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BNI vs Batteries Plus — which franchise is the better buy?

Side by side from the public FDDs — no franchisor spin.

	BNI	Batteries Plus
Disclosure honesty	A	C
Investment from	$53,410	$284,786
Total fees	20%	6%
Outlets	191	734
Lawsuits	5	2

BNI: what their numbers say

Gross revenue and membership counts for 90 company-owned and 94 franchised outlets in 2025. Average franchised outlet revenue: $399,084; median: $293,449. No cherry-picking apparent; comprehensive percentile analysis provided.

Batteries Plus: what their numbers say

Discloses franchise store net revenues, merchandise margins, and company-owned store EBITDA (~$122K avg all stores). No franchisee net income/owner compensation shown; company-store EBITDA used as proxy; cherry-picks commercial-focused stores favorably.

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