (including one-time and conditional fees) is in the FDD itself.
Item 7 — Estimated initial investment (total)
$82,600 [p.13 · WI · 2026-04-21] – $156,200 [p.13 · WI · 2026-04-21]
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 | 7 [p.35 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
|---|---|
| Franchised outlets at end of year | 23 [p.35 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Net change in franchised outlets | 16 [p.35 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Transfers | 0 [p.36 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Terminations | 0 [p.37 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Non-renewals | 0 [p.37 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Ceased operations (other) | 0 [p.37 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Company-owned outlets at end of year | Not disclosed |
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 (2)
| Cohort | Outlets | Average | Median | High | Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three affiliate-owned studios as of December 31, 2025 January to December 2025 |
3 [p.31 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $599,930.56 [p.32 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $488,059.95 [p.34 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $1,222,713.12 [p.33 · WI · 2026-04-21] | $89,018.62 [p.32 · WI · 2026-04-21] |
| Seven franchised studios operating January to December 2025 January to December 2025 |
7 [p.31 · WI · 2026-04-21] | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
“Our affiliate-owned outlets have earned this amount. Your individual results may differ. There is no assurance that you'll earn as much.” [p.32 · WI · 2026-04-21]
Extraction notes
- Item 20 outlet counts were extracted with model assistance and verified against the cited pages.
- Item 7 totals were extracted with model assistance and verified against the cited page.