Home › Compare

BNI vs Clothes Mentor — which franchise is the better buy?

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

	BNI	Clothes Mentor
Disclosure honesty	A	C
Investment from	$53,410	$305,000
Total fees	20%	9%
Outlets	191	113
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.

Clothes Mentor: what their numbers say

Provides 3-year average Net Sales ($744K-$780K) and Gross Profit margins (67%). Excludes temporarily closed stores and recently opened stores. Shows quartile data with extensive caveats.

Get the real owner take-home for either — $149

Full net-profit math, financing, red flags. See a sample →